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Brown County approves HQV Systems for countywide emergency alert system; commissioners weigh cost and subscriber uncertainty
Summary
After demonstrations, staff recommended HQV Systems for the countywide emergency alert and warning system; commissioners approved the recommendation and discussed features, unit pricing, subscriber counts and integration with FEMA's IPAWS. Staff said the vendor could deploy within days and that some budget variance would be covered by emergency management equipment funds.
Brown County commissioners approved staff's recommendation to contract with HQV Systems for a countywide emergency message alert and warning platform after demonstrations of multiple vendors.
An agency official said the previous vendor suffered a cyber incident and staff evaluated three providers (text.gov, HQV Systems and Everbridge). The official recommended HQV Systems, highlighting a subscriber option that allows temporary registrations for visitors, platform integrations that could support elections (for curbside voting notifications), and a 'threat sense' feature for situational awareness. "We think HQV systems would be the best provider for the…
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