The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has joined several other states by announcing a statewide alerting program. Called AlertPA, residents can sign up to receive messages via text, email, and pager. (Delivery through telephone calls is not an option currently offered by AlertPA.)
Governor Ed Rendell's press release said, "Emergency alerts include information on incidents involving toxic chemicals, nuclear power plants, failure of large dams and other urgent situations. Other types of alerts include weather, warnings, public health notifications, airport delays, consumer product recalls, prison notifications and more."
Other states offering comparable services are New York, Connecticut, California, and Montana.
The vendor proving the AlertPA system is Cooper Notification. Cooper recently filed patent lawsuits against Twitter, Rave Wireless, Inc. and Everbridge, Inc - all three companies with significant buzz in the notification space. The patent in question concerns use of multiple gateways for delivering messages.
All the best,
Rick
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Governor Ed Rendell's press release said, "Emergency alerts include information on incidents involving toxic chemicals, nuclear power plants, failure of large dams and other urgent situations. Other types of alerts include weather, warnings, public health notifications, airport delays, consumer product recalls, prison notifications and more."
Other states offering comparable services are New York, Connecticut, California, and Montana.
The vendor proving the AlertPA system is Cooper Notification. Cooper recently filed patent lawsuits against Twitter, Rave Wireless, Inc. and Everbridge, Inc - all three companies with significant buzz in the notification space. The patent in question concerns use of multiple gateways for delivering messages.
All the best,
Rick
