Danville expands cardiac-response network with PulsePoint alerts for CPR-trained residents

Danville city leaders say they are widening the first-response chain by launching PulsePoint Respond, a mobile app that alerts CPR-trained residents when a possible sudden cardiac arrest is reported in a public setting. The city announced the rollout on March 3 through the Danville Fire Department and Emergency Communications Center.

The practical value is speed. The app is designed to notify nearby trained volunteers while professional responders are already being dispatched, and it can direct users to close-by AED locations. In cardiac events, those first minutes are usually the difference between a survivable incident and a fatal one.

Danville's release says the fire department answered more than 8,000 incidents last year, including 49 cardiac arrest events. That context helps explain why the city is treating bystander readiness as part of its core safety strategy rather than a side campaign.

For households across the Danville corridor, this is both a technology launch and a public participation ask: residents with CPR skills are being asked to opt in and keep alerts active. If adoption is broad, the city could reduce the gap between 911 call and first lifesaving action in places where seconds matter most.

Source: Reporting based on the City of Danville's March 3, 2026 release, PulsePoint alerts CPR responders to emergencies.