Schiller Park Adopts Connect-CTY Service

to Reach Thousands in Minutes

Implementation of Communication Service Part of Village’s Efforts in Emergency Preparedness and Communication Planning

The Village of Schiller Park has selected the Connect-CTY™ service from The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI) to provide village administrators the ability to reach local residents, within minutes, through a single phone call. Schiller Park’s mayor and select officials will be able to use the Connect-CTY service to communicate with residents about time-sensitive matters, such as unforeseen events or emergencies, as well as to provide other community related information deemed to be in the public interest.

The recent onset of unforeseen events taking place locally, nationally and internationally has reminded community leaders of the importance of emergency preparedness and thorough communication planning. Accordingly, the Connect-CTY service enables village administrators to schedule, send, and track personalized voice messages in multiple languages to some, or all, of the village’s residents, businesses, and local officials in minutes.

“Effective communication with our local residents has a direct impact on the overall goodwill and safety of our village. When an emergency or pressing situation arises, one of the primary courses of action is to ensure that the community has accurate information as quickly as possible,” said Anna Montana, Mayor of Schiller Park. “With the Connect-CTY service, we now have the right tool to provide reliable, up-to-date information to our community, ensuring that all residents stay well-informed.”

The Connect-CTY service is the most effective way for municipalities to quickly notify department heads, staff, and residents with important information. Village administrators can target messages to an unlimited number of groups or geographical areas for everything from emergency response team mobilization to street closings and send messages to only the specified groups. Since the Connect-CTY service is not a physical piece of equipment housed in a local office building, the service is protected from localized disasters.

“Whether I need to send out a safety warning, or the mayor needs to communicate a special message of public interest, the Connect-CTY service will help us improve communication via streamlined, efficient, automated communication,” said Chief Tom Deegan, Schiller Park Fire Chief.

The village is able to use the service across all departments since it does not require any additional hardware or software - and the village has the ability to send an unlimited number of calls without additional costs. This maximizes village dollars and ensures that, when an official needs to use the system, he or she can do so immediately.

Schiller Park will be conducting its first test-call on November 4 in order to ensure all residents who would like to be included in the system are given a chance to correct their phone numbers. If residents do not receive the call, they should contact the Fire Chief at 847-671-8545 or email firechief@villageofschillerpark.com to have their contact information updated.

For Additional Information a list of frequently asked questions and suggested uses has been prepared.

For more information on the Connect-CTY system, please go to http://www.ntigroup.com

* NTI does not sell, lease, share, or rent personally identifiable information (names, addresses, phone numbers, etc.) to any companies or persons outside of NTI or NTI service providers.

About The NTI Group

The NTI Group, Inc. (NTI), a Delaware corporation, is a privately held company that provides communication systems designed specifically for local, regional, state, and Federal government entities. The Connect family of services enables rapid dissemination of critical information via voice and text devices using its premier mass notification engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily record and send time-based notifications to thousands of people in minutes using just a telephone. NTI makes and distributes the Connect-ED^®, Connect-CTY™, Connect-GOV™, and Connect-MIL™ systems, allowing users to target specific groups and/or geographic regions within their database(s) and engage recipients in two-way communication by asking them to respond to questions via their telephone keypads.

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