After smoke was spotted billowing from a San Francisco subway tunnel on June 5, the city government swung into action, alerting citizens via SMS to not panic and to expect public transport delays. The ...

Many emergency notification and panic alarm systems are now integrated, with some providing two-way communications to help responders effectively address a crisis. Traditionally, mass ...

Campus emergency notification has come a long way since the April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech mass shooting in which an active shooter fatally shot two people at an on-campus dormitory and then fatally ...

Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have raised their short message service (SMS) alert charges by 50 per cent with effect from today, May 1. Among the banks are Guaranty Trust Bank, Ecobank as well as others ...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol periodically sends out emergency alerts in an effort to locate missing people. OHP sends these messages to mobile devices in the approximate area of the emergency. These ...

Customers and stakeholders yesterday expressed concerns over commercial banks' SMS transaction alert charge increment, further compounding their woes on the multiple charges. The banks on Wednesday ...