#heresourcing

Enter Beacon. The service is an emergency-response-dispatch system, a sort of crowdsourced 911. Here’s how it works: when an emergency is called in, rather than send an alert to an ambulance awaiting orders, the service sends a mass text message to drivers in the area who have signed up to be on the Beacon network. These drivers are not likely medical personal, but rather individuals with access to a car, truck or motorcycle. They’ve received basic first-aid training, but their real object is to get the sick or injured to a doctor as fast as possible. You might call it Uber for disaster zones. Read more: http://business.time.com/2013/10/05/the-startup-that-aims-to-be-uber-for-warzones/#ixzz2hHMYkIbn