FM-Based Digital Alerting Available for Universities

FM-Based Digital Alerting Available for Universities

ALERT FM Gives University Officials a Secure Method to Send Messages During an Emergency

LAS VEGAS, April 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To better provide advance warning to protect national universities during emergencies, Global Security Systems (GSS) of Jackson, Mississippi is now able to deliver the ALERT FM system to universities, colleges and other institutes of higher education. GSS is showcasing ALERT FM at the National Association of Broadcasters 2007 Show, at the Las Vegas Convention Center thru April 19 at Booth N6734.

ALERT FM is a personal alert messaging system that enables campus administrators, emergency management personnel or police to create and send notifications to students, staff, first responders or citizens. The FM signal offers a unique advantage in that it has coverage for areas where cell signals may not operate, also in the case of a wider emergency a carrier signal can become overloaded and delayed or cease to operate. Additionally, there are no costs associated with message delivery.

Students and staff can receive alerts via ALERT FM receivers or USB sticks, as well as mobile devices equipped with a standard FM chip. By utilizing ALERT FM, campus security would have the ability to distribute real-time notifications for emergency situations, weather warnings, homeland security notices and evacuation instructions.

Many universities have a licensed FM station on campus or a commercial station serving the area. The alert messaging is delivered via a secure, private digital network, which utilizes existing FM standards and transmitters. This end-to-end solution uses a standard FM commercial receiver chip inserted into an ALERT FM receiver or any mobile communication device. It provides mass distribution of emergency alert messages via a local radio station's FM infrastructure.

Following a presidential directive to improve the nation's emergency alert capability, broadcasters in Mississippi join emergency management officials as the first state to use ALERT FM for instantaneous alert and messaging.

For more information on the ALERT FM system or how to acquire an ALERT FM system for your school, please contact Matthew Straeb at (954) 850-6606 or send an email to mstraeb@gssnet.us.

About Global Security Systems, LLC

Global Security Systems (GSS) is a systems integrator, service provider and manufacturer of homeland security and natural disaster ALERT FM systems. The company has its headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi with offices in Louisiana, Florida and Washington, D.C. Learn more about Global Security Systems and ALERT FM at http://www.alertfm.com/.

About ALERT FM

ALERT FM is a personal alert and messaging system that enables emergency management personnel to create and send digital alert messages, including tornado warnings, homeland security notices, hurricane evacuation instructions and Amber alerts. First responders, school officials and citizens can receive these alerts based on geographic or organizational groupings through specially designed ALERT FM receivers or any device equipped with a standard FM chip, such as cell phones, USB drives, smoke detectors, home alarms, clocks or any mobile communication device before, during or after an event.

Source: Global Security Systems

CONTACT: Matthew Straeb of Global Security Systems, +1-954-850-6606 or
mstraeb@gssnet.us

Web site:

http://www.alertfm.com/

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