Frequently Asked Questions

Can CMAS be customized?
This web site is for demonstration purposes only. The program that you would access will be tailored to your exact specifications. Counties can be grouped together or specific cities can be a single target area. Also, you can build databases of specific individuals to be targeted, not the general public, (i.e., just law enforcement in a specific area, or public utility workers, garbage collectors or any segment of the workforce that you specify).

How is CMAS implemented?
CMAS is a software program that resides on our own secure web servers. Access to the program will be granted to those individuals whom have authority to issue alerts and will be password protected. All the authorized user needs, is access to the Internet.

How does CMAS differ from the subscription based alert systems available today?
CMAS requires zero information from the general public or the wireless carriers. No one has to sign up or divulge any of their personal information. We at CMAS understand that privacy is a major concern to citizens.  We respect and agree with these concerns and that is why we have designed a system with our own proprietary databases that require no information from the general public to be effective.

Is CMAS more effective than land line or voice based alert systems?
The answer is a resounding YES. Land line based alert systems require a heavy investment in digital dialers, that even with the most robust systems you are still only reaching a couple of thousand people a minute where CMAS is reaching 200,000 people or more a minute. Also, land line based systems require someone to be home and voice systems will often not get through in times of disasters due to the already overburdened telecom network. Here is a quote from the past president of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, Tom Wheeler, "Everyone should have a plan for communicating in times of emergencies and text messaging can be an efficient way to reach your friends, family or loved ones. In the time it takes one person to make a one-minute voice call, hundreds of thousands of text messages can be exchanged,"

Does CMAS have the capability to control the message launch?
Yes, early on in our development of the product, we sought the advice of law enforcement officials and learned that sometimes an Amber Alert was not posted on the highway signs because it would coincide with rush hour, and thus cause a tremendous traffic jam. We understood that the same situation could occur if we suddenly had 200,000 motorists reaching for the cell phones at the same time. To prevent this, we developed into the CMAS program the ability for the operator to choose the speed in which the messages were delivered, 5,000 a minute, 10,000 minute, 20,000 a minute, so on and so forth. You might still have a situation (tornado on the ground) where you would want to reach everyone in the target area immediately, but in most instances we believe the “metered” approach will be utilized.