Cities are deploying more cameras, sensors and AI than ever before. Yet many still struggle to turn alerts into coordinated action when seconds matter most.
An alert can fire. A dashboard can light up. Video can be captured in real time. But if understanding, coordination and response still depend on disconnected systems and manual action, valuable time is lost.
“Seconds Matter: Real-Time AI for Public Safety and Emergency Response” is a recorded webinar hosted by Carahsoft and Vantiq that explores how cities can move from detection to coordinated response in seconds.
The session brought together Alex Pazos, Global Public Sector Business Development, NVIDIA; Doug Hammer, Senior VP Strategy, Vaidio; Jay Yankeloff, Senior Sales Manager, Supermicro; David Sprinzen, Chief Growth Officer, Vantiq; and Brett Rudenstein, VP Sales Engineering and Services, Vantiq.
Together, they walked through how AI, edge computing, video analytics and real-time orchestration work as a single system and why the missing piece for many cities is not more detection, but a faster path from alert to response.
In the recording, viewers will learn:
- How cities can move from alerts to automated, context-aware responses in seconds
- How scenarios such as loitering, fire detection and Amber Alert license plate matching can be handled in real time
- Why orchestration is the layer that turns AI insight into action
- How these systems can scale from pilot projects to citywide deployments
A highlight of the session is the live demonstration. The system detects loitering, identifies a fire and matches license plates in an Amber Alert scenario, automatically notifying police or fire as conditions change. Each event is evaluated and updated in seconds.
The demo also shows how each partner contributes. Supermicro provides ruggedized edge servers that process video at the intersection. NVIDIA delivers accelerated compute for deep learning at the edge. Vaidio supplies video analytics to identify people, vehicles and incidents. Vantiq orchestrates every event in real time, determining urgency and coordinating the appropriate response.
For public safety leaders, smart city teams and government technology buyers, this recording offers a practical look at what real-time AI can do when it is built for response, not just awareness.
Watch the recording to see how real-time AI can turn fragmented alerts into coordinated public safety response.