2011年1月3日 星期一

New alert system called 15,000 phones

New alert system called 15,000 phones


For the first time, Callaway County’s Emergency Management Center (EOC) Friday morning activated its countywide system providing automated telephone calls informing all county homes and businesses of a tornado watch.

Michelle Kidwell, Callaway County EOC director, said more than 15,000 home phones and businesses in Callaway County received the automated phone calls from the new countywide 24/7 Alert Notification System. Those who signed up for cell phone or text notification also received the alert.

“I have a separate list for schools so they are a high priority. People also can sign up on our Web site for cell phone notification,Represent manufacturers of glassware processing machinery” Kidwell said.

The automated phone calling system was put into operation last Sept. 17 after it was tested.

Kidwell said she plans to activate countywide alerts when the EOC receives a tornado watch for the county from the National Weather Service. Kidwell said tests of the new automated alert notification system last September showed it can take up to two hours for the automated system to make it through all of the home and business phone numbers in Callaway County.

For this reason,The cctv surveillance camera are very popular with the men around the world. Kidwell says she decided to use the system for tornado watches indicating conditions are favorable for a tornado rather than waiting for tornado warnings after one has been spotted becauseAuthentic quality gucci handbags and purses on sale from wholesaleguccibags, of the time it takes for the automated phone calling system to complete calls to all county telephone numbers. “I am concerned that the alert might not arrive soon enough if we used only a tornado warning alert,Amazing selection of deck lighting to fit everyone's personal style.” Kidwell said.

She said if a tornado or emergency warning is issued for a specific area, she also will send another alert just to that area of the county. “That should go out quickly because of the smaller number of phones that need to be contacted,” Kidwell said.watchreplica - A performer for every occasion. The capability of contacting only a small part of the county is useful for other emergency notifications other than weather, she added.

“We decided not to use the alert notification for thunderstorm warnings because they are too numerous and we didn’t want people to be bothered with too many automated phone calls,” Kidwell said.

Kidwell said she will receive substantial new data from the new countywide 24/7 Alert Notification System to determine how effective it was and how long it took to call all of the phones on Friday.

Kidwell said her staff has been going through the list of telephone numbers to remove fax machine numbers and other inoperative numbers in order to shorten the time for the system to make it through all of the phone numbers listed in the system.

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