Regroup Mass Notification Successfully Delivers Millions of Alerts During the Annual Great ShakeOut
During the event, more than 2 million alerts were sent to participants of the famous earthquake drill throughout the United States and Canada using multiple channels of communication
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Regroup Mass Notification effectively delivered more than 2.3 million alerts during the 10th Annual Great ShakeOut, a global earthquake simulation aimed to improve earthquake preparedness and response. The event, which took place on Oct. 18, included more than 23 million registered participants from around the globe.
The five-minute Great ShakeOut drill is a global event where organizations, businesses, governments, and individuals rehearse earthquake response best practices. The event served to test technological advances, and as a reminder for participants to follow the agreed-upon "drop, cover, and hold on" course of action to ensure maximum safety during a seismic event.
Regroup has been at the forefront of earthquake safety and emergency preparedness since 2014. An early partnership with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the ShakeAlert program enabled Regroup to provide alerts for the first-ever automated, multilingual early earthquake warning notification system in the United States.
"In the moments preceding an earthquake, every second of advance warning makes a measurable difference in people's safety," said Chris Utah, COO of Regroup. "Having a robust and reliable platform to send alerts to millions of people in seconds is crucial to saving lives and minimizing damage."
He added, "Regroup will continue to work with the USGS and ShakeAlert to optimize a solution that´s intuitive, efficient, and can reach people quickly before shaking starts in their area."
To learn more about ShakeAlert and joining Regroup's pilot program for early earthquake warnings, watch the company's recent ShakeAlert Webinar. You can also request a demo at http://www.regroup.com/demo.
About Regroup Mass Notification:
Regroup Mass Notification empowers better mass communication that keeps people safe and
informed at all times. The company's award-winning, cloud-based mass communication platform is what clients across North America and around the globe rely on to send both emergency and day-to-day communications to millions of people. By enabling one-click messaging to mobile devices, landlines, social media, email, websites, and more, Regroup Mass Notification helps organizations keep people safe, strengthen operational resilience, mitigate risk, and thrive in an increasingly unpredictable world.
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