Vocal Ltd - Award Winning Updates to the Sheffield Alert Scheme

On Wednesday 8th October, Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Police, in affiliation with Vocal Ltd, are captivation a chargeless accident at Sheffield Ponds Forge to advance ‘Warn and Inform Sheffield’ Scheme for businesses aural the city.

Warn and Inform Sheffield is an advancement of the absolute Sheffield Alert Scheme which was launched in July 2004 and allows business subscribers to accept basic advice absolute from the Police in the accident of emergency incidents such as terrorism, flooding, gas explosions, astringent weather, beef demonstrations or incidents affecting the carriage network. Warn and Inform subscribers can accept the bulletin via a array of methods including SMS adaptable argument message, pager or email.

The event, to be captivated from 1:30pm until 3:30pm on Wednesday 8th October, will advance the accent of Emergency Planning and Business Continuity aural Sheffield and there will be bedfellow speakers including assembly from South Yorkshire Police, Sheffield City Council’s Emergency Planning Team and Vocal Ltd; the providers of Warn and Inform Sheffield who will accurately outline the advancement improvements.

Cllr Bob McCann, Cabinet Member for Housing and Sustainable Safer Communities from Sheffield City Council said:
"I anticipate it's actual important that bounded businesses get themselves registered assimilate the Sheffield active scheme. Businesses charge to be able to accomplish their own decisions about how to best abide and assure their business in the ablaze of any above incident, and accepting absolute advice from the Police beeline to a adaptable buzz or by email, helps them to do just this and ensure business continuity. It's acceptable faculty for bounded businesses to assurance up for the scheme."

Ben Howard, Marketing Manager at Vocal added:
“iModus, the technology abaft the Warn and Inform Sheffield won ‘Most Innovative Product of the Year’ at the 2008 CIR Business Continuity Awards and at this accident we’ll be analogue the added allowances of the upgraded system. This includes a casting new defended online appointment area Sheffield businesses can allotment Business Continuity advice and best convenance with anniversary other.”

Spaces at the accident are bound and are on aboriginal come, aboriginal served base so if you are a business aural Sheffield and would like to appear amuse appointment www.warnandinform.com/sheffield/upgradeevent to annals your details.

This accident is organised by Sheffiled City Council and South Yorkshire Police in assocation with Vocal Ltd.

Vocal Ltd
Vocal House
870 The Crescent
Colchester Business Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 9YQ

Ben Howard
0870 727 0350