Over 20 Million Irma-Related Messages Successfully Sent through
Everbridge Critical Event Management Platform
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 20, 2017--
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 Everbridge
Everbridge,
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,
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