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To
learn more about how local
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government and businesses are
using mass communication tools
to keep people safe during natural
disasters, we checked in with the
Platinum Award Winner of the
2018 ‘ASTORS’ Best Mass Noti-
fication System, Regroup Mass
Notification.
provided a few October
specific
2019 examples
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of how its powerful mass notifi-
cation platform has been used
during natural disasters:
Wildfires
The Camp Fire in 2018 was the
deadliest and most destructive
wildfire in California history, and
The company, which has also been one of the deadliest wildfires in
nominated for the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ world history.
(Paradise, California, was a slice of heaven for those who lived there – until they lost everything
in California’s worst wildfire. The Camp fire wiped out the town, killed at least 85 people, and
scorched 150,000 acres. California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric, filed for bank-
ruptcy after facing mounting scrutiny for its role in the November’s. Courtesy of VICE News and
YouTube. Posted on Jan 30, 2019.)
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