Since we first launched Beacon, the Dominican Republic has been an ideal partner with scores of trained and willing volunteers in communities across the country responding to emergencies on some of the world’s most dangerous roads.

Led by the indefatigable Dr. Marko Hingi, the Tanzania Rural Health Movement in Mwanza has been using Beacon to pioneer a community-based emergency medical system of moto-taxi drivers, firefighters and community health workers, bringing together a diverse group of responders and coordinating their operations.

Recently launched with the Guatemalan Volunteer Fire Department just outside Guatemala City, the 69th Company are using Beacon to dispatch community volunteers to a range of community emergencies — above all, to respond to motor vehicle collisions which accounted for nearly 65% of the first 150 incidents dispatched through the platform.