Case Study: Hall County, Georgia achieves reliable emergency notifications and stronger community engagement with Everbridge

How Hall County Uses Everbridge Nixle To Improve Tornado Safety and Preparedness

Hall County, Georgia — a 430-square-mile community of 194,000 residents that includes Lake Lanier (more than 10 million visitors annually) — faced frequent severe weather (tornado activity 109% above the U.S. average) and had no mass communication system beyond outdoor sirens. That left residents, visitors, businesses and county departments without a reliable way to receive emergency alerts or coordinate incident response.

By deploying Everbridge with Nixle Community Engagement, the county established a multi-channel, IPAWS-integrated notification platform delivering targeted weather and safety alerts, keyword opt‑in SMS for lake and event updates, and automated staffing and incident notifications for Fire/EMS and 911. The solution improved public safety and coordination (e.g., safely informing 150 people during a road washout), increased community engagement, and produced operational savings such as juror-notification efficiencies (about $40 saved per person, per day).

Hall County Georgia

David Kimbrell

Emergency Management Director