Can Twitter Help FEMA Respond to Disasters?

by | Jan 19, 2011 | Towing

Social-media tools like Twitter and Facebook could soon help the U.S. government respond more effectively to disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will take advantage of social media and mobile-device porta…

The Next Call You Get Could Be an Emergency Warning

by | Sep 19, 2010 | Towing

Services such as PlantCML’s Reverse 911 notification system can alert mass numbers of people to all manners of impending danger. They’re not cheap, but communities, corporations and campuses are finding ways to fund these syste…