AEN's
Current Installations
As of January, AEN's state-of-the art communications system
had been installed in these locations:
- Florida Division of Emergency
Management
- Brevard County
- Broward County
- Duval County
- Flagler County
- Miami-Dade County
- Putnam County
- St. Lucie County
- Village of Islamorada
- Volusia County
Scheduled for Installation:
- National Hurricane Center
AEN Newsletter
This newsletter is produced by America's Emergency Network, the nation's first comprehensive emergency alerting and communications system. It is published monthly, along with occasional special editions, to report important developments at AEN and within the field of emergency communications.
America's Emergency
Network, Inc:
President & Chief Executive Officer: Bryan Norcross
Chief Technology Officer:
Chris Bennett
Vice President of Sales & Marketing: Janis Farnham
Senior Executive Vice President of Governmental Relations:
Max Mayfield
Senior Executive Vice President of Marketing: R. Matthew Straeb
Brampton Crest
International, Inc:
Chairman of the Board:
Robert Adams
Bryan Norcross:
President & CEO
Secretary/Treasurer:
Robert Wineberg, CA, CFA
Chief Financial Officer:
Brad Hacker, CPA
Joseph Emas, Attorney at Law
AEN Newsletter:
Design: Chris Bennett
Production: Matt Sampson
Editor: Martin Merzer
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See AEN’s New
Products at FEPA - Booth #23
A hands-on opportunity to experience America’s Emergency Network’s latest product line is coming in just a few weeks
– during the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association’s
annual conference in Orlando.
“The FEPA conference is the perfect place for us to unveil
the latest developments in the AEN family of products,” AEN
President Bryan Norcross said.
“Trusted colleagues and important members of the emergency
preparedness community will be on hand to meet with us, ask
questions, and most importantly, see how the products can
work for them.
“In addition to streamlining our existing line, we have expanded
our pricing options to meet current budgeting realities and
for organizations with specific emergency communications requirements,”
Norcross said.
“This is an exciting time for us, and FEPA gives us an excellent
opportunity to showcase our products.”
Come visit the AEN exhibit – Booth No. 23 – in the Rosen
Centre Ballroom at the FEPA conference in Orlando, Fla., from
February 10th to 12th.
Glitches
Hit Emergency Alert Systems At Two Universities
Anxieties recently experienced by students at
the University of Florida and the University of Georgia illustrate
the vulnerabilities of some email- and cell phone-based campus
emergency alert systems.
Students and staff on UF’s main campus in Gainesville were
shocked on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, when they received an
apparently racist message through the school’s emergency alert
system.
Police launched an investigation and officials of Mobile Campus,
which runs the service at UF and many other schools, acknowledged
that an unauthorized individual sent the message through the
company’s system.
"We're working diligently to get to the bottom of it,"
Mobile Campus CEO David Liniado told The Gainesville Sun.
A few days earlier, students at the University of Georgia
were awakened at 6:10 a.m. by an alert erroneously sent to
the entire data base.
The message about a possible fire was intended for the school’s
Hazardous Assessment Response Team, but someone hit the wrong
button.
"It was an honest mistake," University Police Chief
Jimmy Williamson told The Red and Black, a newspaper that
serves University of George students. “They just moved a little
too quickly."
Craig
Fugate: “A Successful Team Leader”
Craig Fugate, the nationally respected director
of the Florida Division of Emergency Management,
is the subject of an appropriately upbeat profile
in his hometown Alachua County Today weekly newspaper.
The newspaper reports:
His philosophy is that of a system approach to emergency management.
“There are things that could be done more effectively
by building teams instead of agencies trying to solve problems
by themselves,” he said. “We build teams out of different
agencies that don’t work with each other everyday, but have
to in certain situations to be successful.”
You can see the entire profile by clicking
here
AEN
Highlighted in State of Florida Report
The Florida Division of Emergency Management’s
latest Annual Report makes prominent mention of
AEN’s role during the busy 2008 hurricane season.
Working on the fly, AEN converted an ongoing
beta test into operational mode and streamed live
briefings during Tropical Storm Fay’s disastrous sweep through
Florida and during the threats from Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna
and Ike.
“America’s Emergency Network successfully launched a beta-test
with the State and several local emergency management offices,”
the DEM annual report noted, “and is building a network to
provide a greater voice and access to information to both
residents and response agencies.”
You can see the full report here: www.floridadisaster.org/documents/2008EOY.pdf
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A year that promises to be exciting, busy and noteworthy
for America’s Emergency Network is being launched with the
unveiling of a new, expanded and affordable product line –
one that gives any government agency, school, or business
the ability to send live video to broadcast outlets and media
websites.