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Native vs. Web App for mobiEvac?

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 17 April 2012 | 0 Comments

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HTML5 registered 7.1 on our Richter Scale

What does HTML5 have to do with earthquakes you ask? Well after the Christchurch earthquakes, tsunamis in Japan, floods in Australia, and a host of other disasters it became apparent to our users that their Evacuation Marshals | Wardens needed real-time information detailing who was on-site just prior to an evacuation.

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Why Verifying that People are Evacuated can Save Lives!

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 4 April 2012 | 1 Comments

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Evacuating a site does not finish with a Head Count!

Every day around the world millions of people are evacuated from buildings and sites. Sometimes it’s an evacuation preparedness test run; sometimes it’s the real thing. Hundreds of thousands of Evacuation Marshalls, where feasible, clear areas, go outside, possibly do a head count, and then what? Assume people are accounted for? How does ‘assume’ sit with your conscience?

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Emergency Preparedness

Posted by Darren Whitaker-Barnett, CEO, Founder on 13 February 2012 | 1 Comments

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Crisis Management is easier with access to  real-time Information

“Who is on-site?” - As Dr. Alfred Lanning said to Will Smith’s character in I’ Robot “That, Detective, is the right question. Program terminated”.

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