Federal Signal Helps Regional Medical Coalition Speed Up Alerting and Notification

Federal Signal Helps Regional Medical Coalition Speed Up Alerting and
Notification
Interoperable system now connects more than a dozen medical teams in Michigan

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- When Michigan's
District 1 Regional Medical Response Coalition sought a solid communications
solution to connect medical centers and first responders, they deployed the
Federal Signal SmartMSG critical communications system.
Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, Michigan, is one of more than a
dozen hospitals, EMS agencies and other first responder teams within the
District 1 Coalition that brings together their different communication
systems and devices with interoperability powered by Federal Signal.
The Federal Signal SmartMSG critical communications system can send
web-based alerts to people and groups over mobile and smart phones, e-mail,
computers, pagers and other communications devices. In addition, the SmartMSG
system tracks staff response times. If response time is too long, other
groups will be alerted to assist. The District 1 Coalition deployment
speedily scaled to include about 2,500 medical first responders.
Smart communications (just about) everywhere ...
Byron Callies, environment care manager for Ingham Regional Medical
Center, noted, "The ease of use and intuitiveness are amazing. Everyone is
able to use it, and wants to use it when they understand the capabilities. I
come across communication problems everyday, and I'm now in the mindset of
'how can Federal Signal help with this.' Much of the time, I'm able to find a
solution."
John Waters of Livingston County EMS is chair of the District 1
pre-hospital group. He said, "What attracted me to Federal Signal is that it
allowed for me to utilize the existing communication assets of the various
organizations, and simply tie them together ... everyone was amazed."
Alerting and notification systems from Federal Signal enable secure,
reliable and redundant mission-critical communications for leading
public-safety focused organizations, including Crittenden Regional Hospital in
West Memphis, Ark., the Omaha, Neb., Tri-County Urban Area Security Initiative
(UASI) Region and Wayne County, Mich.
The Federal Signal SmartMSG system is part of the Federal Signal Public
Safety Systems industry platform. For details, visit:
http://federalsignal.com/publicsafety.
About Federal Signal
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) enhances the safety, security and
well-being of communities and workplaces around the world. Founded in 1901,
Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and
total solutions that serve municipal, governmental, industrial and
institutional customers. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., with manufacturing
facilities worldwide, the Company operates three groups: Safety and Security
Systems, Environmental Solutions and Fire Rescue. For more information on
Federal Signal, visit: http://www.federalsignal.com.
SOURCE Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group

John Segvich of Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems
Group, +1-708-587-3486, jsegvich@federalsignal.com