Nov. 11, 2013 — Natural disasters do not respect political boundaries. To deal effectively with this kind of crisis situation, alerts need to reach the affected areas in a seamless, cross-border way. This is exactly what Alert4All does. Eleven research teams from six European countries taking part in the Alert4All project spent over three years developing a system capable of getting alerts out to people across national borders through many different media in a variety of languages. The system allows new alert channels to be added at any time and can send out fully automated, multilingual notifications to the general public.
In mid-October, the project consortium demonstrated Alert4All live for the first time to those who stand to benefit directly from this new solution. Numerous representatives from crisis management organizations and industry partners seized the opportunity to try out the system's array of functions for themselves, and without exception they were absolutely thrilled by what they saw.
Alert4All offers the following modules:
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In mid-October, the project consortium demonstrated Alert4All live for the first time to those who stand to benefit directly from this new solution. Numerous representatives from crisis management organizations and industry partners seized the opportunity to try out the system's array of functions for themselves, and without exception they were absolutely thrilled by what they saw.
Alert4All offers the following modules:
- A Global Alerting Gateway (GAG), which can be used to reach all implemented receiver devices (using terrestrial as well as satellite connections)
- Screening of New Media (SNM), which assesses the public's reactions to alerts sent through social media
- A Training Module (TM), which familiarizes users with the system's functions
- An Alert Simulation Module (ASM), which aids simulation of how alerts spread out among the general public
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