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FM-Based Digital Alerting Available for Universities
ALERT FM Gives University Officials a Secure Method to Send Messages During
an Emergency
LAS VEGAS, April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To better provide
advance warning to protect national universities during emergencies, Global
Security Systems (GSS) of Jackson, Mississippi is now able to deliver the
ALERT FM system to universities, colleges and other institutes of higher
education. GSS is showcasing ALERT FM at the National Association of
Broadcasters 2007 Show, at the Las Vegas Convention Center thru April 19 at
Booth N6734.
ALERT FM is a personal alert messaging system that enables campus
administrators, emergency management personnel or police to create and send
notifications to students, staff, first responders or citizens. The FM
signal offers a unique advantage in that it has coverage for areas where
cell signals may not operate, also in the case of a wider emergency a
carrier signal can become overloaded and delayed or cease to operate.
Additionally, there are no costs associated with message delivery.
Students and staff can receive alerts via ALERT FM receivers or USB
sticks, as well as mobile devices equipped with a standard FM chip. By
utilizing ALERT FM, campus security would have the ability to distribute
real-time notifications for emergency situations, weather warnings,
homeland security notices and evacuation instructions.
Many universities have a licensed FM station on campus or a commercial
station serving the area. The alert messaging is delivered via a secure,
private digital network, which utilizes existing FM standards and
transmitters. This end-to-end solution uses a standard FM commercial
receiver chip inserted into an ALERT FM receiver or any mobile
communication device. It provides mass distribution of emergency alert
messages via a local radio station's FM infrastructure.
Following a presidential directive to improve the nation's emergency
alert capability, broadcasters in Mississippi join emergency management
officials as the first state to use ALERT FM for instantaneous alert and
messaging.
For more information on the ALERT FM system or how to acquire an ALERT
FM system for your school, please contact Matthew Straeb at (954) 850-6606
or send an email to mstraeb@gssnet.us.
About Global Security Systems, LLC
Global Security Systems (GSS) is a systems integrator, service provider
and manufacturer of homeland security and natural disaster ALERT FM
systems. The company has its headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi with
offices in Louisiana, Florida and Washington, D.C. Learn more about Global
Security Systems and ALERT FM at http://www.alertfm.com.
About ALERT FM
ALERT FM is a personal alert and messaging system that enables
emergency management personnel to create and send digital alert messages,
including tornado warnings, homeland security notices, hurricane evacuation
instructions and Amber alerts. First responders, school officials and
citizens can receive these alerts based on geographic or organizational
groupings through specially designed ALERT FM receivers or any device
equipped with a standard FM chip, such as cell phones, USB drives, smoke
detectors, home alarms, clocks or any mobile communication device before,
during or after an event.
SOURCE Global Security Systems
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