RapidSOS and the PulsePoint Foundation Partner to Connect 911 Directly to the Nation's Registry of Life-Saving Emergency Resources

New Integration Gives 911 Telecommunicators Real-Time Access to Registered AEDs, Naloxone, Epinephrine, and Bleeding-Control Kits

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- RapidSOS, the leading public safety AI company, today announced a new integration with the PulsePoint Foundation, which hosts and administers the National Emergency AED + Resource (NEAR) Registry. The integration connects RapidSOS directly to the NEAR Registry's database of AEDs, naloxone (Narcan), epinephrine, and bleeding-control kits, giving 911 telecommunicators immediate access to public-safety vetted life-saving resources during an emergency. Telecommunicators can use this information to direct callers to the appropriate resources — without leaving their existing workflow.

More than 350,000 people experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States each year. With less than half receiving bystander CPR, and just 13% receiving bystander defibrillation, survival rates remain around 10 percent. Immediate bystander CPR can triple a person's chance of survival, while rapid access to an AED can dramatically improve the likelihood of lifesaving defibrillation. Providing 911 telecommunicators with a unified, authoritative source of emergency-resource location and accessibility information can help close that gap, giving callers and responders a better chance to put nearby AEDs and other lifesaving resources to work in the critical minutes before EMS arrives.

The integration is live today across RapidSOS, including its free tier, and is available to any Emergency Communications Center (ECC) nationwide at no additional cost. Georgia is the latest state to deploy it at scale, driven by the Mason Sells AED Coordination Act (SB399), which requires 911 to have access to an AED registry. The NEAR Registry is the national standard meeting that requirement.

"Life-saving equipment sits unused in a cabinet or closet because the person who needs it — or the dispatcher trying to help them — has no way of knowing it's there," said Karin Marquez, Chief Public Safety Brand Officer at RapidSOS. "By bringing the NEAR Registry into the Safety Network, we're not just adding a data source to our 733 million connected devices, apps, and sensors, we're connecting another critical layer of community-based, mission-critical intelligence directly into the hands of the 911 telecommunicator. We're arming these heroes with the tools they need at the moment it matters most."

"Emergency telecommunicators are a critical link in the cardiac arrest chain of survival. Just as they instruct callers to perform CPR, giving them the ability to guide those on scene to a nearby AED can improve outcomes," said Richard Price, Founder and President of the PulsePoint Foundation. "Integrating the NEAR Registry into RapidSOS has the potential to make a meaningful difference in cardiac arrest survival."

Learn more at https://www.near-registry.org/. 

About RapidSOS
RapidSOS is the leading public safety AI company that unlocks mission-critical intelligence for emergency response. It harnesses artificial and human intelligence to fuse life-saving data from the world's largest safety network, which includes over 733M+ connected devices and 250+ global technology companies. This intelligence is delivered to 23,500+ federal, state, and local agencies, serving one million first responders. RapidSOS has supported over one billion emergencies in 16 countries, powering RapidSOS Harmony AI, the first purpose-built AI for public safety, designed to save critical time by automatically detecting emergencies, unifying real-time data and video streams, and coordinating a faster, more effective response. Learn more at www.RapidSOS.com.

PulsePoint Foundation
PulsePoint Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds applications used by public safety agencies to increase community awareness and engagement during critical events. Its flagship PulsePoint Respond app is a 911-connected situational awareness tool that keeps the community informed of nearby emergencies, notifies trained individuals when CPR is needed, and offers a professional version designed for on-duty use by fire and EMS agencies. PulsePoint also administers the National Emergency AED + Resource (NEAR) Registry, which catalogs emergency resources such as AEDs, naloxone, bleeding control kits, and epinephrine, so they can be quickly identified by 911 telecommunicators and responders during cardiac arrests and other time-sensitive medical emergencies. Learn more at pulsepoint.org and near-registry.org.

SOURCE RapidSOS