Government Agencies

Overview and Benefits

Government and emergency management agencies at all levels must be prepared to face increasing threats from man-made sources as well as natural events. A reliable, network-centric mass notification system can leverage existing communication channels and infrastructure resulting in a powerful cost-effective solution that can be deployed quickly to protect people and facilities.

Federal, state and local government agencies and emergency management organizations can rely on mass notification for:

• Personnel and Facility Protection – Mass dissemination of alerts to personnel to accelerate threat response
• Personnel Recall – Rapid activation of critical personnel to ensure continuity of operations for essential services
• Personnel Accountability – Proactive assessment of personnel status and their ability to perform required duties
• Regulatory Compliance – Meeting physical security, network security and other federal regulations in addition to 508 compliance

AtHoc’s solutions give government agencies the capability to reach hundreds of thousands of people via PCs, personal digital assistants (PDAs), land and cell phones, pagers, Blackberries, and giant voice systems, all in real time. AtHoc systems are designed for disseminating relevant alerts to the general population, targeted groups or special needs individuals through multiple means of communications in seconds. This ensures government organizations can protect its people while providing essential government services through their continuity of operations plans.

With the addition of AtHoc’s unified alert management console, emergency operation centers can manage the entire systems through a single Web-based console.

The AtHoc IWSAlerts Solution:

• Transforms an existing IP network into a comprehensive, enterprise-class mass notification system for rapid communication, boundless reach and cost effectiveness
• Unifies all communication channels and devices, including networked computers, land/mobile phones, sirens, display boards, radios and others, into a single system to simplify activation, ensure message consistency and reduce alerting time
• Manages the emergency notification process across the enterprise by providing pre-defined scenarios, operator access policies, multi-location support, alert activation flow, tracking and reporting
• Monitors video feeds, physical sensors and external data sources to automatically trigger notification scenarios
• Ensures continuous accuracy of personnel contact information by integrating with enterprise directories, providing operator user management tools and supporting end user self service