JACKSON, Miss. – Friday, April 18, 2008 – Global Security Systems (GSS) announced today that the Memphis/ Shelby Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) has purchased ALERT FM, an FM radio-based emergency alert and messaging system. This new system will benefit Crittenden County, Ark., DeSoto County, Miss., and Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby and Tipton counties in Tennessee.

ALERT FM will allow authorized emergency management officials to create and send alerts and messages to specific groups of first responders, businesses and citizens before, during and after a crisis. Because the system is FM radio-based, emergency information can be distributed to a large number of recipients in a matter of seconds. Targeted alerts and messages are delivered by satellite to the data subcarrier of FM transmission towers and can be received on ALERT FM receivers and other mobile devices, including PDAs, cell phones and other specialized receivers equipped with FM chips. Potential notifications include not only severe weather warnings but also evacuation instructions or traffic alerts after a disaster such as an earthquake or tornado.

"We are in the business of preparedness – either natural or manmade, and our first responsibility is the welfare of the citizens in our community," said Bob Nations, director of Shelby County Office of Preparedness. "We believe that the ALERT FM technology best enhances that capability because of its reliability, redundancy and its ability to deliver messages instantly."

The reliability and redundancy of ALERT FM lies in its use of a pre-existing network of FM towers, which in turn provides overlapping coverage of an area. The ALERT FM receivers automatically tune themselves to the strongest FM signal in their current location. The initial FM stations participating in ALERT FM for the six counties are WRBO (103.5), WKIM (98.9), WKNO (91.1) and WYPL (89.3). This ensures distribution over a large "footprint," giving emergency operation managers the potential to reach more than one million citizens in the six counties within seconds.