Crittenden Regional Hospital Selects Federal Signal Critical Communications System

Crittenden Regional Hospital Selects Federal Signal Critical Communications
System
SmartMSG system to enable medical facility communications interoperability

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Federal Signal
Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group, a leader in advancing
security and well-being, announced today that Crittenden Regional Hospital in
West Memphis, Arkansas, has deployed its Federal Signal SmartMSG critical
communications system to enable interoperable first responder communications
and urgent notification.
"Crittenden Regional needed advanced interoperability technology to meet
the challenges of complex emergencies that cross various organizational
boundaries," said Roy Rogers, manager of information technology at Crittenden
Regional. "This Federal Signal critical communications system pairs instant
interoperability with urgent notification to bring our first responders
together easily and quickly in minutes."
The Federal Signal SmartMSG system provides first responders with a
comprehensive interoperability solution to enable emergency alert notification
and live communication across virtually any device, including 2-way radios,
phones, computers, pagers, public and industrial warning systems, sirens and
more. Disparate radio systems can be bridged by docking radios into the mobile
command and control unit or stationary unit. With the Federal Signal SmartMSG
system, communications equipment is linked to enable various entities to work
together seamlessly during emergency incidents and planned events.
The system also provides distributed instant messaging architecture that
features instant scalability, redundancy and automated fail-over in support of
thousands of users across hundreds of servers. Fully integrated alert
notification reaches PCs, wireless handheld devices like pocket PCs, PDAs and
cellular phones, along with landline phones, pagers, video enabled devices and
radios. The Federal Signal SmartMSG system offers secure and encrypted
communication for alert notifications, voice-over-IP (VoIP) communication,
radio linked talk groups and two-way text or voice communication.
"In the event of a health, HazMat, fire or police-related incident, the
SmartMSG system will enable Crittenden Regional to quickly and easily notify
medical first responders regardless of communications device," said Michael K.
Wons, vice president of Federal Signal's Public Safety Systems Division.
"Crittenden Regional is setting the pace for first responder interoperability.
We're excited to enable their medical first responders to connect, communicate
and collaborate to protect people every day in their community."
The Codespear-enabled Federal Signal SmartMSG critical communications
system is part of the Federal Signal Public Safety Systems interoperability
platform.
About Federal Signal
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) is a leader in advancing security
and well-being for communities and workplaces around the world. The Company
designs and manufactures a suite of products and integrated solutions for
municipal, governmental, industrial and airport customers. Federal Signal's
portfolio of trusted, high-priority products include Bronto aerial devices,
Elgin and Ravo street sweepers, E-ONE fire apparatus, Federal Signal safety
and security systems, Guzzler industrial vacuums, Jetstream waterblasters and
Vactor sewer cleaners. In addition, the company operates consumable industrial
tooling businesses. Federal Signal was founded in 1901 and is based in Oak
Brook, Illinois. http://www.federalsignal.com
About Crittenden Regional Hospital
Crittenden Regional Hospital is a JCAHO accredited 152-bed acute care
facility, with a long history of responding to the requests of the region.
Today Crittenden Regional offers a wide variety of healthcare services from
emergency medicine to home healthcare. Too, it is continuously expanding
services to meet the needs of the communities it serves. Crittenden Regional
serves the citizens of eastern Arkansas living in the counties of Crittenden,
Mississippi, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips, Cross, Poinsett and Shelby County,
Tennessee.
SOURCE Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group

Len Grice, Director, Marketing Services of Crittenden Regional Hospital,
+1-870-735-1500, ext. 1070, len_grice@crhwm.org; or John Segvich of Federal
Signal, +1-708-587-3486, jsegvich@federalsignal.com