Posts Tagged ‘emergency phone notification’

Free H1N1 Preparedness Webinar

September 30, 2009

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM Pacific

As the next wave of H1N1 hits, mass notification will play a crucial role in emergency preparedness. Those with an effective emergency notification plan in place will be ready to reach their entire network with critical information, to communicate alternative work centers and workaround plans—all in a fast and reliable manner. Learn how you can use One Call Now message notification service to notify your network should an outbreak occur.

Speakers:
Maurice A. Ramirez, D.O.
Dr. Maurice Ramirez is the Founding Chairperson of the American Board of Disaster Medicine and serves the nation as a Senior Physician-Federal Medical Officer in the National Disaster Medical System. He serves on state and federal panels for pandemic preparedness and healthcare surge planning.

Leib Lurie, Founder & CEO, One Call Now
Mr. Lurie has 35 years experience developing and providing logistics and communications systems to facilitate operations, efficiencies, security and safety for staff and stakeholders at hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and for tens of thousands of non-profit groups around the globe.

Click here to register today!

Phillip Nagle Makes It Home after Cycling 8,200 Miles to Raise Money for Cancer Research

September 14, 2009

We were all waiting by the side of the road, looking into the sun, waiting for the headlights of the police escorts. The news vans and hundreds of people stood on the side of the road waiting for him to arrive. And there he was.

After 8,200 miles through 48 states, Phil completed his journey. He slammed on his breaks, and lifted his bike above his head, but he wasn’t the man that left Tipp City 57 days ago. His body has completely transformed as the result of 8,200 miles of sheer willpower and determination. He grabbed his bike and lifted it over his head in victory with his huge infectious smile. He made it. He’s home.

I watched Phil get swarmed by cameras as he enjoyed the moment and I too snapped away happily, feeling completely inspired, and admiring the human desire to put your head down and grind through it… and realizing that no matter how hard things become, in the end you will cross the finish line with the sun from the west shining on your back. Thanks Phil! You have been an inspiration for us all.

DONATE: http://www.go48in48.com/

View Pic’s from Phil’s return home!

Phillip Nagle Reaches the 4 Corners to Raise Money for Cancer Research

September 4, 2009

Phillip Nagle UPDATE & New VIDEO’S – from Andrew Dom –
We are currently in South Dakota about 140 miles from North Dakota! Picked up state 39 and 40 today. The wind has been coming from the east all day and has slowed Phil down a lot. Hopefully the wind starts blowing east like it’s supposed to soon! Everything else is going good, as Phil has conqured the Rockies and cycled for over 6,500 miles!

There are two new videos posted to our youtube channel. Check them out they are pretty cool.

http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNIamA_S64

http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Gw1jVnick

Andrew
www.go48in48.com

Meningitis Scare prompts McCreary County School District to Act

September 3, 2009

McCreary students return to classes today
By JANIE SLAVEN
Record Staff Writer

STEARNS — Less than a week into the new school year, McCreary County School District was forced to cancel classes yesterday as doctors work to determine what’s causing one little girl’s illness.

Rather than swine flu which has dominated recent media coverage, officials were concerned that the Pine Knot Primary student had contracted meningitis, or inflammation of the membranes protecting the brain and spinal column. If caused by bacterial infection, the disease may result in brain damage, hearing loss, or learning disabilities if not treated early.

While not as contagious as cold or flu, the threat of meningitis exposure prompted district officials to call off school after Superintendent Donnie Wright was notified of the situation Sunday evening. Parents were notified through the school system’s One Call Now message service. Monday was spent cleaning facilities and implementing other precautions to promote health safety.

Late yesterday afternoon, Lake Cumberland District Health Department’s Public Health Services Coordinator Amy Tomlinson told The Record that the University of Kentucky Medical Center had ruled out meningitis as the cause of the girl’s symptoms but testing continues to determine the primary cause.

“The child from McCreary County, who was transferred to UK pediatric ward, is in a stable condition, and presumed to have viral encephalitis (Inflammation of the brain),” LCDHD Medical Director Dr. Christine Weyman stated. “Viral encephalitis can be caused by many different viruses and sometimes can follow common viral infections ; recovery is the rule. The specific virus will not be known for several days. Treatment is supportive and there is no prophylactic medicine or vaccine recommended for those who have been close contacts. Good hand hygiene is always recommended.”

Superintendent Wright said that he had been assured by the department that it was safe to return to school and classes were to resume today.

“There will be school in McCreary County tomorrow, Tuesday, September 1,” Wright stated. “We have been informed by our Regional Health Administrator that the precautionary measures taken by our school system will promote safety and good health practices for all of our students and staff.”

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Phil Nagle Reaches Eureka, Nevada. He is riding his bike through 48 states to raise $48K for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

August 25, 2009

Phil is in the huge state of Nevada. Yesterday he battled headwind gusts at 30 mph. Let me digress here. When you are on a bike trying to get somewhere and you have that kind of a headwind, it feels like someone put about 50 lbs on your bike. You turn the pedals and you just can’t go anywhere. Your legs are on fire, and you are going nowhere. But Phil just keeps pedaling. I can honestly say, I am absolutely amazed that his body is still going. But for Phil, it isn’t about what his body can do, it is what his mind is telling his body to do.

Here is a note from Andrew O’Dom, Team Manager:
“We are currently in Nevada and will be for the next 3 days. This is our 33 state and we are well over half way done with our trip. Phil is doing amazing as he has cycled for over 4,500 miles in 33 straight days. He has set a trip record with 185 miles in one day! He has also hit speeds as high as 53 mph! Simply amazing, but we need your help.

With the trip just over the half way point we are trying to make a final push towards raising the $48,000 for LLS as well as raise enough funds to complete our mission.

If you can find it in your hear and your wallet 🙂 please help us meet our goal with your donations. You could make the difference. Donate to LLS using the link on our facebook page. Or donate directly to us at www.go48in48.com. Donations made to us will be used for the trip as well as put towards our goal for LLS

Thank you all for you support without you we wouldn’t have made it this far.

Thanks,

Andrew”

To hear Phil’s updates online or to be added to the phone notification list, go to http://go48in48.com/onecall.

Phillip is also posting pictures on flickr

Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council Uses One Call Now for Grassroots Neighborhood Fire Watch Program

August 18, 2009

Jerry Davies
Farmers Insurance

Jerry,
I wanted to give you an update on the use of the Emergency Notification Network that you allowed us to purchase for the benefit of the Crescenta Valley.

Your commitment to the Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council occurred in the last week in May. We promptly implemented the One Call Now notification system to invite residents in the calling area to attend our Surviving A Wild Fire Expo held on May 31st. The resulting attendance was far greater than anticipated. During our 4 hour event, we had upwards of 300 residents attend and learn about Fire Safe Practices. The following week we captured Front Page newspaper coverage of the event in the Local LA Times edition of the Valley Sun.

The resultant outreach of this event continues to snowball into a strong grass routes evolution of Neighborhood Fire Watch program, based on our basic tenant of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”. We have two follow up meetings this coming week, one a committee meeting to create an emergency evacuation route from within Briggs Terrace (a one way in one way out community that we’ve been told is very reminiscent of Oakland Hills), the second is a Neighborhood Fire Watch meeting with a few blocks of residents with potential block captains from adjacent areas in attendance. These meetings stress taking personal responsibility to assure ones safety and protection of property. Pre – Evacuation strategies are discussed at length. Attention is also given to analyzing ones property and implementing appropriate materials to harden ones home against ember and fire attack.

On June 7 ( one week after our Fire Expo) I received a call @ 4 PM stating that the Sheriffs had been searching for the last 2 hours for an Alzheimer’s afflicted resident to no avail and wouldn’t I call the watch commander who expressed interest in the reverse calling program. They had employed several units , some from outside the area, including a helicopter.
I called the watch commander and he gave me the descriptive information and within a few minutes I made a call to our database.
Within 5 minutes of having placed that call I was called by the watch commander notifying me that our lost resident had been found and it was a direct result of our call. The person had wandered a couple blocks away and entered someone’s rear yard where he had found a chase lounge to lie on. Upon receiving our call the family looked around their house and so located our missing person. The call back from the Sheriffs’ department was so soon after placing the call that I was ready to believe it was a coincidental event… not so according to those in charge.

We had occasion to assist County Fire and Sheriffs departments in launching and Evacuation Drill carried out in the Briggs Terrace area on August 1st. That event was well attended because of the work done by all in getting the word out. Our notification system was used as well as the lynch pin to begin the evacuation. Stephanie English of County Fire recorded 2 messages that we used, one to remind residents of the coming event, and the second to kick it off at 9 AM on Saturday morning.There is a good write up of the event on the County’s following page: http://www.fire.lacounty.gov/home_story2.asp . There is a great thank you note referenced in the last line of the article which bears being read by linking to it.

What we’ve learned since committing to the One Call Now system is that it has so many potential uses to assist our community over and above its basic intended purpose. Our commitment to you to make this a one time grant, has also motivated us to use the One Call Now Notification System as a key reason for neighbors to pay a $10 annual sponsorship to the CV FSC. So far we’ve raised an additional $800 to go towards next seasons cost of the system and the $10 checks keep rolling in as we spread our Neighborhood Fire Watch program through the community.

All of this has happened because you had the courage to grab the ring of opportunity as it was passing by one Friday night in May when I placed my call to you to ask for support. Thanks again for your support and I look forward to that Photo op of holding that large cardboard check early in September.

Regards,
Roger Young
CV FSC Chair

Click Here for More information on how One Call Now’s emergency notification service can help your community.

Phil Nagle Reaches the 3,000 Mile Marker on His 8,000 Mile Cycling Journey to Raise $48K for Cancer Research

August 10, 2009

160 miles per day. That is about 10 hours on the bike per day. When you went to work today, Phil was on his bike. When you went to lunch, Phil was still on his bike; and when you had dinner – you guessed it… Phil was still on his bike! While we are sitting in our air-conditioned office tapping away on our computers or watching TV, Phil is riding through mountains in the smoldering heat, on a mission to raise $48K for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. When Phil completes his journey, he will be the first person to ever accomplish such a task.

Phil just passed the 3,000 mile marker and is headed to Little Rock, Arkansas. His legs still feel good and his voice is always positive on his phone messages that he sends to his followers every day. Phil is using One Call Now phone notification to send updates during the course of his journey. To hear Phil’s updates online or to be added to the phone notification list, go to http://go48in48.com/onecall.

Phillip is also posting pictures on flickr

Los Angeles County Evacuation Fire Drill Using One Call Now a Success: “Over & Above” What the Neighborhood Expected

August 5, 2009

Being prepared during an emergency requires practice. Emergency evacuation and other drills to simulate a true disaster environment can prepare your community for a real emergency. The Briggs Terrace fire evacuation drill sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department with the support of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station conducted a neighborhood drill with 200 participants. Click here to read more on the evacuation drill.

One Call Now provides emergency phone notification services for your community. Our system can call thousands of households at once during an emergency with specific safety instructions in your voice.

Hear what other customers are saying about us…
Our local Fire Safe Council in San Diego County has been an extremely satisfied customer of One Call Now for four years. During last October’s wildfires, we made three calls to our 4,000 subscribers. The first warned them to get ready for a possible evacuation, the second told them that we were being evacuated, and the third advised them that they could return home. Even though most of these subscribers had two or three phone numbers in the data base, it only took four minutes to deliver our message with a zero failure rate! In contrast, our county government’s Reverse 9-1-1 system took more than an hour to deliver the same volume of calls and had a 50% failure rate. Fast, rreliable, and inexpensive…what more can you ask for?” – Thomas F. Deer Springs Fire Safe Council

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From the Telegraph System to Twitter! What’s Next?

May 8, 2009

Everyone’s a-twitter about Twitter. Tweets are showing up in the ticker section on our favorite news channels so we can read what everyday people are saying about the latest events while watching and listening to the TV news broadcaster. We all waited anxiously to see Ashton Kutcher win the race against CNN to be the first to have 1 Million followers. (He has a lot of friends.) The founder of Twitter was a guest on Oprah, which makes it seemingly everywhere. So, about a month ago, like everyone who dares to go into the world of Tweeting, I signed up for a new account… and just sat there, waiting. “Where is everyone? Don’t they know I am here?” A few days later, I went on vacation to Key West. I thought it would be the perfect time to Tweet various happenings on lazy beaches, with lizards and the sunshine—and yes, a few times I did Tweet about what I ate.

Then it happened… My Blackberry buzzed, and it read, SoAndSo (SAS) is now following your updates on Twitter.” Hmm!? Who is So and So, and why are they following me? They actually care that I have a sunburn?

And so it began. Before I knew it, I was following people with similar interests, and they, in turn, followed me.

I am not alone. Twitter has experienced staggering growth— from 475,000 members in February 2008 to over 7 million members in February 2009 (source: Nielsen NetView, 2/09, U.S., Home and Work). TechCrunch reports that Twitter is up to 25 million members as of May 2009, and growing rapidly since the Oprah appearance.

There are hundreds of Twitter applications available for free, including mobile applications so you can Twitter on your cell phone, Tweet Grid (search on multiple subjects at one time), and more. You can even embed your Twitter updates on your blog. There are also mashups (two web applications that are integrated into one program) including YouTube Tweeter and Twitter Jobcast. You can find all of these online at Twitdom http://twitdom.com/, a consolidated database of Twitter applications.

My favorite Twitter application is Tweet Deck. It is exactly what it sounds like. It is a personal browser that sits on my computer screen so I can watch my Tweets go by. I found many churches who were Twittering, so I started following them. Any time I like I can pull up my Tweet Deck and scroll through inspirational messages from churches all over the United States, click through to their websites and learn more about them… all for free —for now. Twitter has also been mired in buyout rumors: The latest rumor is that Apple has offered $700M to buy Twitter. Google and Microsoft were also previously rumored for a Twitter buyout. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, did state on The View that the company is not for sale. In 2008, the social networking giant Facebook did make an offer of $500M, and was turned down.

Soon after I realized the significance of the Twitter communication trend. 25 Million people are sitting in a virtual room, connected, sharing information, communicating in twittering snippets that point to blogs, Facebook and other social networking sites for more information.

Communication is traveling and changing at increasing speeds; changing our culture and the way we view the world we live in. Samuel Morse first demonstrated the first working telegraph system in 1838, and by 1844 the first long distance telegraph line ran from Baltimore Maryland to Washington DC. By 1870, the telephone was a reality with the transformation of speech into an electric signal by Elisha Grey and Alexander Bell. In1880 more than 32 million messages were traveling by 291,000 miles of wire.” (History of Communications http://www.fi.edu/learn/case-files/communication.html) Note: In 2009 One Call Now has dialed over 47 million phone numbers, and it is still Spring!

The first computers began to hit the scene in the 1930’s and many inventors have contributed to the evolution of PC’s and operating systems since then. In the 1960’s we saw the discovery of transferring data-packets within a network, leading to the development of the Internet. Then there was the 90s dot com boom and subsequent bust. Now, 171 years after the first demonstration of the telegraph system, here we are in a virtual room of 25 million people with the latest phenomenon— Twitter.

Something to think about… The amount of data currently contained in the Library of Congress is transferred over the Internet every second. It begs the question, “What’s next?”

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We have found that Twitter is a great place to announce new features and community involvement, and to talk to people who use One Call Now. We hope you’ll join our conversation!