Rapid Notify Selected by City of Altoona for Emergency Notification Services

May 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Rapid Notify, Inc. announced today that it was recently selected by the City of Altoona, Pennsylvania to provide emergency notification services.  The Rapid Notify system will enable Altoona police, fire and city officials to contact over 35,000 area residents in the event of an extreme emergency situation.

The City of Altoona is located in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Altoona will be utilizing Rapid Notify’s geographic mapping capability to send targeted alerts based on location and proximity to emergency situations.  In addition, the online community self-registration feature offers Altoona additional methods to deliver important messages.  Residents can sign up to receive emergency alert notifications via landline, cellular telephone, SMS text message, or e-mail.

“Rapid Notify provides the comprehensive incident communications system we need to reach our staff and community,” said Deputy Chief Tim Hileman, emergency management director for the City of Altoona. “The system will enable us to efficiently alert, coordinate, and deploy personnel in response to any emergency situation, while providing detailed reporting with which we can document all notification activity.”

“Rapid Notify is committed to providing the best possible solutions to help our customers keep employees and citizens safe and informed,” said Steve Sipe, president of Rapid Notify. “We are proud to assist Altoona with their emergency preparedness and communication strategy.”

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Rapid Notify, Inc. has been providing Mass Notification Services for emergency and non-emergency communications to clients across North America for more than 25 years. Rapid Notify provides a comprehensive suite of mass notification and management services ideal for government agencies, municipalities, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, first-responders and businesses. The easy-to-use, web-based emergency notification system enables effective, real-time, two-way communication via telephone, email and SMS text messaging. Rapid Notify offers reliable and cost-effective communication solutions to help people connect during a crisis, manage operational incidents and other communication activities. More information is available at http://www.rapidnotify.com or 800-519-2129.