Everbridge will Help Communities Reach over 10 Million Contacts to
Support Public Safety During the Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2017--
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 Everbridge
Everbridge,
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,
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