Built at Kings AI Research Club Hackathon 2026 by Enakeno Egbevurie, John-Paul Garon, Raashtra K C

In Alberta, the average RCMP emergency response time is 21+ minutes. The international EMS benchmark is 8 minutes. Brain damage begins in just 3 minutes without oxygen.

The people physically closest to an emergency — neighbours, off-duty nurses, trained volunteers — have no way to coordinate. No tool connects them. No guidance is given. So most bystanders freeze.

Rapid Reach fixes that.

Rapid Reach is a two-sided real-time emergency response app that connects people in crisis with trained first responders nearby — before the ambulance arrives.

For the person in crisis:

• Press the emergency button
• Record a 10-second voice clip describing the situation
• AI instantly analyzes the audio, identifies the emergency type, and provides step-by-step first aid instructions on screen

For nearby responders:

• Receive an instant alert with AI triage summary, emergency type, and distance
• Navigate to the scene via a live real-time map
• See the caller's exact location with live GPS tracking

• Node.js
• Expo CLI
• Firebase project with Firestore enabled
• Google Gemini API key

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/rapid-reach.git
cd rapid-reach

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Install Expo-managed packages
npx expo install expo-av expo-file-system expo-location react-native-maps

1. Create a firebaseConfig.ts in the root directory:

import { initializeApp } from 'firebase/app';
import { getFirestore } from 'firebase/firestore';

const firebaseConfig = {
  apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  authDomain: "YOUR_AUTH_DOMAIN",
  projectId: "YOUR_PROJECT_ID",
  ...
};

const app = initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
export const db = getFirestore(app);

2. Add your Gemini API key in home.tsx and chat.tsx:

const GEMINI_API = "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY";

npx expo start --clear || npx expo start -c

app/
├── index.tsx          # Welcome screen — choose caller or responder
├── home.tsx           # Caller home — emergency button + voice modal
├── alert.tsx          # Caller waiting screen — AI guidance + responder status
├── liveLocation.tsx   # Live map — real-time tracking for both sides
├── chat.tsx           # AI first aid chat (Gemini)
├── responderSetup.tsx # Responder registration
├── responderAlert.tsx # Responder alert — AI triage + accept/decline
└── _layout.tsx        # Expo Router layout

Caller speaks → expo-av records audio
     ↓
Audio converted to base64 → sent to Gemini API
     ↓
Gemini returns: emergencyType, summary, actions[], transcript
     ↓
Written to Firebase Firestore (emergencies/current)
     ↓
Responder device picks up real-time snapshot
     ↓
Responder accepts → live GPS sync begins
     ↓
Both sides see each other on the map

• 🌐 Multi-language support
• 🔔 Push notifications when app is backgrounded
• ✅ Verified responder credentials
• 🏥 AI-automated 911 dispatch call with location + voice summary
• 📲 Arrival notification for the caller

"Because the first five minutes save lives."