“It integrates easily with our existing technology and greatly increases our ability to reach people quickly.” Most recently the “We are pleased to … offer this important and meaningful smartphone application,” said Chief Heather Coogan, of the Littleton Police Department in Colorado. The ping4alerts! system is being used by national, state and local agencies from New England to California. Provide as much actionable information as possible." These types of value-added services are designed to
Weather Service relies on innovative companies to rapidly disseminate hazardous weather
"The development of these advanced alerting technologies is critically important," said GregĬarbin with the NOAA National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center.
“That’s a life-saving app,” said Richard Pepper. Richard Pepper heard the alert on his phone and ran from his backyard just seconds before a tree crashed down where he had been standing. Ping4 Inc.’s alert saved Richard Pepper’s life when a tornado ripped through his town. Geographic area is not pre-determined, it can be unique to each alert. Ping4 Inc.’s patent pending software allows Emergency Management officials to be able to send life-saving information to users within a highly select geographic area and because the Ping4alerts! is a free app used by Emergency Management Agencies to alert residents of an impending danger like being in the direct path of a tornado at the moment, whether they are in the grocery store or in the back yard. Three weeks into the current tornado season, Ping4 Inc.’s smartphone app - ping4alerts! - has had more than 300,000 impressions throughout the Tornado and Dixie Alley regions of the country.
A tornado’s ability to switch course and direction makes them dangerous and unpredictable and makes this technology extraordinarily useful in places like tornado alley. This technology can be critical when tornados strike. This is a leap forward from older technologies that use permanent addresses to issue alerts. The technology, being driven forward by technology experts at Ping4 Inc., allows users to get emergency messages based on where the users are in real time with their smart phone. Solitude, Indiana - Increasingly, Emergency Management Agencies are relying on the latest technology to provide real-time information to people that are in the direct path of danger.
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