City of Philadelphia - File #: 070379

• File #: 070379
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 5/3/2007
• In control: Committee on Technology and Information Services
• Title: Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings to examine and evaluate the feasibility of upgrading and expanding the City's community emergency notification system, otherwise known as Reverse 911.
• Sponsors: Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Campbell, Council President Verna, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Reynolds Brown

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/31/2007	0	Committee on Technology and Information Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/31/2007	0	Committee on Technology and Information Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/31/2007	0	Committee on Technology and Information Services	HEARING HELD
5/31/2007	0	Committee on Technology and Information Services	HEARING HELD
5/31/2007	0	Committee on Technology and Information Services	RECESSED
5/31/2007	0	Committee on Technology and Information Services	RECESSED
5/3/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED
5/3/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED
5/3/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
5/3/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
5/3/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
5/3/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold hearings to examine and evaluate the feasibility of upgrading and expanding the City's community emergency notification system, otherwise known as Reverse 911.
Body
WHEREAS, Police officers, firefighters, public safety providers, ambulance drivers, emergency medical technicians, emergency dispatchers, first response teams, and emergency responders provide a vital service to the citizens and visitors of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphia emergency responders have assumed a heightened role since September 11, 2001 to protect the infrastructure of the city when fire, hazardous material releases, natural disasters, emergency medical situations, rescue challenges, and similar emergencies are encountered; and

WHEREAS, Equipping Philadelphia first responders with the technology, equipment, skills, services, and knowledge to mitigate the effects of emergency situations, criminal activities and natural disasters on the citizens of Philadelphia remain a high priority of the Philadelphia City Council; and

WHEREAS, In times of unforeseen events, the City's ability to maintain the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Philadelphia is contingent on its ability to equip first responders with the technology and equipment necessary to instantaneously alert the public of potential dangers, necessary evacuations and plans of action; and

WHEREAS, Upgrading and expanding Philadelphia's emergency notification system, otherwise known as Reverse 911, could provide the City's first responders with the technology needed to be more effective at immediately communicating with all citizens of the City in times of crisis; and

WHEREAS, Community emergency notification systems launch emergency messages using a combination of database and Geographic Information System (GIS) computer mapping technologies to quickly target a precise geographic area of the county and sat...