Inclement weather solutions
Prepare, communicate, and respond to weather events with Everbridge.
Protect your people and maintain operations during severe weather events
Severe weather preparedness has never been more important, as the frequency and intensity of weather events is ever increasing. Corporate leaders and public safety officials require effective and reliable solutions to mitigate risk and protect their people during these events.
Everbridge provides inclement weather solutions like Mass Notification and Public Safety that help corporate leaders and emergency managers solve the challenges that arise from inclement weather.
Split-second preparation
- Prioritizing actions in seconds
- Immediately understanding context about the event
- Quickly identifying impacted people and available resources
Instantaneous communication
- Relaying urgent warnings and evacuation orders instantly
- Leveraging all available communication channels
- Reaching residents and employees in the shortest time possible to enhance preparedness and response
Effective response
- Mobilizing available response teams and resources
- Ensuring teams reach affected areas promptly
- Mitigating hazards and providing aid
Prepare, communicate, and respond to a weather event with Everbridge Mass Notification and Public Safety solutions
Benefits
Proactively navigate severe weather with agility to minimize impact and emerge stronger.
- Receive hyper-relevant intelligence, allowing for strategic decision-making and preemptive actions to protect assets and personnel
- Automate communications to avert panic, minimize disruptions, and ensure the safety of individuals
- Orchestrate a well-coordinated response, manage resources effectively, and implement recovery plans all through a centralized platform built for collaboration
Features
Critical information can be disseminated rapidly and reliably, to the right people, at the right time with sophisticated capabilities.
- Geo-targeted alerts
- Multi-lingual support
- Two-way communication
- Resource coordination
How it works
When teams operate from a centralized critical event management (CEM) platform, responses are rapid and coordinated.
Before an event, Everbridge alerts managers to a potential risk so they have time to assess, then identify and locate team members or assets in harm’s way.
From the same platform, managers can automate action plans and send communications, so teams have the information they need to act quickly.
Afterwards, analytics pinpoint how to improve processes during the next event.
Keep people safe and your organization running
Invest in a solution that can prepare you for severe weather and help you respond during any kind of critical event. Our customers experience the following results:
- Hyper-relevant intelligence provides ample time for preparation, often over 24 hours.
- Opt-in alerting greatly expands the reach of communications, in one case from 6% to 75%.
- Two-way communications enables organizations to send alerts and receive responses from employees in just seconds.
Success stories
St. Louis leads by example in strengthening tornado resilience
St. Louis Emergency Management Agency increased its reach for emergency mass notifications from 17,000 contacts to roughly 224,000 with Everbridge.
Manufacturer notifies employees in seconds
Mass Notification enables this manufacturer to communicate with employees at risk during critical weather events and security threats.
“We use Everbridge Mass Notification to provide alerts about extreme weather events. We’re located in the mid-Atlantic region, so hurricanes are common, but we also use it for ice storms, snow, tornadoes…”
Brevard County reaches more people with targeted emergency alerts
Expanded contact data helps Brevard County, Florida to deliver fast-changing emergency information to more residents and visitors.
“…we were able to exponentially increase our reach to notify residents of evacuations and provide them with a telephone number to call for information or assistance.”
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Private sector resources
Earthquake preparedness checklist for businesses:
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Wildfire preparedness checklist for businesses:
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Flooding preparedness checklist for businesses:
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Winter storm preparedness checklist for businesses:
Proactive steps businesses can take to strengthen resilience against winter storms.
6 step hurricane preparedness checklist for businesses:
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Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectors:
Valuable insights for private and public sectors and a comprehensive checklist to navigate challenges posed by severe winter weather.
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Critical event kit for business continuity: Hurricanes
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Public sector resources
8 step hurricane preparedness checklist for public safety:
Proactive steps emergency managers can take to protect their communities during hurricanes.
Tornado season system checklist:
Proactive steps emergency managers can take to protect their communities during tornadoes.
Winter storm system checklist for public safety:
How ready is your emergency notification system to effectively support communication during a winter storm?
Winter storm preparedness checklist for higher education:
Proactive steps institutions can take to strengthen resilience against winter storms.
Perspectives from the front lines:
Develop a wildfire plan with real-life insights from first responders.
Inclement weather response demands attention:
Despite technological advances, proactive steps remain to strengthen resilience and keep people safe.
Critical event kit for public safety – wildfires
A critical event kit underscoring the complexities of wildfires and offering tangible strategies and solutions to fortify your response against this ever-growing threat.
Critical event kit for public safety: Hurricanes
The Everbridge hurricane critical event kit for public safety empowers you with the essential knowledge and tools to fortify your community’s readiness and response strategies in the face of hurricanes.
Inclement weather FAQs
How do you create an inclement weather policy?
Creating an inclement weather policy involves several steps such as assessing risks and needs, building a communication plan, outlining safety protocols, anticipating regular review, and more.
What are the legal obligations of employers during inclement weather?
Employers have a legal obligation to ensure the safety of their employees during inclement weather by providing a safe work environment. This may include implementing an inclement weather policy, allowing for flexible hours, or closing the workplace if conditions are hazardous. All these steps necessitate clear communications with employees about any changes or expectations during severe weather events. Learn more about how to rapidly and effectively communicate with employees during inclement weather, here.
How can organizations prepare for inclement weather events?
Using pre-defined templates, emergency managers can more easily email their employees during inclement. Using pre-defined templates, emergency managers can more easily email their employees during inclement weather scenarios. Mass notification and other inclement weather solutions can make this even easier. In one click, automatically alert all impacted individuals across multiple channels such as SMS, email, desktop alerts, and/or voice. Learn more.