AEN News Updates

Monthly Archive for August, 2008

NEWS UPDATE: AEN Goes Live for Tropical Storm Fay

  • AEN conducts first real-storm operation
  • Major Florida newspapers carry AEN streams
  • State and local officials counsel Floridians through AEN
  • State official: “A significant advantage we never had before”


MIAMI, Fla. – August 25, 2008 – America’s Emergency Network last week successfully streamed real-time news briefings from numerous state and local operations centers, opening its still-in-development system in urgent response to Tropical Storm Fay’s assault on Florida.

For the first time, Floridians and others had direct, easy, and full access to news updates and to preparedness and recovery advisories from Florida’s governor and other state officials. Many Floridians also had full access to crucial updates from local emergency management officials.

AEN’s Internet and satellite-based system remains in beta test mode as it is being deployed throughout Florida, and soon the nation, but it was opened as a public service during Fay’s slow and disastrous passage through the state, according to Bryan Norcross, president and chief executive officer of America’s Emergency Network.

“Emergency managers, the media and the general public now have seen, first hand and dramatically, the importance of AEN’s communications system, the void it fills and the service it provides,” Norcross said.

“Though we will remain in test mode through the hurricane season, we are growing rapidly and we stand ready to assist the emergency management community – and the people served by it – in any way we can,” Norcross said.

As the storm stretched through the entire state, AEN streamed live news conferences and briefings from Florida’s Division of Emergency Management in Tallahassee, from the Village of Islamorada and from operations centers in Broward, Brevard, Duval and Putnam counties.

Some of Florida’s largest newspapers, including The Miami Herald, The South Florida SunSentinel, the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and the News-Press in Fort Myers, provided convenient, free public access to the streams over their websites.

Craig Fugate, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said he found significant public-service value in AEN’s capabilities.

“This provides us with a whole different avenue to get the information out to the public,” Fugate said. “The networks might cover the governor, but not the entire briefing. This gives us an opportunity to get the whole briefing out to the public. That’s a significant advantage we never had before.”

Fay was responsible for at least 11 deaths in Florida. Its torrential rain – up to 25 inches in some places – produced disastrous flooding. And the peak of the hurricane season is just arriving.

“A lot of us are certainly suffering from Fay fatigue but we’ve got to stay focused,” Gov. Charlie Crist told Floridians during a briefing carried by AEN.


For further information, contact:

Bryan Norcross
AEN President & CEO
305-722-4800

August Newsletter: AEN Achieves A Major Presence in South Florida

The AEN Newsletter for August is now available online.

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Featured Topics in this month’s newsletter:

- AEN ACHIEVES A MAJOR PRESENCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA

- AEN BROADCASTS FLORIDA TERROR/PANDEMIC DRILL

- AEN ALERTS ALREADY CONFORM TO FEDERAL PROTOCOL

- NEW EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN PLACE

- AEN TO PRESENT AT AT&T MOBILITY CONFERENCE

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America’s Emergency Network installed in Broward County

South Florida’s two largest newspapers also to participate; AEN To Serve Nearly 2 Million Broward Residents; Miami-Dade and other counties soon to follow

Miami, FL. – August 7, 2008 – America’s Emergency Network, Inc. (AEN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brampton Crest International, Inc. (OTCBB: BRCI), today announced that it has installed its system in Broward County – Florida’s second most populous county.

The rapidly growing AEN system soon will serve Broward’s 1.8 million residents with easily accessible emergency management messages, advisories and other communications. Miami-Dade, with 2.4 million residents, and other Florida counties are expected to follow soon.

In addition, South Florida’s two largest newspapers – The Miami Herald and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel – are joining AEN’s alert distribution network.

“We’re thrilled that emergency managers, other officials in South Florida, and major elements of the media appreciate the value of our network and have decided to partner with us,” said Bryan Norcross, AEN’s president and chief executive officer. “This certainly provides further validation of our system, and we look forward to serving many more people in many more places in the near future.”

Chuck Lanza, Broward’s emergency management director, said he was pleased that AEN selected Broward County as an additional test bed for its system.

“It’s in beta test mode and we saw how well it worked during previous tests at the state level,” Lanza said. “It has a lot of potential for getting information out to the public, both when we have good Internet connections and when we have problems that only satellite transmission can resolve. This will give us two ways to reach and help the public.”

Broward’s emergency updates, news conferences and other information will be broadcast over AEN’s satellite-based network and will be directly available to affected residents – and anyone with an Internet connection – through the websites of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Miami Herald.

In the future, these alerts and updates also will be sent directly to cell phones, PDAs and other mobile devices.

The system also has been installed in several other counties and at the state’s Division of Emergency Management.

“We are growing at a very swift rate and we look forward to serving many more communities in the near future,” Norcross said. “Stay tuned for additional announcements.”

About AEN:

America’s Emergency Network was designed by Bryan Norcross, former hurricane analyst for the CBS network, and Max Mayfield, the former Director of the National Hurricane Center. AEN’s goal is to be sure that every emergency manager, whether from a large county or a small town, has an outlet to reach the public the media, and other government officials. The satellite-based AEN system is designed to continue to work after a disaster when the power lines, phone lines, cell phone towers, and terrestrial internet systems are knocked out. Note: All emergency messages transmitted through the AEN system fully conform to CAP, the FEMA-mandated national protocol for creating and sending emergency messages.

About Brampton Crest:

Brampton Crest International, Inc. is a publicly traded company which recently acquired America’s Emergency Network, LLC (http://emergency.info). Brampton also owns and operates a wholly owned finance subsidiary.

Certain statements in this press release that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “future,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “plan,” “projected,” “intend,” and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Brampton Crest International, Inc. (the Company) to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company’s future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company’s ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its expansion plans; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company’s control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov under “Search for Company Filings.”

Contact:

For further information:

Bryan Norcross

President & CEO

AEN

(305) 722-4800

Hughes Communications, Inc. Announces Record Second Quarter 2008 Results

GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug 06, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ –Hughes Communications, Inc. global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

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Also included in this article:

- America’s Emergency Network, Inc. (AEN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brampton Crest International, Inc., announced that it has entered into an agreement with HNS under which HNS will provide the broadband satellite backbone of AEN’s pioneering satellite-video-Internet emergency communications network using HughesNet service, powered by our SPACEWAY(TM) 3 satellite system.

FEMA to Adopt CAP

In the first quarter of 2009, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to adopt an alerting protocol in line with Common Alerting Protocol 1.1 as the standard for the Integrated Public Alert and Warnings System.

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Note: All emergency messages generated within the AEN system conform to CAP.




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Contact: Bryan Norcross
(305) 722-4800 | bryan @ aen911 . com
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