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