AUBURN, AL --[Emergency Notification News] -- October 30, 2007 - In the wake of recent emergency situations around the nation ranging from severe weather to campus violence, Auburn University has launched AU Alert, a personalized voice and text messaging system that will provide critical information should a need arise. Emergency messages will be sent via the Connect-ED® emergency notification system provided by the NTI Group of Sherman Oaks, California.
AU’s top safety official is urging students and employees to sign up for emergency notifications by logging on to www.auburn.edu/aualert. In a major emergency affecting the university community, people who have registered will be provided information and instructions through cell phones, home phones, e-mail or other text-receiving devices.
“Notifying all students, faculty and staff immediately is crucial in emergency situations, such as a severe storm or campus closure,” said Christine Eick, executive director of AU’s Office of Risk Management and Safety.
She added, “It is essential for students and faculty to enter all of their contact information into the AU Alert database. The more means we have to contact individuals, the better our odds are of spreading timely information and updates and keeping everyone safe.”
University officials will use the system only in emergency situations, Eick said. All people with an AU e-mail address will receive emergency alerts to their campus e-mail address, but only those who register will benefit from the text and voice messaging notification. AU Alert enables AU officials to schedule, send and track personalized voice messages to as many as four phone numbers and two e-mail addresses per person.
“Today we are forced to prepare for situations that we never could have anticipated happening and recognize the important role that immediate communication plays in keeping students safe,” Eick said. “AU Alert will allow us to keep students, faculty and staff informed no matter where they are.”
In addition to AU Alert, Auburn University employs a number of notification systems in emergency situations, including a new service that allows Auburn Public Safety to send emergency alerts directly to severe weather radios on campus.
Source: Auburn Wire Eagle
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Southern California Cities and School Districts Use NTI Group's Mass Notification Services to Keep Residents, Students and Parents Informed
As LA, Riverside, San Diego Counties and Cities Residents Evacuate, Cities and Schools Are Contacting Residents Regarding School Closures, Active Fire and Smoke Warnings, Evacuations and Volunteer Programs
SHERMAN OAKS, CA --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- October 25, 2007 – As horrific fires in Los Angeles and San Diego are forcing residents to evacuate their homes, officials sent over two million voice messages and 685,000 text messages within the state of California Monday to communicate important messages and alerts according to a press release issued by The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI) today.
City and school officials, using the Connect services provided by The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI), are able to send messages from any internet connection or just a phone line, in case administrators are evacuated, and reach thousands of recipients through home phones, cell phones, text messages and emails. And as families leave their homes, they are able to continue receiving these important messages through their cell phones, if registered, and stay connected to city and school announcements, even from evacuation locations when cell phone service is available.
According to the NTI Group, Inc. press release, one of every two students enrolled in California’s public schools is currently served by the Connect-ED service, and additionally, NTI is seeing heavy usage by school administrators who are currently sending messages regarding school closures and air quality issues, modifications to class and activity schedules, and to communicate with and mobilize staff.
NTI Group also announced:
- San Diego Unified School District sent close to 400,000 voice messages in six different languages Monday to update parents on school closures quickly and efficiently with a 95 percent success rate;
- Poway Unified School District, facing heavy parent and staff evacuations, sent over 280,000 voice messages;
- The University of San Diego used its Connect-ED service to keep students and staff up to date, sending voice and text messages to its students and staff as needed throughout the day;
- The city of St. Helena’s fire crews, in Northern California, used the service to call up its Strike Team units to Southern California to aid in fire containment;
- The cites of Villa Park and Laguna Woods to send messages to residents regarding unhealthful air quality conditions due to the Santiago fire in Orange County;
- Of all mass notifications messages sent Monday regarding the fires in Southern California, Connect-ED and Connect-CTY represented 68 percent of all voice call and 91 percent of all text and email messages delivered;
- In total, throughout the country, NTI sent over three million messages and 750,000 text messages on Monday through the Connect services.
Source: Vendor Press Release
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Ohio Wesleyan University Selects Connect-ED® for Campus Emergency Notification
DELAWARE, OHIO --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS] -- October 24, 2007 -- Ohio Wesleyan University reported today that this week it began implementing an emergency contact system that will allow the campus community to be notified of urgent situations via the telephone, e-mail, and text-message systems of their choice.
"Safety is a priority for college campus nationwide, including Ohio Wesleyan," said David Robbins, provost and interim president, on the Ohio Wesleyan University News & Media Web site. "This new contact system will enhance our efforts to keep students, faculty, and staff informed of critical situations and out of harm’s way."
Called “Connect-ED for Higher Education," the emergency contact system is offered by The NTI Group, Inc. of Sherman Oaks, California.
"This project is on the fast track," Theresa Byrd, OWU’s chief information officer and director of libraries was reported as stating, "We have appointed an implementation committee to keep the process moving forward as quickly and efficiently as possible."
"Once contact information has been input into the Connect-ED system, Ohio Wesleyan will test it, make any necessary adjustments, and then begin using it," Byrd said, "The goal is to have the system in place by the beginning of spring semester."
OWU also reported that Professor Barbara MacLeod, chair of the implementation committee, said, "The campus community needs to make providing contact information a priority to help enhance safety and ensure a timely implementation process. This initiative will strengthen the University and help to protect everyone who learns and works here. I encourage everyone to return information to us as quickly as possible.”
Additionally, the school reported that the data, which remain under the control of Ohio Wesleyan, will not be used by NTI for any purpose other than emergency notification and will be treated in a highly confidential manner. Notifications will include critical weather information, such as tornado warnings or snow-related campus closures.
“Connect-ED will be used to provide urgent information and instructions only,” Byrd was reported as saying. “We want people to know that when they receive a voice or text message via Connect-ED, it is vital for them to access it and respond.”
Source: OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY News & Media Web site
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Princeton test results of Connect-ED® Emergency Notification System reflect Increased Participation
87% of 12,971 recipients report receiving an emergency notification, with 70% of these receiving message in first 5 minutes.
Princeton, New Jersey --[Emergency Notification News]-- October 22, 2007. Princeton conducted a campus-wide test of its emergency notification system on Friday, Oct. 19, and was encouraged that 12,971 contacts with registered personal information in the system, or 87 percent, received a test message via live phone delivery or answering machine. Seventy percent of the calls were successfully received within the first 5 minutes of the test.
The test of PTENS acquired from the vendor NTI Connect-ED, reflected improvements made to the Princeton Telephone and E-mail Notification System since its initial purchase in April 2007. During the PTENS test initiated at 1 p.m., the University sent simultaneous alerts to faculty, staff and students through landline phones, cell phones, e-mail and text messages, as could happen in a real emergency situation.
When the first test of the notification system was conducted in May, almost 2,500 individuals -- many of whom were graduate students -- were not included in the system. The number of individuals without at least one valid phone number in the system now has dropped to just over 1,000.
Also noteworthy was the increase in the number of people who provided text message information. At the time of the May test, 1,011 individuals had supplied SMS text message addresses, while more than 5,000 additional people opted-in to receive text messages as of Oct. 19.
The test reached the vast majority of University members in student and employee databases through 18,634 phone calls, 17,280 e-mails and 6,604 text messages. Live phone delivery of the test message was received by 50 percent of all contacts in the system, while 37 percent of contacts in the system received the message by voice-mail. The notification system can access up to six phone numbers per person, in addition to two e-mail addresses and a separate text messaging address.
Faculty, staff and students were asked to update their phone, e-mail and text messaging information through the appropriate University self-service websites in order to be notified during the PTENS test. 64 percent of undergraduate students had put their cell phone information in the system as of Oct. 19. In August, the number of undergraduates who had put cell phone information in the system stood at 42 percent. The number of faculty and staff who had registered cell phone information in the HR database also increased, from 27 percent in August to 55 percent as of the Oct. 19 test.
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College of Charleston Adopts Connect-ED® Communication Service as New Emergency Notification System
Charleston, SC --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- October, 9 2007 - The College of Charleston announced that it has signed an agreement with Connect-ED Communication Service to provide an emergency notification system that will be capable of reaching faculty, students and staff within minutes of a campus crisis.
The service will be implemented with limited capabilities this month, with testing in phases throughout the fall. It is expected to be fully functional by the end of 2007.
Students will be notified as to how and when to update their contact information in the College’s Student Information System. The system will allow them to insert multiple notification phone numbers for themselves and for their family members.
The system will be used for emergencies only.
Connect Ed is an emergency telephone system that sends notification before, during and after an emergency. With this new system, the College of Charleston will be able to communicate in many modes including voice messages to home, work and cell phones; text messages to cell phones, PDAs and other devices; written messages to email accounts; and messages to teletypewriters and telecommunication devices (TTY/TDD) for the hearing impaired.
“This new emergency notification system will significantly enhance our ability to maintain a learning environment in which students feel safe, secure and comfortable,” says Victor Wilson, Executive Vice President for Student Affairs. “ We now have the ability to contact students and faculty in the event of an emergency any time, anywhere.”
The new Connect-Ed system is expected to cost approximately $30,000 or about $2 per person.
Source: College of Charleston
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Connect-CTY(R) Service Provides Multi-language Message Capabilities to Ensure Emergency Notifications Reach Temple City's Diverse Community
TEMPLE CITY, Calif., Oct. 4 --[Emergency Notification News]-- The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI) announced today that Temple City has selected the Connect-CTY mass communication service. Temple City has implemented the Connect-CTY service to provide city officials the ability to communicate via multiple languages with its diverse community, regarding time-sensitive matters, such as unforeseen events or emergencies.
"The best way to keep residents safe is through communication, and the Connect-CTY service makes it easy to communicate with residents of a diverse community with its multilingual capabilities," said Robin D. Richards, Chairman and CEO of NTI.
The Connect-CTY service allows city officials to send and track personalized voice messages to thousands of residents, businesses, and local officials in just minutes, through a single phone call. Messages can be sent in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Mandarin and Vietnamese. The service requires no additional hardware; it can be used from any computer with Internet access or telephone, ensuring that officials can send vital messages from wherever they are located. The city also can track homes that were reached with a report on the results of outgoing messages.
City administrators can target messages to an unlimited number of groups -- everything from mobilizing emergency response teams to notifying necessary department heads. Authorized users also can use a map on the Connect-CTY system to contact people associated with specific geographical locations, sending messages only to select neighborhoods when needed.
Temple City will be conducting its first test-call today, to ensure all residents who would like to be included in the system are given a chance to correct their phone numbers. Primary residential and business phones in Temple City will automatically be included in the system. If residents do not receive the call, they should visit the city's Web site at http://www.ci.temple-city.ca.us and click on the "SIGN UP NOW -- SERVICES BY CONNECT-CTY" link to enter their contact information into the secure Connect-CTY database.
Source: Vendor Press Release
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Los Angeles Unified School District Becomes the Largest School District in the Country to Implement a District Wide Mass Notification Service
District Selects Connect-ED® from The NTI Group, Inc. to Keep Students Safe and Parents Informed
SHERMAN OAKS, CA --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- October 1, 2007- The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI) announced today that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has selected the Connect-ED notification service. The system will be used for school-to-parent communication in the event of an emergency, but will also be used for regular attendance notifications, as well as important school and district announcements. “We applaud LAUSD officials for taking charge of student safety and utilizing the Connect-ED system to communicate with parents and organize staff during emergency situations,” said Robin D. Richards, Chairman and CEO of NTI. “Effective communication during emergency situations is vital to student safety.”
The Connect-ED service will also enable school administrators to increase their communication with the school community by sending messages in multiple languages to parents and
staff members in a matter of minutes. This means that the district can ensure that parents will receive important information about the safety of their children in the language they use at home.
The Connect-ED service also allows LAUSD to engage parents by notifying them of important announcements, updates and meetings. The service can be used to inform parents of upcoming teacher/parent meetings and information about attendance, holidays, field trips and bus routes. It can also be tailored to send messages to parents with children in specific grades or to parents of students participating in a particular sports team or club.
The fully hosted service does not require additional hardware, so the Connect-ED service can be used from any telephone or computer with Internet access, allowing LAUSD administrators to send vital messages from wherever they are located – even if they are evacuated in an emergency situation.
To ensure that important messages and alerts reach students and staff quickly, no matter what their preferred method of communication is, the Connect-ED system sends voice and text messages through four different modes of communication:
- Voice messages to home phones, work phones, cell phones, and e-mails
- Text messages to cell phones, PDAs and other text-based devices
- Written messages to e-mail accounts
- Messages to TTY/TDD receiving devices for the hearing impaired
Source: Vendor Press Release
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NTI Group Announces Indiana University Selects Connect-ED(R) for Campus-Notification
IU-Notify will allow university and campus leaders to reach thousands of students in minutes
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NETWORK]-- September 25, 2007 - Indiana University announced it has selected the Connect-ED® communication service by the NTI Group Inc. (NTI) to provide a notification system that will be capable of reaching faculty, students and staff on all eight campuses within minutes. The service, part of the broader "IU-Notify" initiative, will be implemented with limited capabilities in October, tested in phases through fall, and should be fully functional by the end of the calendar year.
"This system provides a much-needed tool to reach the entire IU community with important information on short notice," said IU President Michael A. McRobbie. "It can be used for everything from weather delays to other administrative news. It is essential that we be able to notify students immediately in emergency situations because up-to-date communication helps minimize the spread of misinformation, maintain order and provide direction."
"We recognized the important role that immediate communication plays in keeping members of our community safe and have been looking at these services for some time. Of course, the post-event reports of the Virginia Tech incident absolutely served to verify our thinking and speed our process," said Mark Bruhn, associate vice president, information and infrastructure assurance. "As a main component of our critical incident communications plan, IU-Notify with its multimodal capabilities will allow us to keep individuals informed, whether they are in their dorms or offices, sitting in front of their computers, or on their way to class."
Bruhn added, "This system allows IU to load contact information for all students, faculty, staff and for others who may be physically on one of our campuses for an extended period, such as IU Foundation employees, volunteer faculty, visiting scholars, and contract employees. We also provide for parents who may wish to subscribe to certain types of communications." The data will come from central student, employee and faculty databases, and from an online self-service form in IU's OneStart portal (onestart.iu.edu). The online form is scheduled for release in early October. A strategy/policy group has been formed to address issues, policies, standards and procedures for IU-Notify.
About Indiana University
Indiana University enrolls 99,122 undergraduate and graduate students on campuses in Bloomington, Indianapolis, New Albany, South Bend, Kokomo, Fort Wayne, Richmond and Gary. It employs more than 16,000 faculty and staff.
Source: Vendor Press Release
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New Canaan Adopts Connect-CTY® Service to Improve Emergency Preparedness and Communication
Testing to Ensure Residents are Ready to Receive Important Messages
NEW CANAAN, CT--[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- September 24th. The Town of New Canaan announced it has arranged with the mass communication provider Connect-CTY for a service that provides town officials the ability to communicate with all residents regarding time-sensitive matters, such as emergencies and important planned and unforeseen events.
This important tool allows town officials to send and track personalized voice messages to thousands of residents, businesses, and local officials in just minutes. The service requires no additional hardware; it can be used from any computer with Internet access or telephone, ensuring that officials can send vital messages from wherever they are located. Messages can be sent by email, text-messaging-to-cell-phones as well as by voice to the recipient’s primary phone. The town also can track homes that were reached with a report on the results of outgoing messages. The system is provided by the company that provides a similar alert notification service for the New Canaan School District.
“Quick, accurate communication in an emergency situation has an impact on safety,” said James Cole, Emergency Management Director and Chair of the New Canaan Police Commission. “Having a fully-featured system that allows us to send messages to the community through several modes of contact will enhance our likelihood of reaching all residents, whether they are at home, work or out of town.” “With Connect-CTY, we have the capacity to immediately inform the entire community, or just affected neighborhoods, regarding time-sensitive matters of public interest, such as flooding, a gas leak or missing person,” Cole said.
Town administrators can target messages to an unlimited number of groups – everything from mobilizing emergency response teams to notifying necessary department heads. Authorized users also can use a map on the Connect-CTY system to contact specific geographical locations, sending messages only to select neighborhoods when needed.
Primary residential and business phones in New Canaan will automatically be included in the system. However, residents can opt-in to provide their complete information (up to three phone numbers and two e-mail addresses for each registered user) by visiting the New Canaan Web site (www.newcanaan.info) and clicking on the indicated link to enter their information into the secure database. Families can make each member a registered user. Those without Internet access can have their information added into the system by calling the Emergency Operations Center at (203) 594-4100 and leaving a recorded message. Residents with call blocking services can ensure they can receive the town’s time-sensitive calls by adding (203) 594-3000 to their approved number list.
“The best way to keep residents safe is through communication, and this service makes it easy,” reported Mr. Cole. “With the Connect-CTY service, administrators have a powerful tool for mass communication without having to purchase new computers, software and telephone lines.”
New Canaan will be conducting its first test-call on Sept. 28, in order to ensure all residents who would like to be included in the system are given a chance to correct their phone numbers. If residents do not receive the call, they should visit the town’s Web site at www.newcanaan.info and click on the indicated link to enter their contact information into the Connect-CTY database.
Residents without Internet access can have their information added into the database by calling (203) 594-4100 and leaving a recorded message.
Jim Cole, town director of emergency preparedness and chairman of the Police Commission was quoted in The Norwalk Advocate on October 6, 2007 as saying "New Canaan contracted with NTI for one year at a cost of $17,500."
Source: Town of New Canaan Press Release
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U of I Announces Hawk Alert Emergency Notification System
IOWA, IOWA CITY -- [EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS] -- Aug. 28, 2007 - University of Iowa administrators will soon be able to send emergency voice and text messages to students, faculty and staff within minutes, thanks to a new emergency notification system, called "Hawk Alert." University administrators are urging all students, staff and faculty to add or update their cell and other phone numbers in the university's database as soon as possible.
The first phase of the Hawk Alert System will include voice calls and e-mail, and will be implemented by Sept. 1. By Nov. 1, the second phase will add text messages for those with text messaging capabilities, such as text-message-enabled cell phones.
"The recent bomb scare on the UI Pentacrest illustrates the need for such a notification system," says Steve Parrott, UI spokesperson.
"Even though we had a mass e-mail prepared within a few minutes of learning that there might be bombs on campus, it took too long for the e-mails to be delivered, and many people are away from their e-mail for extended periods. This new system promises to send messages within minutes to thousands of phones and text-message devices at once," Parrott says.
"The new service gives the university the ability to contact students, faculty and staff in the event of an emergency, using a variety of methods," Parrott says. "Once students and employees add or update their cell and other phone numbers, they can rest assured that we will do our best to contact them at the numbers provided if there is an emergency situation."
"Except for testing, our intention is to use the Hawk Alert System only in the event of an emergency," Parrott says, "and personal cell phone numbers provided specifically for the emergency system will not be used for other purposes, nor will they be listed in any public directories." Detailed instructions on how to provide emergency numbers are available at http://hawkalert.uiowa.edu.
The service being used by the Hawk Alert system is Connect-ED®, developed by The NTI Group, Inc., of Sherman Oaks, California specifically for schools, colleges and universities.
"The University is also investing in a series of notification towers equipped with sirens and voice alert systems that also will help ensure that those on campus hear alerts and warnings," Parrott says. "We hope to have these towers up and working in the next few months."
"A test call will be made in early September to ensure that each individual successfully receives the message. Test calls will be made as infrequently as possible," Parrott says. "We don't want anything, especially annoyance with unwanted calls, to prevent people from providing their numbers for this important function."
SOURCE: University of Iowa News Services, 300 Plaza Centre One, Suite 371, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2500
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HISD Leads the Nation in Proactive Preparation
With Hurricane Dean Looming, The NTI Group Works Alongside HISD to Update
Parent Contact Information for the Connect-ED Emergency Communication System
HOUSTON, TX --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- August 17, 2007 - In preparation for the school year, Houston Independent School District (HISD) announced today a district-wide data drive for their school to parent notification system, Connect-ED from the NTI Group, Inc. As Hurricane Dean sets its course for Texas, HISD officials are taking this opportunity to encourage parents to give the school district updated contact information to make sure that the district can take full advantage of the Connect-ED service. The system gives district leaders and security professionals the ability to reach all parents and staff with time-sensitive information during unforeseen events or emergencies, within minutes, through a single phone call.
Last year, HISD used the Connect-ED system to deliver more than 3.3 million phone messages to parents and staff. With the school year starting on August 27 and hurricane season in full swing, having updated contact information in the Connect-ED system is crucial to reach parents and guardians with important district-wide announcements.
“It is critically important that we be able to get in touch with our parents immediately in emergencies or with other important school information,” Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra said. “With our new technology we can provide vital information directly to parents in minutes, but only if we have the correct contact information. We’re urging our parents to update their contact information with their schools as quickly as possible so that if we have an emergency and when we have important information to share, we can call them with those messages and reach everyone.”
“As students head back to school, we are strongly encouraging parents and college students across the nation to ensure that they take responsibility for providing their schools with up to date information as quickly as possible. Hurricane Dean serves as a reminder to all of us that we need to be prepared today,” said Robin Richards, Chairman and CEO of NTI.
The Connect-ED service enables campus leaders to schedule, send, and track personalized voice messages to up to six phone numbers per person, and sends messages via four different modes of communication:
- Voice messages to home phones, work phones, cell phones, and even e-mails
- Text messages to cell phones, PDAs and other text-based devices
- Written messages to e-mail accounts
- Messages to TTY/TDD receiving devices for the hearing impaired
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Baton Rouge Mayor Announces New Emergency Notification System
Outreach Expanded to include Cell Phones and Email
Baton Rouge, LA --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- August 16, 2007 - With the busiest period of hurricane season approaching, Mayor Melvin L. “Kip” Holden today announced a new system of emergency response outreach to notify the citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish by residential, business or cell phone as well as email, text message or devices for the hearing and speech impaired.
“New technology brings new ways to assure that every citizen is notified when an emergency occurs,” Mayor Holden said. “No longer is the home telephone the most effective way to reach a highly mobile society, so it’s important that we keep up with the changing needs of our community.”
East Baton Rouge Parish has selected Connect-CTY to provide a system that will allow parish officials to notify citizens through voice and text messages and to allow residents to sign up unlisted numbers for emergency contact through the city-parish website, BRgov.com.
“We are the first city in Louisiana to adopt the Connect-CTY service,” Holden said, “again putting Baton Rouge at the forefront of utilizing advanced technology in emergency response.”
Test calls to businesses currently in the database are scheduled for Friday, August 17th around 4:30 p.m. and test calls to residential numbers currently in the database will begin at 6:30 p.m. Residents will receive a message from Mayor Holden indicating the call is testing to assure their number is in the system.
The city is now collecting e-mail addresses, cell phone and unlisted landline numbers to also be included in the Connect-CTY communication service. Additionally, the city is requesting that citizens alert the city should they wish to receive messages via their TTY/TDD receiving device for the hearing impaired.
Primary residential and business phones in Baton Rouge have been automatically included in the system. Residents can opt-in to have their unlisted contact information included for emergency notifications by visiting the Baton Rouge website (brgov.com) and clicking on the “Emergency Information” link on the left side of the home page, then the link that says “SIGN UP NOW – SERVICES BY CONNECT-CTY” to enter additional information into the secure database.
“The lessons of Hurricane Katrina and Rita taught us how critical it is to communicate with our citizens during emergencies,” Holden said. “It’s important that we be able to notify residents through multiple means of communication to assure that we get life-saving information to them. This system allows us to communicate at any given moment or location and will serve as a reliable, effective tool in Baton Rouge’s emergency planning and preparedness.”
East Baton Rouge Parish officials can also keep track of which telephone numbers were not reached should follow up or additional assistance be required with a report on the results of outgoing messages that is sent to city-parish administrators immediately upon availability.
“With the Connect-CTY service, city administrators can target messages to groups for everything from mobilizing emergency response teams to notifying key department heads on our own staff,” said Joanne Moreau, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness of Baton Rouge. ”
Authorized officials also can use a map on the Connect-CTY system to contact specific geographical locations, sending messages only to select Baton Rouge communities or even neighborhoods. “
Source: Baton Rouge City Press Release
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The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI), a Delaware corporation, is a privately held company that provides award winning communication systems designed specifically for local, regional, state, and Federal government entities. The Connect family of services enables rapid dissemination of critical information via voice and text devices using its premier mass notification engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily record and send time-based notifications to thousands of people in minutes using just a telephone. NTI makes and distributes the Connect-ED®, Connect-CTY®, Connect-GOV®, and Connect-MIL® systems, allowing users to target specific groups and/or geographic regions within their database(s) and engage recipients in two-way communication by asking them to respond to questions via their telephone keypads.
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