Safety Company's Hazard-Alert Radio Offers Peace of Mind for Weather-Weary

Safety Think offers new, low priced S.A.M.E. Technology weather radios to the weather weary. Can provide warning and save lives.

HUDSON, OH (PRWEB) August 15, 2003 -

– As torrential rains, floods and tornadoes continue to batter communities across the nation, Ohio-based safety products distributor, Safety Think Inc., reports a significant increase in requests for its new hazard-alert weather radio.

According to Safety Think President Gary Maher, the company recently added the Alert Monitor AM/FM Clock Radio manufactured by Midland Radio Corporation to its collection of safety products in direct response to rising consumer demand for better early-warning hazard alert systems. The company also partners with schools, community, civic and safety organizations to raise awareness about weather-related safety issues by offering the radios for community service projects and fundraisers.

“More and more customers are telling us that current systems, while better than nothing, offer limited warning power,” says Maher, a firefighter who founded the company two years ago with another firefighter. According to Maher, the civil defense sirens used in most communities provide limited coverage because decibel tones must reach wide geographical areas and must overcome noise barriers such as raging winds, thunder and rain – not to mention closed windows and doors.

Maher says hazard-alert radio users typically include homeowners, schools, businesses, hospitals, college dormitories, apartment and condo dwellers, senior citizen complexes, civic administrative groups and emergency response organizations – anyone who supports proactive safety monitoring. A large number live in the Midwest and Southeastern United States, where tornadoes and hurricanes are most prevalent.

“Regardless of location, Safety Think customers share one thing in common: they want early-warning devices that provide real-time weather, security and safety alerts on a 24/7 basis,” says Maher. “With 9/11 still fresh in people’s collective memory, they also rely on our radio for national security alerts, such as terrorist attacks or Amber Alerts for kidnapped children.

Unfortunately, by the time most people turn on their local news, the devastating effects of such incidents have already taken place.” These effects, adds Maher, can be far-reaching and costly. “Lives are lost, families displaced, possessions and property destroyed, insurance premiums and taxes increased -- and emotions shattered. One way or another, everyone is affected,” he says.

“Always On” Hazard-Alert Technology

Resembling a small telephone answering machine, Safety Think’s programmable Alert Monitor AM/FM Clock Radio uses Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology to alert users to pending situations through an audible siren alarm, voice alert tone or visual red LED flasher (for the hearing-impaired). SAME technology allows the radio to be digitally programmed to seven channels broadcast by the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), part of the National Weather Service.

Inaudible, “always on” radio signals sound an alert only when weather and other emergencies threaten the user’s specific community and can be set to receive information effecting larger geographic areas – up to 25 different counties.

“Weather and other emergencies can occur at any time, day or night,” says Maher. “SAME technology alerts users to emergencies as far as 100 miles away, enabling them to make personal decisions about their safety.”

Recognized by emergency relief departments in city, state and county governments across the United States, Safety Think’s Alert Monitor AM/FM Clock Radio uses standard AC power, with backup power provided by four AA batteries during power outages or outdoor use. It can be ordered online on the company’s Web site (http://www.safetythink.com), or by phone (1.866.723.3894)

Safety Think, Inc. is a primary distributor of innovative safety products used in both the private and public sectors, including households, law enforcement organizations, firefighter associations, municipal electric companies, emergency response organizations, insurance companies, senior citizen associations and school groups. Products include child safety kits, emergency ladders, lights, flares, beacons, radios – and more.

All Safety Think products are available for retail sales, fundraisers, community service programs and wholesale distribution. To order Safety Think’s Alert Monitor AM/FM Clock Radio, call toll-free: 1.866.SAFETY4 (1.866.723.3894) or log on to http://www.safetythink.com.