Find Me -- Hurricane Safety App app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Echo Messaging Systems, Inc.
First release : 15 Oct 2013
App size: 9.82 Mb
Find Me -- Hurricane Safety App is a first of its kind, family of disaster safety applications for iOS devices.
This application is an ALERT Notification system for individuals to send to their family, friends and emergency professionals to be able to locate you FOLLOWING an incident.
Following Super Storm Sandy in October 2012 so many families were displaced so the need for a personal notification system app looked like it would be needed.
The FIND ME – Hurricane Safety App , once activated by the individual, will alert (via text, email and phone message) a pre-determined list of contacts that shelter has been taken. The application can also be synced to Facebook and Twitter to make posts to general audiences.
With the push of one icon on the mobile device, FIND ME will register the last known GPS Location of the individual, as well as a custom input of a specific location within the structure where shelter has been taken.
While this Application is primarily a notification tool for the Individual and family and friends during a hurricane, there is a larger scale function of this application if overlaid with a product such as ESRI’s Community Software. If community first responders, State Emergency Management or FEMA utilizes the ESRI Community software during an active hurricane, the FIND ME –Hurricane Safety App is overlaid on this software , officials could see immediately where people have taken shelter and could be trapped and need rescuing.
No subscription charges! Only one one-time cost of $2.99 for peace of mind.