Case Study: Laclede County Office of Emergency Management achieves rapid, reliable countywide emergency alerts with Alertus Technologies

Laclede County Office of Emergency Management - Customer Case Study

Laclede County Office of Emergency Management, which serves 32,513 residents across 768 square miles, needed a reliable, easy-to-deploy way to rapidly reach every government facility after automated call-tree programs proved inconsistent and weather systems were prone to crashing. The agency selected Alertus Technologies and its Alertus Desktop Notification (via the Alertus Desktop Grant Initiative) to provide a centralized, standardized emergency alerting solution that could be installed and maintained without a centralized IT department.

Alertus Technologies installed the Alertus Desktop Notification server on-site and had the system and multiple clients up and running the same day; alerts now reach facilities in seconds, run well on limited Internet connections, and replaced inconsistent voice call-trees with a single concise message. The solution also enabled innovative wireless alerts to police patrol-car laptops via air cards, proved simple to manage locally, and demonstrated scalability that has spurred interest in citywide deployment.

Laclede County Office of Emergency Management

Jonathan Ayers

Director of Emergency Management