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Connect-CTY System Used to Alert Residents in
Southern California Fires is Also Used in Manvel to
Ensure Residents are Ready to Receive Important Messages
[MANVEL, TEXAS – October 25,
2007]- As horrific fires in Los Angeles and San Diego
are forcing residents to evacuate their homes, the City
of Manvel reminds residents that the mass communication
service Connect-CTY
from The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI) is in place to
communicate with all residents regarding time-sensitive
matters, such as unforeseen events or emergencies.
Manvel implemented
Connect-CTY
to provide city officials the ability to send and track
personalized voice messages to thousands of residents,
businesses, and local officials in just minutes, through
a single phone call.
City officials are able to
send
messages from any Internet connection or phone line, if
evacuated, and reach thousands of recipients through
home phones, cell phones, text messages and emails.
Hundreds of thousands of people in
Los Angeles
and San Diego
were able to continue receiving these important messages
through their cell phones and stay connected via
announcements, even as they entered evacuation
locations.
“I strongly urge all residents
to register or update their contact information in the
secure database to make sure they are
ready to receive important information at all times,”
said Delores Martin, Mayor for the City of Manvel. “The
devastation in Southern California is a sobering affirmation that, should
there be an emergency here, we are ready and able to
reach residents directly with critical and possibly
life-saving information.”
To ensure that important
messages reach residents no matter what their preferred
method of communication is, the
Connect-CTY
for municipalities and the
Connect-ED
system for school districts
send voice and text messages through four different
modes of communication:
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Voice messages to home phones, work phones, cell
phones, and even e-mails
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Text messages to cell phones, PDAs and other
text-based devices
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Written messages to e-mail accounts
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Messages to TTY/TDD receiving devices for the
hearing impaired
With the Connect-
CTY service, city officials
can send messages in any language, and because the
service requires no additional hardware,
it can be used from any computer with Internet access or
just a telephone, ensuring that administrators can send
vital messages from wherever they are located, even if
they have been evacuated due to the fires. After the
messages are sent, officials receive reports listing
which contacts did not receive the message, giving the
option to resend the message to those not reached or
follow up via alternative means as needed.
About The NTI Group (http://www.ntigroup.com)
The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI), a
Delaware corporation, is a privately held company
that provides award winning communication systems
designed specifically for local, regional, state,
and Federal government entities. The
Connect
family of services
enables rapid dissemination of critical information
via voice and text devices using its premier mass
notification engine designed to allow users to
quickly and easily record and send time-based
notifications to thousands of people in minutes
using just a telephone. NTI makes and distributes
the Connect-ED®,
Connect-CTY®,
Connect-GOV®,
and
Connect-MIL®
systems, allowing users to target specific groups
and/or geographic regions within their database(s)
and engage recipients in two-way communication by
asking them to respond to questions via their
telephone keypads
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