The Village of Mount Prospect is teaming up with Everbridge Mass Emergency Notification System with the goal of providing essential information quickly in a variety of emergency situations (flooding, tornadoes, or other disasters). The system will also improve public awareness in non-emergencies such as city events, road closures and special services.

Should an emergency occur, Village personnel can notify residents in a matter of minutes. The Everbridge system delivers messages across all communication platforms, including, cell and land line phone numbers, e-mail addresses, instant messaging, fax, personal data assistants (PDA’s), and pagers listed within the system. If phone lines are busy, the system will redial a predetermined number of times to make contact. If an answering machine picks up the call, the emergency message will be left on the machine. If the telephone rings without an answer, after a predetermined number of attempts, Everbridge will use the next contact path that has been supplied by each resident. You do not have to purchase any new equipment, and will only be notified of urgent situations that affect the area in which your home is located. The Everbridge system is currently loaded with every listed land line phone number from existing 9-1-1 data. Once residents register their preferred contact information, the Everbridge system will contact thousands of people in a matter of minutes.