PulsePoint launches in Weld County
Published on June 17, 2025
With the help of a free smartphone app, CPR-trained residents throughout Weld County can now be alerted of individuals in nearby public places experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, allowing them to provide assistance while first responders are en route. The app, known as PulsePoint Respond, is available in the App Store for Apple devices and Google Play for Android devices.
“In an emergency, time is critical, and people need as many resources as possible to help,” said Perry Buck, Weld County Commissioner Chair. “We’re excited to launch PulsePoint and even more excited to see its potentially lifesaving benefit.”
When Weld County 911 dispatchers receive a call or text indicating someone has experienced sudden cardiac arrest in a public place, like a restaurant or a store, in addition to dispatching first responders, they will also send a notification through the PulsePoint Respond app, enabling those nearby to provide assistance. While notifications to most of the CPR-trained users will be limited to public places, a verified list of professional first responders throughout 43 law, fire and EMS agencies countywide, will receive notifications of incidents in both public places and private residences, something Weld County Public Safety Communications Director Tina Powell believes is a huge benefit, especially in a county like Weld, which is both urban and rural and stretches more than 4,000 square miles.
“In some of our more rural areas it could be a longer wait time for response just because of distance, but if a CPR-trained professional responder is nearby, perhaps they live nearby, they can get there much more quickly and begin providing help,” Powell said.
Specifically, notifications will be sent to the following types of CPR-trained individuals:
Public CPR Responders – Community members trained in CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) use. Public CPR Responders will only receive notifications of cardiac arrest events in public places.
Registered CPR Responders – Agency-invited members of the community with medical or rescue training. Examples include, public safety retirees, Community Emergency Response Team members, medical professionals and residential security staff. Registered CPR Responders will receive notifications of events happening in both public places and private residences.
Professional Responders – Active public safety employees (firefighters, paramedics, law enforcement, etc.) They too will receive notifications for incidents in both public places and private residences.
AED Responders – Community members who own AED equipment or have immediate access to AEDs, such as an employee, neighbor or AED response program member. AED Responders will receive notifications of incidents in public places.
Users in the categories receiving notifications of incidents in private residences will be verified by public safety communications to ensure they meet the correct criteria,
While the notification side of the PulsePoint app is now live, work is ongoing on to implement a second phase of the app, a feature that will allow Weld County dispatchers to help callers locate AEDs in public places. That feature is anticipated to be available later this summer.
Weld County joins a network of 4,400 communities across North America utilizing PulsePoint. Learn more at https://www.pulsepoint.org/.