Headquarters U.S. National Guard Bureau at Arlington Hall Virginia Standardizes on Desktop Alert Notification System

Chatham, New Jersey (PRWEB) November 14, 2014

Desktop Alert Inc., the industry leader in ‘less than one minute’ network-centric mass warning notification systems (MWNS) to military, government, healthcare, higher education and industrial organizations, today announced that Headquarters U.S. National Guard Bureau at Arlington Hall Virginia has standardized on the Desktop Alert Notification System.

The Facility serves the Army Readiness Center and the NGB Headquarter Staff. Recently the National Guard Bureau Joint Staff including both Air National Guard and Army National Guard personnel relocated to Arlington Hall. Personnel are now further protected by the Desktop Alert System’s integration with the Fire Safety and Alarm systems.

Desktop Alert can contact thousands of computer users at their desktop and require them to click to confirm receipt of the message flashed on their screen. Those not verified are then listed on a report and/or sent as an integrated “Target Package” to be automatically contacted by other means such as email, sms, texting, smartphone, and personal safety devices.

National Guard Bureau is a channel of communications between the states and the Departments of the Army and the Air Force. For more than 80 years the National Guard Bureau has experienced many changes and important historical events, most notably four wars, the post-World-War-II reorganization of the National Guard, and the creation of a separate Air Force.

Today, the mission of the National Guard Bureau is to participate with the Army and Air Force staffs in programs pertaining to the National Guard. The NGB is responsible for administering programs for the development and maintenance of Army and Air National Guard units in the 50 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

“We have served Arlington Hall since 2009. We are very honored that the National Guard Headquarters has finalized its decision and standardized on our mass notification platform. It is our mission at Desktop Alert to provide our customers with reliable ip-based notification systems capable of getting the message to the right people when seconds count. Our integration with Facility Fire Safety provides today’s military with the ideal notification solution for an increasingly challenging environment. It has been well demonstrated that Desktop Alert can deliver notifications at a higher rate of speed with fewer resources than all other notification capabilities previously used by the Department of Defense” said Howard Ryan, CEO Desktop Alert Inc.

About Desktop Alert Inc. http://www.desktopalert.net

Desktop Alert provides an array of end-point integrations with customers public address systems (Giant Voice), intercom systems, commanders channels, e-mail platforms, DSN-based and cloud-based telephony and sms message systems, network desktop alert popups, national weather service zip code based alerts, digital signage, cable tv, numerous social media systems, CAP server alert, external system sensors such as temperature devices and fire alarm systems.







Survivor Thanks U.S. Coast Guard for His Rescue

Ft. Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) May 20, 2013

On April 6th, the four-man crew with Ocean Adventure Rowing and Education (O.A.R Northwest) attempting a Trans-Atlantic Expedition from Dakar to Miami was derailed after their row boat the “James Robert Hanssen” capsized about 400 miles north of Puerto Rico.

Jordan Hanssen, Adam Kreek, Marcus Pukonen and Patrick Flemming the four rowers were all well equipped with ACR ResQLink Personal Locator Beacons which they promptly activated to facilitate their own rescue. Coast Guard Sector San Juan received their 406 MHz distress message at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Coast Guard watch-stands immediately coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft from Air Station Miami and a C-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Florida to search for the distressed vessel and possible survivors.

The crew of the HC-144 out of Miami arrived on scene at approximately 11 a.m., Saturday and located all four men safely on board the life raft and they dropped food rations for the boaters as well as a VHF marine radio to establish communications. The C-130 aircraft out of Clearwater later arrived on scene and the crew also dropped a second load of rations and a VHF marine radio, which the boaters used to confirm they were all safe. The C-130 aircraft crew maintained watch over the boaters until an AMVER participating vessel, the Heijin, safely recovered all four survivors from the life raft shortly before sunset when they were transported to Puerto Rico.

“Jordan and his crew exemplify everything we try to educate outdoor enthusiasts on; planning for the best, but preparing for the worst. Mother Nature can be cruel and unpredictable, but they had a safety plan, they practiced the plan and as a result they minimized the risk to the USCG crews and facilitated their own rescue,” said Mikele D’Arcangelo, Marketing Director of ACR Electronics.

Survivor Jordan Hanssen on behalf of his crew and sponsors ventured on a Thank You Tour throughout Florida in appreciation of everyone that played a part in the rescue. Jordan started his Thank You Tour at Coast Guard Air Station Miami on May 1st, followed by a visit to the manufacturer of the rescue beacons, ACR Electronics, Inc., which the crew used to notify the Coast Guard of their distress. Finally Jordan’s tour ended at the Coast Guard station in Clearwater, Florida where he again thanked the crew of the C-130.