"The Google crisis response team has assembled a Hurricane Sandy map to help you track the storm's progress and provide updated emergency information, " wrote Google software engineer Ka-Ping Yee on the firm's blog.

BBC: Hurricane Sandy tracked by Google

Crews also used specialist software to predict where many emergency calls would come from so vehicles could be in the right place at the right time.

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Dan Garrett, operations manager at the trust's Coxheath base near Maidstone, Kent, said staff used specialist software to predict where many emergency calls would come from, and vehicles would be on standby in those areas so crews could be in the right place at the right time.

BBC: Extra South East ambulance staff for New Year's Eve

Oracle issued an emergency update to its widely-used Java web software on Sunday, but experts say it still contains security flaws.

BBC: Java still contains security flaws, experts claim

Dr. Prabhakar Reddy is an emergency room doctor in Bangalore, an Indian boomtown known for its call centers and software factories.

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Since launching about a year ago, the company has partnered with the University of Maryland to simulate emergency responses to traffic accidents, and the U.S. Army has begun using its software to train soldiers in responding to improvised explosive devices, a common threat in Iraq.

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