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Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectors 

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Use multi-modal communication strategies Develop a plan to stay in touch with affected individuals before, during, and after a winter storm. This includes utilizing various communication channels such as email, SMS, phone calls, and social media updates to keep everyone informed and safe.

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Amplifying School Security With Gunshot Detection Systems

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These systems can be leveraged to quickly alert everyone of a dangerous situation, enabling them to react and respond before it is too late. Providing vital location information, including where in the building the incident is happening, cuts through typical alert delays and enables a more immediate response to be initiated.

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Breakthrough Innovation to Help Overcome Today’s Public Safety Challenges

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While there are many ways to alert people about imminent dangers, many public safety systems: cannot reach everyone, everywhere, and every time. have limited capabilities and don’t offer multi-channel alerting. are too old and not equipped to use the latest technologies like 5G or satellite communications. So, what is new?

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7 Best Practices for Emergency Managers

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To have access and functional needs does not require that the individual have any kind of diagnosis or specific evaluation” ( FEMA, 2021 ). In order to prepare effectively, these community members must be identified. For example, providing alerts in multiple languages can help with accessibility. Amplify Communications.

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Top 5 Pitfalls of Business Continuity Planning

On Solve

Immediately implement any systems that contribute to a proactive response, including critical communications , emergency supplier contracts and emergency stockpiles. Business continuity plans should be tested and evaluated regularly, at least once a year.

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Everbridge recognized in Forrester’s AIOPs-focused Wave report

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In their AIOps-focused Wave Report, Forrester noted that “Everbridge is strong in data optimization…” and “an established IT alerting and incident response vendor with tight integrations into IT processes through its acquisitions.”

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

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Hurricanes pose immense risk to the safety of an organization’s people, the continuity of operations, and the connectivity of communications systems. During a hurricane, critical event managers must be able to communicate crucial safety information to the people for which they are responsible. GET IN TOUCH.