Detecting and Alerting a Weather Hazard Before It Occurs Could Mean Life or Death

Written by EWN | Sep 9, 2022 2:23:33 AM

Knowing about potentially damaging weather events before they strike can make a huge difference in saving lives and protecting business physical assets. Being complacent is dangerous, and can lead to ill-informed decisions when threats are evident.

Businesses can mitigate the risks of extreme weather events by being prepared. This means having the right resources available to alert you that there is a significant weather event that threatens the safety and operational longevity of your business.

As we’ve seen recently over the last few years, significant weather hazards like bushfires and floods can destroy businesses in the blink of an eye.

Early Warning Network’s Alerting Services Can Help Save Your Business Time, Financial and Physical Damage

Our highly experienced in-house Meteorologists and Alert Operators monitor weather events and natural hazards 24x7.

We provide alerts to clients who need to know about events before they impact on their locations of interest.

Our alert products have saved customers millions of dollars by providing timely, accurate intelligence to help them prevent potential loss or damage, as well as protecting their people.

Here’s How Our Alerting Service Works

The key to our alerting product is our staff validate and filter the data before sending to registered users.

This value-add service makes sure that we avoid false alarms and unnecessary duplication, hence we can assure our clients they will receive only the information that matters to them.

This means when a client receives an EWN alert, they know it is actionable intelligence. EWN archives every alert sent for post-incident audit and analysis where necessary.

There are five types of threat levels applied to alerts to indicate the severity of a threat at a glance at a public and commercial level:

⚫️ Catastrophic

🔴 Extreme

🟠 Severe

🟡 Very High

🟢 All Clear

Weather examples:

🔴 Extreme could mean a category 2 to 5 Tropical Cyclone

🟠 Severe could mean a Category 1 Tropical Cyclone.

See our support page for more FAQs: https://www.earlywarningnetwork.com.au/support

What Types of Alerting Services Are Available?

Early Warning Network offers customers five different alert types depending on your business situation and requirements.

Regional Alerts:

Provides alerts for areas of your choice across Australia. Warning data is sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology and State Fire Agencies for each State and Territory. The data is processed, filtered and sent by our 24/7 Alerting Team.

Location Alerts

Provides alerts for an exact street address location(s) in Australia. Warning data is sourced and filtered from the Bureau of Meteorology and State Fire Agencies for each State and Territory by our 24/7 Alerting Team.

Custom Forecast Alerts

Provides advanced notice alerts for any thresholds your organisation may have which are not covered by Regional or Location Alerts up to a week before occurring. EWN’s Meteorologists provide custom forecasts in which when thresholds are met, alerts are then sent. These can include Wind, Temperature, Rain, Lightning, Dust, and many more.

Custom Observational Alerts

Provides alerts to users should any observational threshold be met. These include Lightning, Rainfall, Wind, Flood, Temperature or any bespoke items you require us to monitor and alert for.

Branded Alerting

Branding is able to be added to any of the EWN alerting services (excluding Regional Alerts) with the added ability of being able to add your own information or procedures to the alert content. Branding is currently available for both Email and SMS alert sending methods.

Register Your Business With Our Weather Alert Service

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