Over 20 Million Irma-Related Messages
Successfully Sent through Everbridge Critical Event Management
Platform
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical
event management and enterprise safety applications to help keep
people safe and businesses running faster, successfully supported
the State of Florida and affected local, national and international
businesses’ preparation, warning and response activities
surrounding Hurricane Irma. The Everbridge platform was used to
send over 20 million messages to support efforts around Irma.
In Florida, the statewide emergency notification program,
AlertFlorida, is powered by Everbridge and managed by the Florida
Division of Emergency Management (FDEM). Through this agency’s
leadership and vision, more than 85 percent of Florida’s 67
counties across the state have deployed Everbridge’s critical event
management platform. During Irma, the Everbridge system was used by
these communities, as well as by those in nearby states, and by
global businesses with affected employees and operations, to share
safety information, weather updates, sheltering instructions and
evacuation directions throughout the course of the storm. Over the
course of that same period, Everbridge’s other customers sent more
than 50 million messages to contacts all over the world unrelated
to Hurricane Irma activities.
In preparation for the storm, the state of Florida promoted the
keyword, FLPREPARES, to residents, visitors and family members,
asking them to text it to 888-777, which would automatically sign
them up for critical information and safety alerts powered by
Everbridge. Over the course of the storm the number of individuals
receiving alerts grew to over 900,000 total opt-ins, with over
600,000 sign-ups during this period. In addition, the City of Tampa
promoted opt-ins with keywords in both English and Spanish, which
added over 64,000 to the total number of people receiving
alerts.
“Natural disasters such as Hurricanes Irma and Harvey remind us
all just how important it is to be prepared to share safety
information and instructions with residents when the worst
happens,” added Jaime Ellertson, CEO of Everbridge. “Reliability
and scalability of critical communications are essential during
such events, both for individuals at risk and for organizations to
address disruptions to their business operations.”
Everbridge assisted local officials through its Florida-based
Technical Account Manager, as well as from its 24x7 Global
Operations Center in Burlington, Mass., where the team closely
tracked the hurricane throughout its duration and ensured that full
support was available without a decrease in response times. View
the Everbridge Hurricane Irma Infographic to learn more about the
company’s activities during the storm.
Now that the storm has subsided and cleanup efforts have begun,
the state of Florida has released an updated keyword – FLRESPONDS –
which will share relevant information with residents about how to
safely undertake the cleanup and where they can access services and
assistance. Residents can text that keyword to 888-777 to receive
those updates.
If you are interested in donating to the relief efforts for
Hurricane Irma, you can consider donating to organizations such as
UNICEF, GlobalGiving’s Irma Relief Fund, the Direct Impact Fund or
the American Red Cross.
About EverbridgeEverbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is the
global leader in critical event management and enterprise safety
applications that automate and accelerate an organization’s
operational response to critical events in order to keep people
safe and businesses running faster. 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
on Twitter and Facebook.
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and trends for growth in our critical communications and enterprise
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