City testing new alert system for emergencies — Newsday.com

City testing new alert system for emergencies

BY KARLA SCHUSTER | karla.schuster@newsday.com
9:16 PM EST, December 4, 2007

After a state-run e-mail alert system failed to notify downtown residents about a deadly fire in a contaminated building, the city is testing a new emergency notification system in four neighborhoods, including lower Manhattan.

Called Notify NYC, the new system will test a variety of methods of notifying the public of emergencies, including e-mails, text messages and reverse 911 calls in lower Manhattan, the northeast Bronx, the southern section of Staten Island and the Rockaways in the Queens.

E-mail alerts and text messages will be tested in lower Manhattan and the Rockaways, while e-mail alerts and reverse 911 calls will be tested in Staten Island and the Bronx.

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