Press Release
SPECTRAREP ORGANIZING MAJOR EMERGENCY ALERT INTEROPERABILITY SIMULATION AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Demonstration to highlight ready-to-deploy next generation emergency alert and response capabilities for state and local government
November
1, 2005 - Chantilly, VA - SpectraRep®,
a leading provider of solutions for the broadcast delivery of IP video, rich
media and data over digital television and satellite, today announced that it is
organizing a first-of-its-kind demonstration to show the real-world
interoperability of a range of emergency alerting and incident management tools
at the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) 2005 Annual
Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on November 14 -15, 2005.
An
international audience of emergency management professionals will be invited to
witness the live demonstration that will provide an unprecedented level of
interoperability across different public warning systems. The demonstration will
include several companies working with the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) that
allows a consistent warning message to be communicated simultaneously over
different alerting systems. In addition, the demonstration will show how
training, alerts and disaster response data can be sent and used in the office
and in the field.
SpectraRep's
partners in the demonstration will include Acoustic Technologies Inc. (ATI),
Defense Group, Inc. (DGI), Hormann America, Inc., Warning Systems, Inc. (WSI),
and local public television station KAET.
SpectraRep
will lead the demonstration with its AlertManager, a CAP-based alert
distribution solution plus next-generation data delivery using local digital
television stations. AlertManager will generate alerts, gather emergency data,
and transmit it via KAET-TV to other partner exhibition booths to showcase data
and application layer interoperability. Scenarios will include simulated
chemical HAZMAT incidents, AMBER alerts, tornado warnings, flood warnings, and
other emergency alert notifications. Simulated all hazards alerts will be
relayed by emergency alert equipment for television and radio, sirens, tone
alert radios, the Internet, cell phones, pagers, and mobile computing devices.
"The
Common Alerting Protocol provides a clear path for the next generation of
all-hazards warning systems," said Edward Czarnecki, Vice President
Government Solutions, SpectraRep. "Our AlertManager application leverages
these industry-based standards for interoperability and next generation
networking to provide ready-to-deploy solutions for critical emergency
messaging. The implementation of end-to-end solutions like AlertManager will go
a long way toward making alerts, warning and incident data more accessible to
state and local governments. Some of the many benefits include increased
functionality for voice, text, and video capabilities, the ability to issue
alerts faster and the availability of more flexible messaging tools."
To see
this emergency management demonstration at the IAEM conference, visit SpectraRep
at booth number 617. Additional details on the demonstration and participants
will be provided at www.spectrarep.com.
Further conference details can be found at www.iaem.com/events/annual/intro.htm.
About SpectraRep®
SpectraRep is a leading
provider of solutions for the broadcast delivery of data over digital
television. SpectraRep is working with broadcasters around the country to deploy
wireless datacast broadband services and applications for all-hazards emergency
notification, emergency management, first responder and education applications.
SpectraRep® is a wholly owned subsidiary of BIA Financial Network (BIAfn), a
premier financial and strategic advisory services firm that has served the media
and communications industries for more than two decades. For more information
about SpectraRep, IncidentOne and AlertManager, visit www.spectrarep.com. Contacts: SpectraRep: Edward
Czarnecki Vice
President, Government Solutions (703)
227-9690