Small Cities/Counties

Citizen Protection and Life Safety

• Weather alerts. Alert residents about severe weather, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, nor'easters, floods, and more.
• Citizen safety alerts. Rapidly notify citizens about missing persons, power outages, gas leaks, chemical spills, crime, and other emergencies.
• Disaster-tracking communications. Communicate rapidly and reliably to citizens based on their location and the progression of an incident.
• Public health emergencies. Sustain communications throughout public health emergencies, such as H1N1. Provide safety and prevention tips, symptom information, vaccine logistics (locations, times, follow-up shot reminders), and more.
• Evacuation instructions. Manage evacuations, provide shelter-in-place guidance, and issue status updates and re-entry instructions.
• Wellness checks. Conduct wellness checks with the elderly and special needs populations through real-time polling.
• Important community news. Notify citizens with important community information, such as road closures and crime bulletins, based on citizen-specified preferences.

Emergency Response and Management

• First-responder mobilization. Mobilize response and recovery organizations. Alert other government agencies and coordinate resource-sharing efforts.
• Response team management. Notify and assemble emergency response teams. Use quota notifications to determine people resource availability and polling for reporting times. Leverage conference calls to brief the team and determine next steps.
• Inter-agency briefings. Coordinate briefings with county services, PSAPs, and city officials using on-the-fly conference calling.
• Situation updates. Provide ongoing status updates as an incident progresses and is resolved.
• Rumor control. Prevent the spread of misinformation and rumors through proactive, ongoing communications.

Continuity of Operations

• Compliance. Comply with the National Preparedness Plan, NIMS, and Homeland Security Target Capabilities, including citizen evacuation and shelter-in-place protection, emergency public information and warning, and more.

Everbridge Screenshots

Geographically targeted communications
Everbridge’s easy-to-use, interactive map interface lets you pick precisely the area you want to notify. Send messages to people located in a specific geographical region defined by zip code, street address, radius from a specific point, or latitude/longitude. Specify a neighborhood or other location with Everbridge’s user-friendly drawing tools. Upload shape files from other applications for on-the-fly notifications to targeted geographic areas. Save frequently used shapes or incident-related areas for future or repeat use.

Visual intelligence
View locations important to your organization on the Everbridge map interface, such as the location of special needs populations, subscribers to specific alert types, fire districts, police stations, evacuation areas, and more. You may turn one or more layers on at once.

Interactive polling
Everbridge includes polling capabilities for surveying and data collection—perfect for activities such as response team reporting times, wellness checks, and employee accountability. Send notifications that include a multiple-choice question with up to nine different responses and collect data, such as alternate phone numbers.

Real-time tracking and reporting
Send thousands of voice and text messages in a matter of minutes. Everbridge assembles broadcast data in real-time to display compiled results in a clear, easy-to-read dashboard for quick and informed decision-making. Robust adhoc reporting enables you to perform post-incident analysis and review.

Everbridge SmartRegistration™
Imagine how much easier it would be to keep people safe if they told you how to contact them – at home, at work, in the car, and more – and what type of information they want to receive from you. The customizable Everbridge SmartRegistration portal enables people to provide the information you need, including how to reach them, which alerts they are interested in receiving, whether they have special needs, and more. You get more accurate contact information with none of the data management hassles and better information for sending meaningful, targeted messages.

Design Your Solution

Small cities and counties have unique needs and challenges. That's why Everbridge developed a complementary set of products, tools, and services that work together. Based on your requirements, we design a solution that fits you: not too big, not too small. We even help you build a notification strategy incorporating your current systems and processes. Not sure what works best for your organization?
Contact us for a consultation.

Here's what a typical solution looks like for our small government clients:

Everbridge in Action

Nolan County, Texas uses Everbridge to warn residents about tornadoes and severe weather
Nolan County is a predominantly rural county in central Texas. Covering 914 square miles with just under 15,000 residents, Nolan County has one of the lowest population densities and includes some of the most remote areas in the State of Texas. With tornadoes posing a serious safety threat in the area, the County needed a quick and reliable method for warning its population about developing severe weather systems.
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The Town of Ridgefield, Connecticut upgraded its reverse 911 system to Everbridge
With many households forgoing traditional land lines, the 24,000-resident Town of Ridgefield needed an emergency notification system that makes the process of notifying residents in emergencies faster, more efficient, and more effective. Ridgefield rolled out the Everbridge system, which is faster than the town’s previous emergency “reverse 911” system, allows citizens to provide almost unlimited phones numbers and contact information in case of emergencies, and can pinpoint notifications to areas affected by the emergency.