Forum Communications has steadily increased its market
leadership position in the fast-growing Incident Alert and
Emergency Response Communications field. With the introduction of
ConsortAlertTM, a breakthrough IP based Secure Communications
System, Forum Communications has gained solid traction with major
customer wins. See Forum Website
https://www.forum-com.com/products/consortalert for product
details.
RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 28,
2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- About ConsortAlert Product
and Applications
The ConsortAlert system is an Incident Alert and Emergency
Response Communication system designed for Commercial Airports and
Military Airfields Emergency Notification Applications. The system
is independent from other systems or networks, is extremely
reliable, easy to configure and maintain, and provides consistent
performance.
Forum's ConsortAlert system is based on our innovative
Consortium conferencing platform coupled with our Alert III
peripheral products. The Alert III peripheral products,
specifically the Intelligent Line Module (ILM), provides additional
functionality that can significantly aid in both the incident
response time and team communications.
The ConsortAlert has some unique features that are included as
part of the base software package. Some of these base features
include the versatile User interface Webview, the Conference
Recording manager, Podcasting of Recordings, and Extensive Reports
including detailed attendance log, conference duration and other
important reports. More advanced features include the Runway
Incident Location feature allowing the initiator to relay the
location and alert category of the incident to ARFF personnel, the
Blast notification feature for Audio, Text and SMS messages, and
the Webservice API and Interface feature for easy integration with
external notification and unified communication systems.
Forum is one of very few vendors that hold current Joint
Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification. JITC
certification is the stringent Department of Defense (DoD) testing
process that must be passed in order to deploy communication
products into the military. Once successfully complete, the
vendors' products go onto the DoD Approved Product List (APL) for
military use. ConsortAlert uses software that has passed these
tests and is on the DoD APL. Forum consistently and continually
meets both DoD and FAA regulatory requirements.
ConsortAlert Traction in the Field
More and more airports and military airfields are moving their
Emergency Alert systems off aging copper lines and over to their
IP-based network infrastructure. As a result, our IP-based
ConsortAlert system has gained a lot of traction since its
introduction a couple of years back with major wins including
Pittsburg International Airport,
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Charlotte Douglas International
Airport, Mountain Home Air Force
Base, Decatur Airport, Whiteman Air Force Base, Cannon Air Force
Base, El Paso International
Airport, Raleigh Durham International Airport, RAAF Base Tindal –
Australia, and Spangdahlem AB -
Germany with many more being added
to the pipeline on a regular basis. Many of our current customers,
using the previous generation Alert III systems, are opting to
upgrade to the newer and more advanced IP based ConsortAlert system
realizing the substantial benefits of this technology.
Some of the benefits of ConsortAlert and this technology
are:
- Fully software-centric IP based system that can run on standard
COTS servers
- Can be deployed on physical dedicated servers or as VMs on
airport servers
- Highly secure with JITC certified software
- Very reliable with redundant server configurations
- Can be deployed on a dedicated IP network or airport IP network
with its own subnet or VLAN
- Backward compatible with existing analog infrastructure and
peripherals (allowing airports to move to an IP infrastructure when
ready)
- Ability to integrate with microwave equipment (reducing
infrastructure costs)
- ConsortAlert GUI clearly shows status of all end
instruments/devices
- ConsortAlert uses high-definition audio codecs for dramatically
better voice quality
- Ability to link crash system to radio system (improving speed
and quality of emergency responses)
Numerous base and advanced features for improved monitoring and
communications quality for emergency situations
About Forum Communications:
Thirty (30) years of Leadership in the Secure Communications and
Emergency Response Communications market segments.
Forum Communications International provides industry-leading
Secure, Real-Time Emergency Alert and Conferencing products and
solutions along with intelligent peripheral products based on a
powerful and compelling Communications Technology Platform called
Consortium™.
Forum's products cater to a wide variety of use cases including
Commercial Airport and Air Force Base Emergency Alert systems,
Medical Emergency Response systems, Military Secure Conferencing
systems, Critical Enterprise Operations Alert, Facility Incident
Response systems and Secure Private Hotline/Instant Team Reach
Business Communication systems. Forum offers both On-Premises and
Cloud-based solutions.
Forum's systems have been deployed in over 500 medium to large
installations across 10 countries in Military, Federal, State and
Enterprise sectors. Forum serves over 45 commercial US Airports and
200 Air Force Bases and operates within 300+ sites in the United States and 20+ Internationally.
Media Contact
Larry Dunn, Forum Communications,
1 9728983055, larry@forum-com.com
SOURCE Forum Communications