E-ALERT USA ANNOUNCES CHILD ABDUCTION ALERT

E-Alert USA, a nationwide emergency notification service who delivers emergency notifications to cell phones, pagers, and desktop email is now offering a "Child Abduction Alert" to their subscribers.

Atlanta -- The nation's fastest form of emergency notifications, E-Alert USA, is now transmitting information about abducted children onto the screens of computers, pagers and cell phones to its subscribers all across the United States.

The new Child Abduction Alert is now a standard feature with every E-Alert USA account," says President of E-Alert USA, A.J. Harrison. The best thing about this new alert is that we only send it to our subscribers in the communities requested by law enforcement, people in New York will not receive an alert about a missing child in California. This is important in order for the Amber Plan to work properly."

E-Alert USA is well-known for their speed and dependability of severe weather warnings, a company spokesperson states the E-Alert USA system can dispatch 1.3 million alerts per minute, clearly making it the fastest method of receiving emergency notifications on any email enabled wireless device nationwide.

Some states, including Texas and Oklahoma, already send Amber alerts via e-mail. But the E-Alert USA announcement is nationwide and can reach people through the E-Alert service on their computer desktop, cell phone or pager. During severe weather events our service usually beats NOAA Weather Radio and EAS Activation by at least 90 seconds", Claims Harrison. Thus, our subscribers will receive information about abducted children just as soon as our system gets the information; we believe the faster people can receive this information the better the chances the child has to survive."

Amber Alerts began in Arlington, Texas, after the 1996 abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman. Law enforcement agencies send to broadcasters descriptions of the missing children, their abductors or other information. The alerts also are broadcast on electronic highway signs.

Another benefit of E-Alert USAs announcement is that most areas do not have highway signs, so people who live in smaller communities or rural areas will now be able to receive this life saving information as it is dispatched. If you have an email enabled cell phone or pager, you will now have access to this information and that could save someones life.

Thirty-two children have been found as a result of Amber Alert, including several rescued this summer.

The Senate approved a bill in September that would provide $25 million to help localities set up Amber Alert systems nationwide. Similar legislation is moving through the House.

According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), about 725,000 children nationwide were reported missing to police last year, or about 2,000 children per day.

E-Alert USA allows subscribers to receive emergency notifications on up to 4 email accounts and provides 45 types of emergency alerts, 43 of which are weather related and subscribers can opt to receive alerts and warnings in up to 12 counties of their choice. To learn more about E-Alert USAs service, you can visit the companys website at: www.ealertusa.com.