Washington, D.C. Area Residents and Presidential Inauguration Attendees to Receive Critical Information Updates from Everbridge
January 17 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Text Keyword INAUG to 888-777 to Receive
Critical Safety and Event Information from the Washington, D.C.
Government and United States Park Police During Inauguration
Events
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), a global software company that
provides critical communications and enterprise safety applications
to help keep people safe and businesses running, today announced
its Everbridge Nixle Community Engagement™ notification system will
be used to help keep Washington, D.C. area residents and visitors
safe and informed in the days leading up to and during the 58th
Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2017.
The United States Park Police, one of the oldest uniformed federal
law enforcement agencies in the United States, and the Washington,
D.C. government, will leverage the Community Engagement solution to
provide subscribers with safety, weather, traffic, event and
emergency alerts in near real-time.
With more than 800,000 expected attendees, public safety
officials are encouraging residents, visitors and Presidential
Inauguration attendees to text the keyword INAUG to 888-777
to receive the latest information and updates leading up to and
throughout the event. Current subscribers in the Washington, D.C.
area will continue to receive their regular local alerts from
Everbridge and can choose to opt-in to INAUG for Presidential
Inauguration specific information.
“We are excited to partner with the Washington, D.C. government
and the United States Park Police in their efforts to provide
timely and actionable information to Washington, D.C. area
visitors, residents and attendees to help keep everyone safe and
informed,” said Jaime Ellertson, CEO of Everbridge.
Community Engagement, powered by Everbridge, is a service that
has been successfully deployed at similar large scale events which
attract visitors from out of town, including Super Bowl 50,
Coachella and the Pope’s historic visit to the city of Philadelphia
in 2015. It is also regularly used by officials during severe
weather situations, including Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The
Community Engagement solution offers residents and visitors an
easy, event-based keyword opt-in process to improve communication
reach for emergency, safety and public information personnel.
For more information on how Everbridge Nixle’s Community
Engagement service allows local officials, residents and area
attendees to easily stay connected and engaged during high-profile
events, please visit:
http://www.everbridge.com/product/community-engagement/.
About EverbridgeEverbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), is a
global software company that provides critical communications and
enterprise safety applications that enable customers to automate
and accelerate the process of keeping people safe and businesses
running during critical events. During public safety threats such
as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks or severe weather
conditions, as well as critical business events such as IT outages
or cyber incidents, over 3,000 global customers rely on the
company’s SaaS-based platform to quickly and reliably construct and
deliver contextual notifications to millions of people at one time.
The company’s platform sent over 1.5 billion messages in 2016, and
offers the ability to reach more than 200 countries and territories
with secure delivery to over 100 different communication devices.
The company’s critical communications and enterprise safety
applications include Mass Notification, Incident Management, IT
Alerting, Safety Connection™, Community Engagement™, Secure
Messaging and Internet of Things, and are easy-to-use and deploy,
secure, highly scalable and reliable. Everbridge serves 8 of the 10
largest U.S. cities, 8 of the 10 largest U.S.-based investment
banks, all four of the largest global accounting firms, 24 of the
25 busiest North American airports and 6 of the 10 largest global
automakers. Everbridge is based in Boston and Los Angeles with
additional offices in San Francisco, Beijing and London. For more
information, visit www.everbridge.com, read the company
blog, www.everbridge.com/blog, and follow
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