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By Alice Lipowicz
The Federal Communications Commission published a notice of proposed rulemaking Jan. 3 to establish a commercial mobile alert system that would let wireless providers send emergency alerts to users of cell phones and other devices.
West Virginia Threat Preparedness - Bureau of Public Health Division has renewed their Wide Area Rapid Notification (WARN) subscription for the fourth consecutive year. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR) is the state agency charged with overseeing the health response to disasters occurring within the borders of West Virginia. Read the rest of this entry »
An attempted break in at the Milton Water Plant brings out Homeland Security Officials and evacuation of schools.
See how WARN notification assists in the evacuation.
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An EMERGENCY PLANNING, BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY Seminar was sponsored by the West Virginia Bankers Association on November 13th, 2007 at the Days Inn in Flatwoods, West Virginia. Each attendee received a Certificate of Emergency Planning, Business Continuity and Disaster Recover Training and a Comprehensive Workbook.
Utilizing the WARN for Schools System, Superintendent sends a message to parents showing that the county school board is taking threat of staph infection seriously. On Tuesday evening, October 23rd, 2007. Twenty four thousand eight hundred and fifty six Read the rest of this entry »
The University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) has chosen W.A.R.N. to provide for its integrated campus emergency notifications. Text-messaging students about campus issues is just one component of the emergency notification system that UK has activated. The system is the most recent decision in steps taken by the University to improve safety and emergency response at UK. “When Virginia Tech happened, I was bombarded with phone calls from companies,” said Christy Giles, the director of UK’s Office of Emergency Management. “We narrowed it down to three companies, and one just really stood out to us.”
The University of California - Davis has selected W.A.R.N. for its campus emergency notification needs after a comprehensive review which started with over a dozen providers. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, 10/04/07
Some students say they see little need to sign up
By COLBY SLEDGE
Staff Writer
Before University of Memphis junior Taylor Bradford was found shot to death outside a dorm Sunday, fewer than 4,700 people on the 20,000-student campus had signed up for the school’s emergency text message alert system. Read the rest of this entry »
This is a message from the Department of Homeland Security/Emergency Management Institute/Higher Education Project.
(1)В CYBER ATTACK:
Meserve, Jeanne.В “Mouse Click Could Plunge City Into Darkness, Experts Say.”В CNN.com, September 28, 2007.В Accessed at: Read the rest of this entry »
The communications department of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (CA) has contracted with W.A.R.N. to provide notification services base-wide. MCAS Miramar is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters as well as Marine Aircraft Groups 11 and 16. These units comprise many different fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft including the F/A-18 Hornet, KC-130J Hercules, CH-46 Sea Knight, CH-53 Sea Stallion as well as station UC-35 Citations. The base is also home to Marine Wing Support Group 37, Marine Air Control Group 38 and the 3rd MAW Band among other units. Read the rest of this entry »
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission held a Statewide Campus Security Conference on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia. Dr. Hazo Carter, President of West Virginia State University welcomed the numerous participants to the University’s outstanding facility.В Dr. Brian Noland, Read the rest of this entry »
Auditor General Jack Wagner Says Survey Indicates Most Public School Entities Have Safety Plans that Lack Critical Elements
HARRISBURG (May 23, 2007) – Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that his Read the rest of this entry »
Provides immediate large scale dissemination of time critical information in the form of Voice or Text, to anyone, anywhere, anytime, on any device, interactively across an organization’s entire communication infrastructure.
Download or read more by click on this link >> banking-example.pdf
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Kanawha County Middle and Elementary School Principals and Secretaries received certification training from Software Computer Groups Incorporated (SWCG). Read the rest of this entry »
The National Integration Center (NIC) Incident Management Systems Division recommends1 12 activities for the private sector that support NIMS implementation.В В These activities closely parallel the implementation activities that have been required of State, territorial, tribal, and local governments since 2004.В В Effective and consistent integration of the NIMS across Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local governments and the private sector will result in a strengthened national capability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from any type of incident.В
Click on the link below for more information
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/compliance/ps_implement.shtm