Everbridge will Help Communities Reach over 10
Million Contacts to Support Public Safety During the Upcoming Total
Solar Eclipse
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), a global software company that
provides critical event management and enterprise safety
applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, today
announced that it is helping government agencies communicate with
individuals and manage major crowds during the first total solar
eclipse to be viewable from coast to coast on U.S. soil in 99
years—taking place on August 21. As communities within the “Path of
Totality” – regions from Oregon to South Carolina where the moon
will completely cover the sun – prepare to host concerts, lectures,
art exhibitions and other types of events designed to attract
residents and tourists to celebrate this historic event, Everbridge
will help government agencies distribute public safety messaging to
over 10 million total contacts, and an additional 7 million
expected visitors, through its Everbridge Suite and SMS
keyword-based Community Engagement opt-in campaigns.
One of the communities preparing for an indirect impact by the
70-mile-wide path of the total eclipse is Larimer County, Colorado.
The area is expecting visitors traveling through their County to
reach a rural area in Wyoming that is in the path of totality.
Larimer County is preparing for an increase to their population on
their major highways and county roads as well as preparing to
provide mutal aid to Wyoming. Wyoming is estimating the state’s
population to reach anywhere between 500,000 and 3 million people
and they are preparing for more than 90,000 boats on the nearby
Glendo Reservoir over the weekend. The Larimer Emergency Telephone
Authority, who is the 9-1-1 Authority in Larimer County, is using
Everbridge to communicate to residents and visitors about public
safety situations during the Eclipse. Residents and visitors who
text the word ‘ECLIPSE’ to 888777 will receive alerts for road
closures, detours, fires and general public safety tips.
The Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority has also created a key
word through Everbridge to provide situational status updates to
all agencies who are partnering to provide emergency services
during the Eclipse. The partner agencies include their neighboring
state Wyoming, local emergency responders, as well as the Colorado
Highway Patrol and Department of Transportation
“With thousands of people traveling through our state to view
the solar eclipse, it’s important to coordinate public safety
efforts among our neighboring states and local government
agencies,” said Kimberley Culp, CEO, Larimer County Telephone
Authority. “Everbridge’s technology makes it possible for us to
proactively provide safety-oriented directives and help small towns
manage crowds that are much larger than they are accustomed to
seeing.”
In addition to Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority and their
partners, other communities located within the Path of Totality
will be using Everbridge for event management, community engagement
and keyword opt-in campaigns, including Cherokee County, NC
(keyword ECLIPSE2017) and Lincoln County, OR (keyword
LIC4ECLIPSE).
To support communities across the path of totality, Everbridge
also published the Solar Eclipse Resource Guide in partnership with
the Boston University School of Medicine’s Healthcare Emergency
Management Program. Download the full guide for emergency and crowd
management best practices and tips that can be implemented by your
community or organization in the lead up to the event.
“Huge spikes in tourist activity to non-traditional destinations
can be a strain for law enforcement and government officials,” said
Everbridge CEO Jaime Ellertson. “We are supporting all of our
affected customers within the eclipse’s path to help them overcome
this challenge through strategic coordination with other government
agencies. We have approximately 10 million existing Everbridge
contacts located within the Path of Totality and will ensure that
our service delivery and support teams are geared up for this
increased capacity to facilitate the safety of all of the
individuals and communities involved in this historic event.”
About EverbridgeEverbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a
global software company that provides enterprise software
applications that automate and accelerate an organization’s
operational response to critical events in order to keep people
safe and businesses running. 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-attack incidents, over 3,400 global customers rely on the
company’s SaaS-based platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and
assess threat data, locate people at risk and responders able to
assist, automate the execution of pre-defined communications
processes, and track progress on executing response plans. The
company’s platform sent over 1.5 billion messages in 2016, and
offers the ability to reach over 200 countries and territories with
secure delivery to more than 100 different communication devices.
The company’s critical event management and enterprise safety
applications include Mass Notification, Incident Management, IT
Alerting, Safety Connection™, Community Engagement®, Visual Command
Center®, Crisis Commander® and CareConverge™, 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,
all 25 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, Lansing, Beijing,
London and Stockholm. For more information,
visit www.everbridge.com, read the company blog, and follow
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