Wireless Emergency Alerts

OnSolve Expands Partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and LexisNexis Risk Solutions

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OnSolve®, a leading critical event management provider that enables organizations to mitigate physical threats and remain agile when a crisis strikes, today announced an expanded partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions that greatly enhances the Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children (ADAM) Program. By leveraging OnSolve CodeRED®, ADAM Program missing child alerts will now be distributed through SMS for the first time across more than 10,000 communities; greatly expanding the reach of the ADAM Program to millions of residents across the United States.

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  • ALPHARETTA, Ga., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OnSolve ®, a leading critical event management provider that enables organizations to mitigate physical threats and remain agile when a crisis strikes, today announced an expanded partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ® (NCMEC) and LexisNexis® Risk Solutions that greatly enhances the Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children (ADAM) Program.
  • The ADAM Program supports all types of missing children cases reported to NCMEC, including cases that extend beyond the criteria needed to issue an AMBER Alert.
  • "Our partnership with OnSolve and LexisNexis Risk Solutions advances our mission to find missing children and bring them home safely," said Callahan Walsh, child advocate for NCMEC and sibling of Adam Walsh, for whom the program is named.
  • "We are thrilled to partner with OnSolve to extend the reach of the ADAM Program to increase the visibility of these detailed missing children alerts," said Trish McCall, Senior Director, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Co-Founder of the ADAM Program.

Public Test of Alert Ready on November 15, 2023

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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Participation in the testing of Alert Ready is at the sole discretion of each provincial and territorial emergency management organization (EMO).

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  • Participation in the testing of Alert Ready is at the sole discretion of each provincial and territorial emergency management organization (EMO).
  • The test message will simulate an emergency alert, beginning with the alert tone, known as the Canadian Alert Attention Signal.
  • Testing of the Alert Ready system provides the opportunity to:
    Increase public awareness about the system and spark emergency preparedness conversations, so that Canadians can be ready and prepared in the event of an actual emergency
    The test alert will be distributed on TV, radio and wireless.
  • In 2023, the Alert Ready system delivered more than 1064 public emergency alert messages to Canadians.

Nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert system could test people's patience – or help rebuild public trust in the system

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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The Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled to have its third nationwide test on Oct. 4, 2023.

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  • The Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled to have its third nationwide test on Oct. 4, 2023.
  • The Wireless Emergency Alert system is a public safety system that allows authorities to alert people via their mobile devices of dangerous weather, missing children and other situations requiring public attention.
  • The federal government lists five types of emergency alerts: National (formerly labeled Presidential), Imminent Threat, Public Safety, America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber), and Opt-in Test Messages.
  • We believe that concerns about previous tests raise two questions: Is public trust in emergency alerting eroding?

Confusion and resistance

    • Over-alerting is a common fear in emergency management circles because it can lead people to ignore alerts and not take needed action.
    • The sheer volume of different updates can be similarly overwhelming, burying emergency alerts in countless other messages.
    • Even when people receive alerts, however, there is potential for confusion and rejection.
    • All forms of emergency alerts rely on the recipients’ trust in the people or organization responsible for the alert.

More exposure and info leads to more trust

    • A survey administered in the days immediately following the 2021 national test found that more respondents believed that the National Alert message class label would signal more trustworthy information than the Presidential Alert message class label.
    • The Oct. 4 test message is expected to state, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert system.
    • Here are steps that you can take now to help make the Wireless Emergency Alert system more effective:


    Finally, push back on the lack of information and rise of misinformation about alerts by sharing reliable information about emergency alerts with your family and friends. Hamilton Bean has received funding from the Department of Homeland Security and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties Select Genasys to Power Public Safety Alerts and Notifications

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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Genasys is providing public safety notification and evacuation management services for 30 California counties.

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  • Genasys is providing public safety notification and evacuation management services for 30 California counties.
  • Santa Cruz County has actively used Genasys Protect’s Zonehaven evacuation management since the CZU Complex Fire in 2020.
  • With Genasys, the contiguous counties of Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey will be able to more efficiently coordinate emergency notifications and evacuation management during regional crises."
  • Mr. Danforth continued, "Genasys Protect gives first responders and emergency management officials the combined power of multichannel alerting and evacuation management only available from Genasys.

State of New Jersey Expands Use of Everbridge Platform to Enhance Citizen Safety

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221025005664/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221025005664/en/
    State of New Jersey Expands Use of Everbridge Platform to Enhance Citizen Safety (Graphic: Business Wire)
    This year marks the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the costliest and most devastating storm to impact New Jersey.
  • First responders work around the clock to protect citizens from critical events like wildfires, hurricanes and the pandemic, said Francis Willett, Principal Product Manager for Everbridge Public Safety.
  • Everbridge serves more than 300 organizations throughout the state of New Jersey, including local and county governments, hospitals, schools, retailers, corporations, and financial services providers.
  • All Everbridge products are trademarks of Everbridge, Inc. in the USA and other countries.

Vivi Launches Visual Emergency Alerts to Keep Schools Safe During a Threat Crisis

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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"As a result, we have now shared our emergency alert API publicly so that any school can integrate with our visual alerts solution using any emergency system they already have in place."

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  • "As a result, we have now shared our emergency alert API publicly so that any school can integrate with our visual alerts solution using any emergency system they already have in place."
  • School districts can seamlessly integrate Vivi's visual emergency alerts with their current emergency management system using Vivi's API to improve situational awareness and deliver real-time information in the event of a threat incident.
  • To learn more about Vivi's Emergency Alerts notification solution, visit: https://www.vivi.io/emergency-alerts-for-schools3/
    Vivi.io is the leading communication and collaboration platform designed exclusively for education.
  • Vivi offers reliable wireless screen-mirroring capabilities as well as digital signage and emergency alert solutions for K-12 and Higher Education.

T-Mobile Invests in Network Resources and Expands Emergency Response Fleet to Keep People Connected When Disasters Strike

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
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Investing in our network, expanding our emergency response equipment fleet and preparing our teams to mobilize ensures T-Mobile shows up quickly whenever and wherever were needed.

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  • Investing in our network, expanding our emergency response equipment fleet and preparing our teams to mobilize ensures T-Mobile shows up quickly whenever and wherever were needed.
  • Our sincerest hope is that communities wont be impacted, but well be ready for whatever may come.
  • Disasters can be unpredictable, so T-Mobile teams aim to be ready for any possibility.
  • Before, during and after a weather or disaster event, the Un-carrier focuses on ensuring customers, first responders and communities are supported.

Mvix Signs MOA With FEMA Delivering Emergency Alerts to Customers

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Thursday, November 18, 2021
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Through this agreement, Mvix software will automatically acquire alert messages from FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System - Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS-OPEN) to provide alerts and warning messages to clients.

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  • Through this agreement, Mvix software will automatically acquire alert messages from FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System - Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS-OPEN) to provide alerts and warning messages to clients.
  • IPAWS combines the Emergency Alert System (EAS), Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), and National Weather Service Dissemination Systems.
  • Mvix is committed to helping its customers improve their communication with their audience with its agreement with FEMA.
  • Mvix will begin providing emergency alerts through digital signage to customers in the next coming weeks.

Genasys Inc. GEM Enterprise Software Provides Emergency and Operations Communications for The Green Bay Packers and Lambeau Field

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Monday, November 8, 2021
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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions that help keep people safe, today announced that the Green Bay Packers are using Genasys Emergency Management (GEM) Enterprise software for emergency and operations communications at Lambeau Field.

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  • SAN DIEGO, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions that help keep people safe, today announced that the Green Bay Packers are using Genasys Emergency Management (GEM) Enterprise software for emergency and operations communications at Lambeau Field.
  • "Situational awareness, communications, and emergency management are essential for the Green Bay Packers and Lambeau Field," said Doug Collins, Director of Security & Risk Management for The Green Bay Packers.
  • GEM is the only unified critical communications platform that combines software, hardware and geo-data analytics.
  • Established in 1919, The Green Bay Packers are the NFL's only community-owned team with more than 360,000 shareholders.

Verizon stands ready as Hurricane Ida threatens the storm-battered Gulf

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Friday, August 27, 2021
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NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Hurricane Ida makes its way to the Gulf, Verizon teams in the storm-weary markets prepare to once again provide critical communications before, during and after the storm. The likelihood of potential flooding is high and accompanying commercial outages are expected. Verizon engineers are topping off generators and pre-staging trucks with fuel, readying mobile network assets for rapid deployment, preparing satellite and microwave equipment as redundancy connections if fiber is impacted, and activating response teams to keep customers and first-responders connected. Despite numerous mobile assets being deployed in support of wild fire efforts in the west, flooding in Tennessee, assisting in processing Afghan refugees, and ongoing support for the pandemic response, Verizon has pre-staged numerous emergency assets outside of the storm’s projected path.

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  • The Verizon Response Team (VRT) stands at the ready 24/7 to deliver Verizon Frontline technologies to support first responders.
  • We are actively preparing for Ida and our Verizon team is ready to support the community as yet another major storm impacts this area, said Kyle Malady, Chief Technology Officer at Verizon.
  • Verizon has prepared to ensure the network is ready for Tropical Storm Idai:
    Support for first-responders: More public-safety professionals rely on Verizon than any other network.
  • The Verizon Response Team is also available 24/7 to deliver Verizon Frontline technologies including on-demand, emergency assistance for first-responders.