Results - Topic: Notification Systems

Addressing Diverse Human Behavior Issues in the New Era Of Multi-Layered Emergency Communications

The flood of new technology makes it easier than ever to reach out and communicate with someone, right? Think again. While it's true that communicating with "someone" may indeed be easier, achieving dependable communications with "everyone" on a moment's notice and in an emergency crisis is at least as much of a challenge as ever. So why is that?

ARINC Will Upgrade Public Safety Paging Network for Chester County, PA

In competitive bidding, ARINC Incorporated has been awarded the contract to provide enhanced electronics for the Chester County, PA Public Safety Digital Radio Paging Network... Hundreds of fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel in the county rely on the paging system to support their mission-critical operations.

Belmont (MA) PD Utilize Notification Technology to Locate Missing Persons

Every day, law enforcement officials across the nation work to locate missing persons, and the more resources available, the better. Police departments, local government and schools across the nation have adopted mass notification technology, helping them to enlist the eyes and ears of an entire community. By sending an alert, by phone call, text, email, social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter, and TTY/TDD devices for people who are hearing impaired, officials can instantly expand...

Cassidian & Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Text Messaging to 9-1-1 Trial a Success

Emergency communications leader Cassidian Communications and Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network have announced the successful advanced text messaging trial using the company's next generation 9-1-1 emergency response call processing platform, VESTA. The trial involved the receipt and processing of text messages from within the Houston area. Although the general public believes the capability for short message service (SMS) also known as text messages to 9-1-1 should be available...

Cassidian Communications releases new version of GeoCast Web solution

Cassidian Communications (formerly PlantCML), an EADS North America company and industry leader in mission critical communications, has announced the general availability of version 1.7 of its map-driven emergency notification solution, GeoCast Web. Feature-rich, this adaptation delivers new functionality and greater communications capacity, augmenting the crisis communications efforts of public- and private- sector organizations globally.

Cassidian Expands Public Safety Notification Reach, Helps Operations Gather Critical Contact Data

Cassidian Communications has announced the successful deployment of its Self-Registration Portal (SRP) by numerous U.S. public safety operations utilizing The Communicator! NXT, GeoCast Web and REVERSE 911 notification solutions. Use of the web-based SRP enables clients to gather contact information such as cell, VoIP and unpublished numbers from local residents, expanding the reach and effectiveness of these critical notification systems beyond existing 9-1-1 databases, which currently...

ELERTS Showcases Smarter Mobile Emergency Communications

Founded by a deputy fire chief with 26 years of first responder experience, ELERTS is building a smartphone/tablet-based emergency alert system that turns citizens into assets for first responders - and gives first responders vastly better tools with which to communicate.

Florida Sheriff's Office Launches Text Messaging Service

The Marion County (FL) Sheriff's Office (MCSO) has launched a service that will enable citizens to text the agency for help in an emergency by texting their 9-1-1 center. The system, which was developed in house, enables urgent text messages to be received and handled by a system that is separate from the agency's 9-1-1 system. Messages are displayed on a dedicated screen.

Hurricane Seminar Will Look at 2011 Season Predictions and Offer Enterprise-Level Preparedness Solutions

In advance of the 2011 hurricane season (which begins June 1) ImpactWeather, Inc., with sponsorship support from MIR3, will present The 22nd Annual Hurricane Seminar for Business and Industry: Innovation, New Techniques and What to Expect in 2011. Taking place Tuesday, May 24, at the Hilton Houston Hobby Airport from 7:45 a.m. until noon, this year’s lineup will educate business and industry leaders on how to get, and stay, prepared for the hurricane season.

Information Sharing in the Era of Social Media

There are three areas of emergency communications that have seen progress, but need continued improvement: interoperability between responding agencies and other municipalities; incoming information to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and 9-1-1 dispatch centers; and delivering information to an engaged and connected public, given the rise in popularity of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.

IP Intercoms Assist Classroom Support and Emergency Response at UNC Charlotte

Finding a solution to an ongoing problem about reporting malfunctioning audio/visual equipment at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte unexpectedly resulted in a solution that would eventually be used for emergency communications on campus.

KnoWhat2Do: Saving Lives in North Central Texas

The Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex and extended region is home to upwards up 8 million people. The 16-county region that comprises North Central Texas is both a thriving business and agriculture hub. 9-1-1 dispatchers are as likely to coordinate response to a police chase on a busy, multi-lane freeway as they are to a call about cattle blocking a two-lane road.

Mobile Phone Notification Technology Relative to Campus Security & Safety

The basic desire to leverage the technology of the mobile phone for emergency alert systems, in its simplest form seems blatantly obvious, until, upon further exploration, a plethora of complexities arise.

MobileTrec Announces SafeKidZone Mobile Child Protection App

Los Angeles-based company, MobileTrec, has launched SafeKidZone, a mobile personal security network based on a mobile phone application that places a "Panic Button" on kids' cell phones which can rapidly connect to 9-1-1.

Newark Police Department Implements Nixle Community Information Service

Newark Police Department, the largest municipal police force in New Jersey, has signed an agreement with Nixle, LLC to use its free public notification services to deliver important and timely information to residents. With no cost to the department or taxpayers, Nixle Connect is a cost-effective solution for all levels of government agencies.

Nixle Connect Keeps Millstadt Residents Informed

The Millstadt (Illinois) Police Department encourages residents to sign up for Nixle notifications to receive important crime information and time sensitive alerts. With no cost to the department, taxpayers, or residents, the new Nixle Connect is a cost-effective solution for all public safety agencies throughout the country.

North Tahoe FD to Warn Public Using Portable Radio Stations

The North Tahoe Fire Protection District in California will soon begin speaking directly to the public during fire events in a most retro yet revolutionary way – using two portable broadcast radio transmitters. “We will deploy the transmitters to announce evacuation routes, shelter locations, or changes in those scenarios, as that kind of thing will change with the wind quite literally” states the District’s Chris Stulik.

Notification Systems and School Safety

As campuses nationwide openup their classrooms for the new school year, MIR3, Inc., an innovator of real-time Intelligent Notification and response technology, is urging school administrators to review their current campus alerting plans to keep students and staff safe and operations running smoothly in case of disaster.

Now That the Nationwide EAS Test Has Been Completed, What About Mobile Device Alerts?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently completed a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) targeted for the radio, television, cable and satellite broadcast communities... The audience for the nationwide EAS test was composed of viewers and listeners of radio and TV programming. However, with today's increasingly mobile society, many users have come to rely on their mobile device as a primary means of communication during an emergency event. So, what about...

Rapid Notify Selected by Guernsey County EMA for Mass Notification Services

Rapid Notify, Inc. has been selected by the Guernsey County Emergency Management Agency in Cambridge, Ohio to provide mass notification services. The Rapid Notify system enables Guernsey County public safety officials to contact over 40,000 area residents in the event of an extreme emergency situation.

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Emergency Notification Systems: Public Safety's Regional Intercom

Reactive and Proactive

How Communication Helped Safeguard Southern California Residents during the Wildfires

Send Word Now to Join CSARN to Promote Security and Resilience Initiatives

Send Word Now, a worldwide leader in emergency notification and incident management services, has become a member partner of City Security and Resilience Networks (CSARN), the award winning global business security advisory service. CSARN is a not-for-profit business membership group dedicated to promoting staff safety and organizational resilience. CSARN was recently awarded "Business Continuity Initiative of the Year" by its industry peers.

SkyMail for the Public Safety Community

Most people would agree that communications within a Police Department is critical to the daily and safe operation of any community. An unfortunate trend has caught on, though, perhaps in response to tight municipal budgets and officer layoffs... Recognizing that a more effective and safe solution would significantly increase the speed and accuracy of communications from the field, PDV took the lead by creating an application called SkyMail, which allows police officers to quickly and...

The Technology You Need To Survive A Killer Tornado

After tornadoes left over 300 dead in just a 24 hour period those in the across the country are now aware that technology, email, text alerts, and weather radios prevented an astronomical death toll. Some of the supercell storms from Wednesday were so extreme that if anyone in their path didn’t adequately seek shelter they would not survive. By a miracle, highly visible tornadoes during the day Wednesday combined with media coverage saved many whom are counting their blessings today. Had the...

Ventura County Adds Very Visual VoiceStar

Early in 2008, Ventura County Health's emergency preparedness specialist Steve Johnston approached Information Station Specialists (ISS) with a set of needs that ultimately led to the birth of a new means of reaching the public with health and safety information during a crisis. The RadioSTAT Portable Emergency Advisory Radio Station was designed through this public/private collaboration to be used in conjunction with portable road signs that instruct motorists to tune to a special AM radio...

Zetron's IP Fire Station Alerting System in Action in Texas

The fire department in Sugar Land, Texas, began to appreciate the benefits of IP-based communications with their recent installation of Zetron's IP Fire Station Alerting (IP FSA) system. Because the new system sends alerts over the city's fiber-optic IP network, an operator can dispatch a fire truck, an ambulance, and one or more fire stations almost simultaneously, with the press of just a few buttons. The system also provides automatic indications of alert success and failure, so operators...