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SMS emergency warning at St. John's

October 1, 2007 — 6:59am ET
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The echoes were eerie and dangerous: a gunman entered a college campus. This time, though, students, faculty, and staff were warned by a text-message emergency warning system that many subscribed to. With full notification and quick action, the gunman was soon apprehended with no shots having been fired and no injuries. More and more institutions are now using text messaging for emergency notification, and it's being employed by a growing number of emergency first responders as well. How is your emergency notification system designed? Perhaps it's time to look at text messaging…

For more on the St.John's University emergency notification:
- read the complete incident account at eWeek

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By Anonymous | Posted 6:37am | October 2, 2007

Purdue University has also run similar tests.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=7389

http://www.smartbrief.com/news/CTIA/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=1ED6B0E4-FAF8-40E3-A039-19160D6158FE&copyid=E3BA288A-CCEE-4569-B2D1-9C3766C4D4FC

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070925/LOCAL/709250405/-1/LOCAL17

http://www.wthr.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=1777607&h1=Purdue%20alert%20system&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=129467&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D7119901%26nav%3D9Tai&rnd=85058783

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