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Campuses Embrace Emergency Notification Systems for Improved Crisis Communications
"To illustrate the increase in campus adoption, over one million emergency alerts were sent in February alone," said
Students prefer to receive an alert on a cell phone as a text message, while a professor may need to hear an alert over the internal PA system. Staff members at home or the office may prefer to get a phone call, while visitors walking around campus need to either see an alert on a digital sign or hear an alert from a rooftop-mounted loudspeaker.
Additionally, the e2Campus notification system has a feature called SEED that can automatically include every single school email address in the alert, so students can get the alert even if they have not signed up for text message alerts. For students who have not opted-in to the system, they may also see the alert on a digital sign or hear the alert over the loudspeaker or PA system.
This is the power of a multi-modal emergency notification system — alerts are delivered in the way the recipient needs to receive it.
State and Federal Governments Respond
In January of this year, the Louisiana State Purchasing Office issued a statewide contract that enables any state college or university to immediately purchase the e2Campus emergency notification service without the need for an RFP as was previously required.
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Last week, Federal Communications Commission approved a plan to be implemented by 2010 for a new nationwide emergency text-message alert system.
Recent Public Safety Emergencies
Just two weeks ago, the e2Campus emergency notification system helped nab a wanted suspect at
Also two weeks ago,
In February,
In September of 2007, the
About e2Campus
Endorsed by Security On Campus Inc. and used by more than 500 campuses around the country, e2Campus is the Web-based emergency notification system that enables school officials to self-administer and send time-sensitive messages for a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing notification solutions. There is no traditional software to install, no hardware to buy and no additional phone lines needed. A school can set up a secure notification system in minutes to send routine, urgent or emergency notifications to their entire campus community or smaller groups, such as multiple campuses, residence halls, staff-only or sports news. e2Campus instantly and simultaneously sends multi-modal emergency alerts to a subscriber's mobile phone (via SMS text message), e-mail accounts, RSS reader, and handset phone (via voice message), plus all campus loudspeakers, digital signage, alert beacons, and relevant Web pages. To learn more, visit http://www.e2Campus.com.
About Omnilert
Omnilert, LLC is leading the way in multi-modal mass communications for sending time-sensitive information to large groups of people. The self-service, Web-based system enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device. It is ideal for announcing school closings, game cancellations, weather warnings, terrorist alerts, and marketing promotions. The system is built around a reliable SMS text messaging system that sends content directly to a mobile phone, traditional phone, e-mail address, Web page, RSS reader, digital sign, alert beacon, or loudspeaker. Omnilert solutions are sold under the names e2Campus, Amerilert, RainedOut and through resellers. The privately held company is headquartered in
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