The GEO-Jobe Blog » WARN http://www.geo-jobe.com/blog The lighter side of GIS... Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Vanderbilt upgrades Emergency Alert System http://www.geo-jobe.com/blog/2008/03/18/vanderbilt-upgrades-emergency-alert-system/ http://www.geo-jobe.com/blog/2008/03/18/vanderbilt-upgrades-emergency-alert-system/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:26:50 +0000 Eric Edmonds http://www.geo-jobe.com/blog/2008/03/18/vanderbilt-upgrades-emergency-alert-system/ vandy_logo_building.jpgVanderbilt University, a long time client of GEO-Jobe GIS, has recently upgraded its emergency alert system to a new system developed by Gallatin based W.A.R.N. (Wide Area Rapid Notification). The W.A.R.N. system provides multiple format rapid alerts to student and faculty in response to threats from tornados and other dangers via alerting mechanisms like email, text, SMS, phone, and signage on campus. GEO-Jobe is the GIS provider for W.A.R.N. and has developed several map-based interfaces including a GEOpowered W.A.R.N. interface as well as extensions within ArcGIS. These tools provide spatial interactivity to the response. GEO-Jobe has mapped the entire campus right down to each of the individual utility systems, pedestrian paths, dorm locations, and major buildings.

You can read the article and see a video from Channel 5′s coverage here.

W.A.R.N. also provides solutions for EMA, E911, and other agencies which require rapid response to threats. In addition, W.A.R.N. has developed coordinated and integrated solutions for creating Emergency Operations Plans, Passive Biometric ID Cards, Disaster Resource and Recovery applications, Secure Offsite Storage, Desktop Alerting and more.

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