Emergency dispatch management and prioritization of communication resources

am A method and system for adaptively allocating shared communication resources in response to an emergency event are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a response zone associated with an emergency event and dispatching emergency responders , and having communication devices -to the response zone . The dispatching procedure includes adjusting access of the emergency responder communication devices to shared communications resources. Adjusting access to shared communication resources includes identifying one or more of the emergency responder communication devices to be dispatched to the identified response zone and specifying a quality of service (QoS) priority level of at least one of the identified emergency responder communication devices. Adjusting access to shared communication resources further includes specifying a QoS priority level for communication devices located within the identified response zone.