Advanced Communications Software to Call Residents at Home, Mobilize First Responders, Protect Community
Jacksonville, FL --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- July 27 , 2005 - With the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season well underway, several Jacksonville area public safety operations are preparing for future storms by using an innovative emergency notification system to warn residents in harm’s way and mobilize first responders.
How is emergency notification technology being used in Jacksonville?
• Evacuate Residents
• Share Shelter Information
• Provide Hotline Numbers
• Update Community on Ongoing Clean-Up Efforts
• Notify Residents of Water/Ice Distribution Points
• Mobilize First Responders &
If activated in the event of an emergency, residents will receive a computer-generated phone message that could contain such important information as evacuation routes, shelter locations and/or hotline numbers.
Aside from communicating with residents, emergency notification technology is also used to mobilize first responders, EMS professionals and volunteers. The software can automatically contact these individuals using all available communications devices (e.g., phone, pager, cell, email, etc.), and intelligently fill positions until the required teams are assembled.
“Hurricane preparation and response takes a team effort,” continued Kirby. “That’s why emergency notification technology is invaluable. It provides the true heroes – first responders, law enforcement, public safety professionals and volunteers – with the information they need to do what they do best.”
Many of the counties equipped with the technology also use it to help with clean-up and recovery long after the storms have passed. For example, in 2004, volunteer groups across the state received instructional information, such as where to report for work and what areas needed additional manpower. At the same time, residents received information on water and ice distribution points, as well as messages detailing their community’s ongoing clean-up plan.
Emergency Notification Technology Helps Jacksonville Brace for Hurricane Season
Pfizer Taps Send Word Now to Keep Employees Informed and Safe
Employees Instantly Alerted During Two Recent Natural Disasters
New York, NY --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- April 12, 2005 - Send Word Now, an emergency notification service has welcomed Pfizer Inc. to its family of customers and is now on call 24/7 to help employees of the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company stay informed and keep connected, especially during emergencies.
Send Word Now services enable Pfizer, along with other Fortune 1000 companies and large government agencies, to send a single message to hundreds or thousands of employees globally, reaching voice and text devices in minutes. Send Word Now reach employees where they choose to be reached, through cell phones, work phones, home phones, e-mail, pagers, PDAs, and text messaging devices.
Using Send Word Now's notification services, key management at Pfizer can verify that an employee is safe or perhaps needs help during an emergency. Pfizer recently used Send Word Now during two major natural disasters: to arrange an emergency executive conference in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami; and to cancel an employee meeting during last year's Florida hurricane season.
Michael Dee, manager of the Pfizer Global Security Operations Center uses Send Word Now as key component of a system that tracks intelligence about the security of the company's physical assets and the safety of its employees. "As soon as our global security team learned of the tsunami, we used Send Word Now to reach our senior team around the world and arranged a conference call within 15 minutes to devise a crisis plan," said Dee. "We sent voice and text messages to all their designated communication devices and received and reviewed responses in real time."
Pfizer also used the Send Word Now service to alert 150 employees scheduled to travel to an internal security conference in Key Biscayne, Florida, when a major hurricane traveling north across the Florida Keys suddenly changed direction and turned toward the area where the conference was to take place.
With one phone call to Send Word Now, Dee delivered voice and text messages to all 150 employees, informing them that the conference would be postponed. Dee also requested that each employee send a response back to Send Word Now, confirming their whereabouts. The employees cancelled their flight reservations and avoided the danger of being caught in the hurricane.
Town Of Belmont Selects MessageOne’s AlertFind Service For Emergency Broadcasts & Notification
Austin, TX --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- March 8, 2005 – The Local Emergency Planning Committee of Belmont, Mass. today announced it has selected MessageOne’s AlertFind service to enable town leaders to rapidly broadcast notification of critical information to its select residents in the event of an emergency situation.
The MessageOne AlertFind notification and emergency broadcast system enables the Town of Belmont to provide immediate communications to town personnel and its 24,000 residents about urgent issues, such as public health updates related to the chemical plating company located in a densely populated neighborhood. Located outside Boston, the Town of Belmont covers 4.71 square miles, adjacent to Cambridge and Watertown and Lexington Mass.
“Public safety and ensuring the timely dissemination of critical communication and information to Belmont residents -- particularly in times of crises – are top priorities for our administration,” said Leo J. Saidnawey, Director of Belmont’s Emergency Management Agency. “Belmont is proud to be a leader among communities, by taking the extra precautions to secure our emergency communications plan. We are extremely appreciative of MessageOne’s partnership and commend them for their commitment to homeland defense and public safety initiatives at the local level.”
With the MessageOne AlertFind service, the Town of Belmont can reach any individual (citizen, town employee, etc), anywhere, anytime, via text-enabled devices or voice-enabled devices -- ranging from home phones, mobile phones, pagers, wireless devices, SMS, to email accounts and more. With two-way communication, AlertFind enables the town leaders of Belmont to reach its audience and poll users to gather real-time data on their safety, status or on critical situations as they unfold.
“We see great potential for emergency notification at the local level and are proud to be working closely with the forward-thinking civic leadership in The Town of Belmont,” said MessageOne Founder Adam Dell. “Belmont is ahead of the curve by taking advantage of cutting-edge technology to make a positive and powerful difference in the quality of life and peace of mind of its residents.”
Baylor Health Care System Using 3n For Crisis Notifications
3n Mass Notification System Provides Emergency Preparedness for Far-Reaching Network of Medical Facilities
Glendale, CA --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- August 17, 2005 – 3n (National Notification Network), a leading provider of mass notification systems, announced today that the Baylor Health Care System, one of the largest private-sector employers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, is using the 3n mass notification system as its primary communications platform in the event of a crisis or disaster. The 3n system assists Baylor medical centers, led by Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, to conduct routine drills as part of the network's vital community role in the planning and preparation for crisis and disaster drills and events.
Baylor employs more than 15,000 people, including more than 3,300 physicians on its medical staff who would need to be alerted in the event of a crisis or disaster. The Baylor network includes hospitals, primary care physician centers and practices, rehabilitation clinics, senior health centers, affiliated ambulatory surgery centers and the Baylor Research Institute. In drills to prepare for crises, the 3n system allows Baylor to quickly alert key personnel so they may activate command centers, conduct conference calls between key leaders and direct emergency personnel to assigned locations in an effective and timely manner.
"Baylor relies on the 3n system to quickly reach our staff and practitioners," said Ron Kasowski, director of safety for Baylor. "The 3n system is designed to allow Baylor to contact all our employees on our disaster organization chart to ensure they can respond as efficiently as possible during emergency situations. We also use the groups feature to dispatch our public safety employees and hazardous material decontamination team as necessary during disaster events."
Using the 3n system, Baylor administrators are able to communicate with system users in any situation requiring quick and secure dissemination of information. The message is relayed via all modes of communication used by Baylor constituents, including phone, email, pager, and wireless devices such as laptops, PDAs and BlackBerries.®
Goodyear Implementing 3n Mass Notification System To Communicate Instantly With Employees
Goodyear Testing System Weekly As Part Of Emergency Communications Plan
Glendale, CA --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- February 15, 2005 - National Notification Network (3n), a provider of mass notification systems, announced today that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (NYSE: GT), one of the world's leading tire companies, is implementing the 3n Mass Notification System to communicate instantly with its employees.
After a Goodyear administrator accesses the 3n System by online login or a phone call, the system will deliver customized communication to an entire database of uploaded contacts. Goodyear currently is testing the 3n System once a week as part of its emergency communications plan, successfully sending out trial messages to over 75 contacts in its initial database.
A 3n message can be relayed to modes of communications including phones (home, work and cell) email, pager, fax and wireless devices such as laptops, PDA's and BlackBerries. The system will keep reaching out to the contact until receipt is confirmed. 3n then generates a report that indicates “who-did-what-when,” and provides Goodyear essential compliance and legal support.
Said Cinta Putra, CEO and co-founder of 3n. “We are delighted that Goodyear has chosen the 3n System to be an integral part of their emergency communications plan.”
About Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear is the world's largest tire company. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, the company manufactures tires, engineered rubber products and chemicals in more than 80 facilities in 28 countries. It has marketing operations in almost every country around the world. Goodyear employs about 85,000 people worldwide.