Reverse 911 is a public safety communications technology used by public safety organizations in Canada and the United States to communicate with groups of people in a defined geographic area. The system uses a database of telephone numbers and associated addresses, which, when tied into geographic information systems (GIS), can be used to deliver recorded emergency notifications to a selected set of telephone service subscribers.[1]
Reverse 911 was developed by Sigma Micro Corporation, later known as Sigma Communications, in 1993.[2] After a number of corporate acquisitions, Motorola Solutions ultimately gained ownership of the technology and rights developed by Sigma, and Motorola has folded Reverse 911 into their Vesta suite of public safety systems.[3]
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The system is used to notify residents in emergency situations, for example:
During the 2010 Boston water emergency, government agencies used the system to notify a large number of Boston-area residents in particular neighborhoods to boil water before drinking.[4]
During the much more contained 2004 bulldozer rampage in Granby, Colorado, authorities used Reverse 911 to notify the approximately 1,500 residents of the town to evacuate from the bulldozer's path.[5]
In October 2014, some Dallas, Texas, residents were notified of the city's second Ebola infection case by a Reverse 911 call.[10]
In 2023, residents of South Coventry Township, PA received late-night reverse 911 calls to lock their doors and stay inside during the search for escaped murderer Danilo Cavalcante.
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^. Sigma Micro Corporation. 1997. Archived from the original on May 26, 1998.
^"Motorola Solutions Completes Acquisition of Airbus DS Communications". Motorola Solutions. March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
^Henry, Derrick (May 2, 2010). "Ruptured Pipe Cuts Water in Boston". The New York Times. from the original on May 6, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
^"Bulldozer rampage gunman dead". CNN.com. June 5, 2004. from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
^Mungeam, Frank (March 11, 2011). "Tsunami causes evacuations, damage at Ore. coast". KGW.com. from the original on May 4, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
^Aurora Police Department (July 21, 2012). "UPDATE: Peoria Street CLOSED..." Twitter.com. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
^Stoller, Gary; Strauss, Gary; Stanglin, Doug (December 14, 2012). "Gunman kills mom, 26 others in school shooting spree". USA Today. from the original on December 16, 2012.
^Kumar, Nikhil (April 19, 2013). "Boston Marathon bombing: How critically injured man's memory of 'man in the white cap' gave FBI vital clue". The Independent. from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
^Fantz, Ashley; Yan, Holly (October 13, 2014). "Questions remain about how Dallas nurse got Ebola". CNN.com. from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
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reverse, public, safety, communications, technology, used, public, safety, organizations, canada, united, states, communicate, with, groups, people, defined, geographic, area, system, uses, database, telephone, numbers, associated, addresses, which, when, tied. Reverse 911 is a public safety communications technology used by public safety organizations in Canada and the United States to communicate with groups of people in a defined geographic area The system uses a database of telephone numbers and associated addresses which when tied into geographic information systems GIS can be used to deliver recorded emergency notifications to a selected set of telephone service subscribers 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Case studies 3 See also 4 ReferencesBackground editReverse 911 was developed by Sigma Micro Corporation later known as Sigma Communications in 1993 2 After a number of corporate acquisitions Motorola Solutions ultimately gained ownership of the technology and rights developed by Sigma and Motorola has folded Reverse 911 into their Vesta suite of public safety systems 3 Case studies editThe system is used to notify residents in emergency situations for example During the 2010 Boston water emergency government agencies used the system to notify a large number of Boston area residents in particular neighborhoods to boil water before drinking 4 During the much more contained 2004 bulldozer rampage in Granby Colorado authorities used Reverse 911 to notify the approximately 1 500 residents of the town to evacuate from the bulldozer s path 5 During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Seaside and Astoria Oregon residents were notified by Reverse 911 and sirens to evacuate low lying areas 6 When the improvised explosive devices in the Aurora Colorado apartment of mass murderer James Holmes were detonated by police Reverse 911 was used to notify nearby residents of the evacuation order 7 On December 14 2012 Reverse 911 was used to notify parents in the Sandy Hook community of Newtown Connecticut of the mass shooting there 8 During the manhunt for suspects involved in the Boston Marathon bombing Reverse 911 was used to notify residents of Watertown Massachusetts to remain in their homes 9 In October 2014 some Dallas Texas residents were notified of the city s second Ebola infection case by a Reverse 911 call 10 In 2023 residents of South Coventry Township PA received late night reverse 911 calls to lock their doors and stay inside during the search for escaped murderer Danilo Cavalcante See also edit nbsp Telecommunication portal nbsp Law portal nbsp Medicine portal 911 emergency telephone number Emergency telephone number Emergency notification system Emergency communication system Emergency population warning Emergency Alert System Wireless Emergency Alerts Cell Broadcast Common Alerting Protocol Notification system Public safety network Emergency management Emergency management information system Emergency management software Emergency control centre Office of Emergency ManagementReferences edit What is Reverse 911 PDF Sammamish wa us Archived from the original PDF on October 6 2011 Retrieved April 10 2010 Welcome to the Reverse 911 Web Site Sigma Micro Corporation 1997 Archived from the original on May 26 1998 Motorola Solutions Completes Acquisition of Airbus DS Communications Motorola Solutions March 7 2018 Retrieved March 11 2018 Henry Derrick May 2 2010 Ruptured Pipe Cuts Water in Boston The New York Times Archived from the original on May 6 2010 Retrieved November 18 2010 Bulldozer rampage gunman dead CNN com June 5 2004 Archived from the original on April 19 2010 Retrieved November 18 2010 Mungeam Frank March 11 2011 Tsunami causes evacuations damage at Ore coast KGW com Archived from the original on May 4 2011 Retrieved March 17 2011 Aurora Police Department July 21 2012 UPDATE Peoria Street CLOSED Twitter com Retrieved July 29 2012 Stoller Gary Strauss Gary Stanglin Doug December 14 2012 Gunman kills mom 26 others in school shooting spree USA Today Archived from the original on December 16 2012 Kumar Nikhil April 19 2013 Boston Marathon bombing How critically injured man s memory of man in the white cap gave FBI vital clue The Independent Archived from the original on April 22 2013 Retrieved April 19 2013 Fantz Ashley Yan Holly October 13 2014 Questions remain about how Dallas nurse got Ebola CNN com Archived from the original on December 2 2014 Retrieved October 13 2014 nbsp This article related to telecommunications is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reverse 911 amp oldid 1200989220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
