After a nearby water main break, New Jersey's Franklin Township called over 2,100 residents in just one hour. The township estimates that it would have taken more than 33 hours to make the call-out manually.

When a nearby parish reported a rash of burglaries, Iberville Parish, Louisiana , used The Communicator! to warn local residents of the impending threat. The thieves were posing as a pest control company working to rid the area of mosquito infestation. By luring homeowners outside to walk their property lines, the assailants were able to raid homes and steal valuable possessions. With The Communicator! advising local residents to be on guard, the scam was stopped in its tracks.

The City of Upper Arlington (OH) currently has over 100 homebound and elderly residents signed up to receive wellness check phone calls from The Communicator!. The C.A.R.E. program has been so well received that other area towns are asking to take part in the wellness check initiative.

When Hurricane Isabel neared Bolling Air Force Base in Washington , DC , The Communicator! was put into action. Using The Communicator! to notify a little over 3,000 people in about 35 minutes, the base kept residents up-to-date on hurricane condition changes. Notifications also pertained to the status of the base as well as the status of the emergency response team.

Following an explosion at a nearby plant, Jasper County (MO) , in conjunction with local chemical companies, used the DCC system to alert first responders and evacuate local residents.

Oil/Chemical Clients :
BP/Amoco Corporation
Nova Chemical
Hemlock Semiconductor
Merck & Company, Inc.
Terasen Gas

After a small child was found wandering in a local neighborhood, the City of Peoria Police Department (IL) used The Communicator! and its GIS component, GeoCast, to aid in a community-wide search for the caregivers. Within 25 minutes of the first call placed by DCC's hosting center, citizens were providing useful information, leading to the safe return of the 18-month old to her grandfather's care.

Texas's Corpus Christi Police Department utilized the system to warn local residents immediately following a drive-by shooting. People in the affected area were told to remain in their homes, while those in adjacent areas were advised about road closings. Corpus Christi PD reports receiving numerous calls from residents afterwards, thanking them for the notifications.

The FBI's St. Louis office relays national alerts via e-mail reflecting one of the three different levels for the threat of terrorists. In the event of a specific threat, Missouri's Town and Country Police Department uses their emergency notification system to alert 53 law enforcement agencies in the city of St. Louis and four surrounding counties. Within 10 minutes, all 53 agencies are notified of the danger and are urged to check their email for levels for terrorism threats.

After indicating help was needed while receiving her scheduled phone call from The Communicator's C.A.R.E. Wellness Check feature, the Cahokia Police Department (IL) was able to respond to a lady who was slipping into a coma.

Public Safety Customers:
Bowling Green Police Department (KY)
Richland County Sheriff's Department (SC)
Illinois State Police
Bexar Metro 9-1-1 (TX)
Onondaga County Department of Emergency Communications (NY)

During emergency situations, staff members were pulled away from their operational duties to spend several hours on each call-out event. After US Airways decided to invest in a high-speed notification solution from DCC, they were able to streamline and speed routine and non-routine missions relating to flight operations. Used several times a day for various purposes, the airline is able to communicate much more effectively with over 300 people in 32 different departments.

Transportation Clients:
Aviem International
Illinois Department of Transportation
Denver International Airport
United Airlines
Philadelphia International Airport

Utility Clients:
Bucks County Water & Sewer
South Carolina Electric & Gas
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
San Diego Gas & Electric
Exelon Generation Company

Businesses, both large and small, are using emergency notification to automate communications on a day-to-day basis and, most importantly, in times of crisis. When tragedy befell the country on 9/11, over 100,000 notifications from Wall Street companies were sent through DCC's hosting center. Since then, both public and private organizations have recognized the need for rapid response capabilities when disaster strikes.

This realization was reinforced during the largest blackout in the country's history when more than 100,000 calls were made once more through the company's facility. Notifications sent through various communication devices gave instructions to top management on implementation of contingency plans, instructions for employees on returning to work and public safety announcements, keeping everyone alert and informed of the situation-at-hand.

Corporate Clients:
CNA Insurance
CIGNA Insurance
Boeing
Intel
JPMorgan Chase

Educational Clients:
Harvard University
Columbia University
University of Texas at San Antonio
New York University
West Point Military Academy
Texas Education Agency

Healthcare Clients:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health
University Hospital at Stony Brook