viaRadio Corp. Confirms Brevard County Notification Successful
viaRadio Corporation confirms the ENVOY Emergency Solutions platform successfully provided notification to Brevard County Florida emergency management officials and residents of the impending weather events.


MELBOURNE, FL, January 28, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Following tornado activity in Brevard County, Florida earlier this week, Melbourne-based emergency notification company, viaRadio Corporation confirms their ENVOY Emergency Solutions platform successfully provided notification to emergency management officials and residents of the impending weather events. The system's common alerting protocol (CAP) sent an auto message directly from the NOAA to HEARO Local Alert Receivers located in targeted impact areas.

Brevard County emergency management officials use the ENVOY Emergency Solutions platform as part of a statewide RDS emergency notification network funded by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. Director at Brevard County Emergency Management Bob Lay reported receiving the first notification at 4:30 a.m., which alerted him to the severe weather situation.

"viaRadio's emergency notification system worked exactly as intended to alert myself and my team in the event of a weather related emergency," says Lay.

"Our ENVOY Emergency Solutions platform provides a powerful and inexpensive way to wake and inform large numbers of people in a few seconds - even if power, Internet and phone circuits are down," says Sean Crane, vice president of viaRadio.

ENVOY Emergency Solutions provides a turn-key platform for disaster warning and communication outreach to citizens, government officials and emergency management teams. ENVOY Emergency Solutions platform uses existing FM radio infrastructure to offer affordable emergency warning and communications tools. This FM/RDS-based (Radio Data System) deploys unlimited, time-sensitive notices quickly to advise about disasters and provide community outreach and education notifications.

ENVOY Emergency Solutions delivers unlimited, time-sensitive text messages to viaRadio's HEARO Local Alert Receivers. HEARO receivers acquire text messages in English and Spanish through standard FM radio frequencies. Using FM radio infrastructure, the viaRadio emergency warning system works even when power, phone and Internet are out. HEARO radio receivers also carry NOAA weather warnings and have a 60-hour battery life in case of power outages.

viaRadio Corporation builds and manages RDS emergency alerting networks for governments, school/university systems, emergency managers, hospitality organizations, and other large organizations in the U.S. and Caribbean. The systems include user-friendly hardware and software systems designed to trigger instantaneous text alerts to a variety of platforms including desktop alerts, cellular telephones, radiotext, LED displays, and digital signage. Systems in operation provide warning and post-event information for disasters both natural and manmade. Founded in 2005, viaRadio, along with its parent Germany-based 2wcom, are worldwide leaders in RDS/RBDS equipment and data systems. For more information about viaRadio and its RDS networks, visit www.viaradio.com.

Media Contact: Caroline Kempf, CK Communications, 800.594.3252, caroline@ckc411.com
Technical Contact: Sean Crane, viaRadio, 321.242.0001 ext. 116

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