The CERT Emergency System (CERTES) is a high availability emergency messaging and evacuation system.
Features:
60 concurrent notification calls
virtually unlimited emergency groups
default/selectable emergency group
10 concurrent emergency messages
access restriction
web based management of emergency lists
voice message broadcast
Database based user management
choosable acknowledgement of emergency call messages
Scaleable system, up to 5000 user calls per emergency message
multi language support
Usage:
Emergency sender (ES) dials the CERTES extension
the system answers with “This is the Cert emergency system. Please enter your access code now”
ES dials the free choosable access code
the system answers with “code okay - Please record your message after the tone and press hash when you are finished
ES records his emergency message followed by the ”#“ key
the system answers with “Sending your message to the recipients”
all recipients in the emergency list are called and can hear the emergency message.
It's also possible to force the recipients to acknowledge the emergency message by pressing a code which will be told at the end of the message,
Only then the system will not try to call the user again.