Public Emergency Notifications via SMS text messages
In emergencies communication is the key
factor. So in the height of an emergency you need to have the fastest and
most reliable system for communicating to the masses. To be able to control
the crisis you need inform people about the events and notify them on what
should they do. To do so you need a communication that allows real time and
mass communication, as well.
Emergency notifications are the most important issues if
there is an upcoming catastrophe, crisis, or any life threatening event. These
notifications can be adopted by various sectors like governments, schools,
businesses, and any other services where there is the need for notify or
inform people about emergency. Emergency notifications can also be various
from very high temperature notices to evacuation notices.
To be able to reach great number of people at the very same time you can
implement SMS technology. SMS messaging makes it possible to send bulk text
messages to the masses in real time. As today people carry their cellphones
with themselves to everywhere they can instantly get your notification
messages. 94% of SMS text messages are read regardless of the sender. In
this way SMS messaging can be a complementary function of your emergency
strategy. The great advantages of SMS text messages is that they allow
wireless communication. So you can reach people directly on their mobile
phone while it is not so sure that you can call them at home in emergency.
Since SMS messaging is a two-way communication channel you can not just send
notifications to people but they can also react to your messages in contrast
to automatic telephone calls as people cannot answer to a machine or cannot
ask for help. Therefore SMS messaging offers flexible and effective solutions
to notify as many people as possible within a very short period of time. Learn
how you can utilize SMS messaging in your strategy.
How to use SMS functionality to reach the masses?
- Send bulk messages in case of emergency to the mobile phones of people
with instructions or situation notifications. Notification messages can be
sent for example to the old people if the temperature is too high. Alerts
can be sent out if there is a coming flood or fire. But even headmasters of
schools can send SMS messages to parents if the school is closing early and
the children need to be pick up because some problem. As you can see SMS
notifications can be used in various cases where immediate notification is
the key factor.
- Use SMS-to-E-mail functionality to make
your notifications more effective. In practice it means that you can send
these SMS notification via e-mail at the same time. If your system sends
these messages for you then you can concentrate on other important issues
to notify and organize people in crises.
- You can introduce SMS functionality to your web
site to allow people to subscribe for your SMS newsletters, notifications,
information. In this way you can send them weather information, health alerts,
general notifications (from your school, or kindergarten, or company, or other
services), utility outage, etc. Please see examples on how to let people to
subscribe for various SMS contents and newsletters they are interested in.
Examples:
Subscribe to SMS content in Joomla
Subscribe to SMS content in Drupal.
When can SMS notifications be used?
- Evacuation notices and route
- Utility outage
- Missing people
- Fires and floods
- Bomb threat
- Hostage situation
- Chemical spill or gas leak
- Send weather information (too high temperature, storms alerts, etc)
- Pandemics
- Send general notifications and information
- SMS notifications can be used in any other emergency cases where rapid and
accurate notification is essential for safety.
Why to implement SMS messaging?
SMS messaging has several advantages that can be boosted in
emergency situations. It allows immediate and direct way of communication to
reach the intended people within a short period of time. As SMS text messages
are read by people SMS notifications will reach the masses with high
probability. People in needs of help can react to your message and can send
their situation in a text message to ask for help. So a communication system
based on SMS messaging is able to reach the masses in the critical cases and
can inform them about their situation or it is also possible to organize the
masses by sending text messages to them. People will appreciate this service
as they expect to be told about all issues related to them.
How can you implement SMS messaging?
To reach the masses you need a system that is able to send
huge numbers of messages. So you need to install a powerful SMS gateway to
your PC. Such an application is Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway. This gateway will ensure SMS functionality in your IT system.
After the installation you will be able to send SMS messages from your
computer to mobile phones. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has an outstanding performance
on the market so if you wish to build a reliable and stable SMS system it is
the best solution for you.
The SMS gateway forwards SMS messages to the mobile network in two possible
ways. The first one is GSM modem connection,
it means that one or more GSM modems are attached to the PC with a datacable
and SMS gateway operates them. Or it can connects directly to the SMS center
(SMSC) of a mobile service provider over the Internet. It is called
IP SMS connection.
Figure 1 - SMS solutions for Emergency notifications
Conclusion
If you decide to build an SMS notification system based on
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway it is the best solution for you. This system will ensure
a stable and efficient operation at the highest quality. And it makes high
availability possible so you can reach the masses with simple SMS messages but
in emergency they can be rescue messages. Implement SMS notification solutions
to keep people well-informed in calm periods and to save their lives in
emergencies.
Now visit our Product pages where you can know
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway in details and you can get a free trial to test the
system
If you have any further question please do not hesitate to contact us at:
info @ ozekisms.com.
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