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Introduction
The RedFlag Notification System is a multi-channel mass notification system provided by Pocketstop. The provider is a SaaS multi-channel digital communications specialist operating in the mass notification system market. In an emergency, the RedFlag Notification System allows a person to send messages via telephone, text message, email, social media post and desktop notification. The multi-channel approach increases message read rates, increasing the likelihood that critical information reaches the intended recipient.

Use Cases
In response to a shooting at a mall in Columbia, Maryland, JLL (company), one of the world’s largest and most respected commercial real estate firms, implemented an Emergency notification system to facilitate quick and timely communication during an emergency. The RedFlag Notification system used by JLL (company) helps “to speed up emergency response times at the retail properties it manages” and as a way to “make big changes to its crisis management procedures”. In 2014, JLL’s properties in Honolulu used the RedFlag Notification system during Hurricane Iselle (2014) and Hurricane Ana (2014) in to notify tenants quickly if stores needed to be closed. JLL managed properties in Hawaii also used the RedFlag Notification system to notify tenants when a potential tsunami threatened the islands in 2014. The RedFlag Notification system was used in 2013 and 2014 at the Dallas Turkey Trot, an annual Thanksgiving Day 5k and 8 mile run, as the primary means to send notifications to race participants via text message in the event of an emergency or last minute update, ,. Race participates registered for RedFlag notifications by texting into the system.