GeoLynx AVL enables public safety and law enforcement personnel to dynamically map and locate mobile emergency vehicles (squad cars, fire trucks, ambulances, water patrol boats, all-terrain vehicles, etc.) that are equipped with GPS tracking units.  Vehicle location display, available at a glance, creates more efficient emergency dispatching and improves responder safety.

GeoComm can help implement all aspects of your public safety AVL system.   We can:

• plan and design the communications infrastructure
• provide GPS and AVL hardware
• develop third party interfaces
• help you evaluate the options and capabilities for your public safety mobile asset tracking system
• provide AVL software with numerous benefits and features developed specifically for public safety

GeoComms staff of qualified consultants and implementation specialists can evaluate your current or future RF or IP data communications system to ensure it will support public safety AVL.

GeoLynx AVL works with a variety of GPS equipment ranging from GPS embedded inside mobile data computers to stand-alone AVL modems.  If you do not have a private radio data communications infrastructure our plug and play GPS/AVL modem operates over public cellular networks for a low monthly fee.   With GeoLynx AVL you can track all of your mobile assets in any type of vehicle with support for many different types of GPS devices.  GeoComm also offers covert and hidden antenna GPS and AVL hardware, making undercover tracking for criminal investigations more discreet. 

Using GeoLynx AVL dispatchers can view emergency vehicles navigating to the scene of an incident.  If a vehicle misses a turn or cannot locate the address, dispatch can provide turn-by-turn directions by viewing their location and the location of the incident on the map.   

AVL hardware can also be connected to digital or analog switch inputs in vehicles such as emergency lights and sirens that enable the vehicle symbol on the map to reflect the current unit conditions (e.g. pursuit, normal, etc.).

The rule-based geofence feature in GeoLynx AVL can be configured to monitor vehicles.  If a unit travels into a restricted area or outside an allowed area of operation, the geofence monitor will broadcast alert notifications via e-mail or SMS text message.  Geographic rules can be further refined by time of day so off-duty units do not trigger fence alarms.    

Vehicle locations can optionally be saved and archived for playback and reporting after the fact to analyze response times and patterns or in response to legal requests.

GeoLynx AVL interoperates with other GeoLynx Family of Products such as GeoLynx 9-1-1, GeoLynx Mobile, and GeoLynx EOC.  GeoLynx adds dynamically tracked vehicle locations to the GIS map used in these applications to create a common operating picture (COP) for all users in the enterprise.  Not only will GeoComm software users be able to see real-time 9-1-1 calls, computer aided dispatch (CAD) calls for service, and user markups they will also see the tracked vehicles provided by the GeoLynx AVL add-on module.

Benefits

• Improves response time with GPS based navigation and identifying nearest available unit
• Dispatchers can guide emergency responders to an address location
• Displays responder locations at all times
• Eliminates the time required to verbally report your location before responding to an incident
• Enhances responder safety with continuous updates of vehicle location, status, and geofence monitoring
• Enables post event analysis and event reconstruction
• Visibly identifies gaps in service areas
• Helps manage mobile assets and public safety fleets
• Interoperates with GeoLynx Mobile to provide fleet tracking in the vehicle and provide mobile data messaging capabilities
• Interoperates with GeoLynx EOC to display vehicle positions on a Web browser-based map for remote access
• Bi-directional application programming interface (API) for CAD systems for vehicle routing and dispatch the nearest available unit functions
• Dynamically moving vehicle locations add another layer of information to the GeoLynx 9-1-1
• Creates situational awareness for all users of the system