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FreQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1. What is Micro-News Network?
Micro-News Network is a crisis communication and emergency alert notification company. When power is off, the Internet is down and phone systems fail, MNN delivers. MNN Consulting Services and Emergency Alert Solutions are available for companies and government agencies. MNN provides information to live by!™
2. How will MNN help me assess and improve my current Emergency Alert System?
We will consult with you to help assess your current Emergency Alert System. If gaps exist, the consultants will recommendations how to remove the gaps.
3. What are the key elements of MNN's Commercial Emergency Alert System?
The three key elements of MNN's Commercial Emergency Alert System are .
- An Emergency Alert Information Service
- An Emergency Alert Transmission Service
- Proprietary Emergency Alert Receivers
4. Will Micro-News replace or complement my current Emergency Alert System?
MNN has the ability to compliment your existing Emergency Notification System by providing an additional layer of protection, without redesign of an existing system.
5. Will Micro-News Emergency Alert System work before, during and after disasters, when other emergency alert systems frequently fail because power is off, the Internet is down and phones don't work?
Yes. MNN's Emergency Alert System was designed to work before, during, and after disasters, especially when others fail. MNN's Emergency Alert System is not dependent upon the current electrical or telephone infrastructure. MNN's Emergency Alert System is a redundant system. It does not use either the phone system or the cell phone systems, which tend to fail during disasters. Its transmitters and receivers have back-up power systems that enable continuous function when power if off.
6. What are the distinctive highlights about MNN's Emergency Alert System?
Other Emergency Alert Companies provide transmission capacity, not information. They send your alerts to your employees using devices dependent upon the current electrical and telephonic infrastructure. This infrastructure can become unavailable or overloaded during a crisis.
MNN provides the information you need, when you need it - before, during, and after the disaster - using its own reliable infrastructure. MNN also provides the alerts using devices currently available.
MNN sends the alerts to any number of people, one or 10 million, in seconds.
MNN's proprietary receivers are not bottlenecked. One or 10 million devices receive the alerts in seconds, not minutes or hours.
MNN's propriety receives are not based on chance, e.g. if you are on line, but grab your attention with both visual and auditory alarms.
7. What information will MNN's Emergency Alert System provide?
The list below is not comprehensive but includes the top 27 hazards.
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Rising Flood Waters
- Diseased Ridden Flood Waters
- Reptile Infested Waters
- Range and Forest Fires
- Refinery Explosions
- Toxic Airborne Releases
- Sexual Predators
- Communication Outages - telephones, PDA's, internet, Television
- Rolling Black Outs
- 18 Wheeler Toxic Tanker Roll Over and airborne release
- Tidal Waves
- Electrical Outages
- Terrorist Threats
- Terrorist Bombings and Dirty Bombs
- Virus in the School
- Pipeline Gas Leaks
- Pipeline Explosions
- Railroad Tanker Derailment or Leak Chlorine or Hydrogen Chloride
- Railroad Tanker Explosion
- Commercial Airliner Crash
- Hail and ice storms
- Electrical Storms
- Tanker Ship Explosions or leaks
- Amber Alerts
- Public Works outages - interruption of service - water and gas
8. How will Micro-News prevent information overload and provide me the relevant, specific-area alerts?
MNN software will allow users to group recipients and prioritize message delivery to prevent information overload
9. Once I receive the emergency alert from MNN, will I have any control of the information disseminated to my company and employee's?
Yes. MNN provides you the information you need, but you decide how to use it. What individuals and groups of people do you want to receive what information is up to you.
10. Will I be limited in the kind of information that I can disseminate to my company and employees?
No. We will provide you with the emergency alert information you want from MNN, but once you have a powerful communications tool, you may want to optimize its use.
11. Will I have control of who receives the emergency alert?
Yes. You determine who needs the information MNN provides.
12. How will MNN be able to transmit emergency alerts when electricity and telephones don't work?
Our transmission towers will have back-up power in the event of electrical outages to insure continuous operation.
13. What happens if one of MNN's transmission towers is knocked out during a disaster.
We have redundant towers so other towers will pick up the load.
14. How rapidly will MNN be able to transmit the alerts it gathers?
Within seconds.
15. Will MNN be able to transmit information before, during and after disasters?
Yes.
16. How will I be able to receive emergency alerts when the electricity and telephones don't work?
The Emergency Alert Receivers have an AC adapter, which works when the electricity is flowing, and a 72-hour back-up when electricity is not. Off the shelf D size batteries can be used to extend the length of operation beyond 72 hours.
17. How rapidly will I receive your emergency alerts?
In seconds.
18. How will your emergency alert receivers grab my attention?
Our receivers have both auditory and visual alarms that will grab your attention. The red blinking light is a "warning", the yellow blinking light is a "watch" or a "heads-up", and the green light indicates non-emergency information. The "warning" and the "watch" have auditory alarms. . General information has no auditory alarm.
19. Will I be able to use the current devices (phones, cell phones, faxes, pagers, PDA's) that I am already using?
Yes.
20. How much does MNN's Emergency Alert System cost?
Costs are attractive and vary upon your specific requirements
21. If I placed an order today, how long would it take to implement an MNN emergency Alert System for my company?
It will take from 90 to 120 days to implement an order.
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