Emergency Warning System

Citizen authority for shallow-water rescue missions improved response time, from 15 minutes to less than 5--an improvement of more than 66%-- while boosting meeting attendance and saving more than 100 hours of phone time. An elderly man’s life was saved by a call— 8-10 men responded within 5 minutes.

Municipal Court reduced paperwork and experienced fewer incarcerations by sending out reminder phone calls to people scheduled to appear in court a day before their hearing with the time, location, repercussions for failing to appear, and a phone number to call with questions.

City government saved over 2,300 hours of labor while improving communications with residents. The city was able to quickly notify residents of emergency situations and scheduled maintenance, as well as improving community attendance at city events.

Water authority saved time and money while improving communication to 4,000+ community members. Residents were quickly notified of all water emergencies, hydrant flushings, water main breaks, and boil advisories, along with snow emergencies and city council meetings.

Emergency management group communicates with team members in the field or at home more quickly, effectively, and efficiently, with 1/10 the cost of their previous method, and increases the number of participating rescuers by 10%. Partnered with One Call Now in 2007, and reduced their communication cost by almost 96% in the first year alone.

Emergency notification messages began going out instantaneously and within minutes, two rescuers had pulled him to safety…

Municipal Court reduced paperwork and experienced fewer incarcerations by sending out reminder phone calls to people scheduled to appear in court a day before their hearing with the time, location, repercussions for failing to appear, and a phone number to call with questions.

City government saved over 2,300 hours of labor while improving communications with residents. The city was able to quickly notify residents of emergency situations and scheduled maintenance, while improving community attendance at city events.

Water authority saved time and money while improving communication to 4,000+ community members. Residents were quickly notified of all water emergencies, hydrant flushings, water main breaks, and boil advisories, along with snow emergencies and city council meetings.

Large public library improved communication with patrons and revamped the way it fills shifts, giving all employees an equal opportunity to pick up additional shifts.