What are the advantages of CHAIN?

CHAIN has several key strengths:

• Managed Service – no infrastructure to capitalize or support.

• Each user configures their emergency contact profile – no database issues.

• Proven ability to integrate legacy systems with emerging technologies

Cost Effective: 
• Leverages existing devices and infrastructure. No client hardware investment requirement. No client systems operations requirement. No additional personnel needed.

Reliable: 
• Secure, real-time, two-way communications hosted in geographically dispersed, secure centers.

Fully interoperable: 
• Compatible with existing systems, device agnostic.

Continuous technology and infrastructure improvement: 
• No hardware or software upgrades needed.

Highly scalable: 
• Scalable from one division, to one agency, to multi-agency, to statewide, to region wide, to nationwide

Multi-purpose: 
• Integrated information, education and surveillance system to assist ITTF with emergency preparedness and other mission critical efforts.

User Friendly: 
• Web based interface is easy to navigate  

Who has control of the system? 
The customer. Even though CHAIN is a hosted system, the customer drives the business rules and alerting functionality to the appropriate roles and entities per geographical location.