Ping4 partnered with the Florida Division of Emergency...

January 10, 2014 |State Telecom

Ping4 partnered with the Florida Division of Emergency Management on a pilot program providing mobile emergency alerts to citizens and visitors in Brevard County, Fla. Ping4’s platform “allows for custom alert polygons to be created and stored providing specifically targeted alerts,” said the company in a news release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1aiNm5v). The app, Ping4alerts, is a free iOS and Android app “that uses the latest location-based technology to deliver a push notification to mobile devices within a geographically-defined area,” it said. Users aren’t required to provide Ping4 with personally identifiable information, it said.