Town Of Belmont Selects MessageOne’s AlertFind Service For Emergency Broadcasts & Notification
Austin, TX – March 8, 2005 – The Local Emergency Planning Committee of Belmont, Mass. today announced it has selected MessageOne’s AlertFind service to enable town leaders to rapidly broadcast notification of critical information to its select residents in the event of an emergency situation.
The MessageOne AlertFind notification and emergency broadcast system enables the Town of Belmont to provide immediate communications to town personnel and its 24,000 residents about urgent issues, such as public health updates related to the chemical plating company located in a densely populated neighborhood. Located outside Boston, the Town of Belmont covers 4.71 square miles, adjacent to Cambridge and Watertown and Lexington Mass.
“Public safety and ensuring the timely dissemination of critical communication and information to Belmont residents -- particularly in times of crises – are top priorities for our administration,” said Leo J. Saidnawey, Director of Belmont’s Emergency Management Agency. “Belmont is proud to be a leader among communities, by taking the extra precautions to secure our emergency communications plan. We are extremely appreciative of MessageOne’s partnership and commend them for their commitment to homeland defense and public safety initiatives at the local level.”
With the MessageOne AlertFind service, the Town of Belmont can reach any individual (citizen, town employee, etc), anywhere, anytime, via text-enabled devices or voice-enabled devices -- ranging from home phones, mobile phones, pagers, wireless devices, SMS, to email accounts and more. With its true two-way communication, AlertFind enables the town leaders of Belmont to simultaneously reach its audience and poll users to gather real-time data on their safety, status or on critical situations as they unfold.
The Town of Belmont joins a growing list of public entities, organizations and private corporations including T. Rowe Price, Motorola, the Florida Department of Education, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, who have standardized their emergency notification and broadcast capabilities on MessageOne’s award-winning AlertFind platform.
About MessageOne
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, MessageOne is the leading provider of managed services for email management, archiving and business continuity. For enterprise email and wireless messaging systems, the company’s Email Management Services (EMS™) provides comprehensive email archiving, storage management and e-Discovery with the total continuity, recovery, and security protection only available from a managed service. In addition, MessageOne’s AlertFind™ provides guaranteed emergency notification and escalation to help companies protect their employees during any crisis or disaster. Millions of users around the world depend on MessageOne for its award-winning managed services.
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Paul D'Arcy
Phone: 512-652-4500
Email: paul_darcy@messageone.com
Kirstan Ryan
Phone: 512-652-4500
Email: kirstan_ryan@messageone.com
