Thread: More than 26,000 new citizen registrations for NIXLE alerts

More than 26,000 new citizen registrations for NIXLE alerts in times of crisis

Sun, 2011-09-18 11:19 AM

Nixle, LLC, a free provider of informational communication services between government agencies and the communities they serve, received 26,000 new citizen subscribers during two recent natural disasters -- Hurricane Irene and the massive Texas wildfires, Nixle said in a Sept. 15 news release.

In areas affected by these catastrophes, agencies using the Nixle high-performance notification system were able to provide their citizens with real-time warnings, information, and evacuation details.

During the 11-day period from August 23 to September 2, from the identification and eventual landfall of Hurricane Irene and coinciding with the height of the Lone Star state’s wildfires, the vast majority of new subscribers resided in the affected areas.

The state of New Jersey alone had more than 13,000 registrations. Likewise, during that same period, government agencies using the Nixle system sent over 2.1 million email messages and another 1.3 million SMS text messages.

“These recent disasters perfectly illustrate the Nixle communication system being used to its fullest capabilities,â€

Nixle is the leader in trusted notification services for law enforcement and government agencies. More than 4600 government agencies throughout the United States . . .

The following carriers support the Program: AT&T; Sprint/Nextel; Verizon Wireless; U.S. Cellular;
T-Mobile; Cellular One Dobson; Cincinnati Bell; Alltel; Virgin Mobile USA; Cellular South; Unicel;
Centennial; nTelos; MetroPCS; Cricket; Tracphone; Boost; Bluegrass; Cellcom.

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