How Text Messages Can Save Lives - IRIO Blog Post

How Text Messages Can Save Lives

The world is always unpredictable. From sudden, inclement weather to deranged and violent terrorists, danger lurks around every corner and can affect anyone, anywhere. What if there was a way to warn all the residents in your community of a sudden storm or a criminal on the premises instantly? There is.

IRIO’s text messaging platform allows you to send texts to your residents instantly and from a computer or your own phone. When your residents opt-in to receive text messages from your community, their phone numbers are stored on the online IRIO platform, and they are able to receive messages from your community. This is called our Text-2-Community service. While the community can send messages about anything to the residents using this product, the most important feature is the Emergency Text option.

In an instant, you can warn your entire community to take cover from a tornado, to stay indoors away from a gunman, or evacuate the premises because of a gas leak. Those are actual Emergency Text situations that have been sent over the Text-2-Community platform. The emergency scenarios are endless, and the Emergency Texts are 100% customizable to your immediate needs. Plus, they send instantly. In a matter of seconds, your text could save countless lives in your community. Unlike emails, which have an average 19% open rate, texts have a 98% open rate and are delivered to individuals on a device they check 150 times per day and keep with them constantly – their mobile phone. Your residents are almost guaranteed to see and read your text message – that’s pivotal when a threat to safety arises.

When a sudden emergency strikes, your warning needs to be just as quick. It also needs to be easily accessed, easily understood, and sent en masse. Text messaging covers all of these bases.

Another great feature of the IRIO platform is the ability to send a text to your community from your personal phone. Incoming texts will still show that it is from the community, but the person sending it could also be taking cover from a dangerous situation at the same time. No more huddling by a computer trying to send an email before a tornado touches down. No more struggling to tell residents of a power outage without a computer to send an email from. You can send a message warning residents to take precautionary measures while doing the same. The Emergency Text feature allows everyone to stay safe and still send and receive vital information.

What is an emergency situation you’ve used the Emergency Text feature for? Tell us at sales@IRIO.com.