Utah Notification & Information System

What is UNIS? Statewide notification system Secure website document sharing Statewide user directory For local and state emergency response agencies. No cost to participate in the system.

What will UNIS do for me? Be NOTIFIED, Be INFORMED Share information with colleagues Secure website for document access Statewide directory

How does UNIS work? Allow participants to rapidly receive and send urgent and routine notifications to a variety of communication devices. (phones, , fax, pager, text message) Gives users a web-based location to coordinate and share information and documents.

Alerting Capacity Phone port capacity: 48 lines Ability to use another 84 Potentially more in future (more servers purchased)

Current UNIS Users Users Variety of Disciplines Public Health, EMS, Hospitals, Clinics, Public Safety (Police/Fire), Environmental Quality, Agriculture & Food, Mosquito Abatement, Emergency Management, Laboratories, Poison Control, Elected Officials, Military, Tribes, Schools, Red Cross, Others

Agencies Using UNIS Alerting Utah Department of Health 85 th CST IHC Hospitals U of U Hospital Mountain West Medical Center MMRS Utah’s Public Health Departments EMS Strike Team Helper City State ITS UDEQ, UDAF, UDPS OPEN TO OTHERS

Agency Specific Examples IHC Urban Central Region-Ann Allen EMS Strike Team-Don Marrelli 85 th CST-SFC Joe Parker Helper City-George Zamantakis Mountain West Medical Center-Kip Thompson LHDs-Emergency Response Coordinator

System Notification Demo

UNIS Home Page

Notifications Log in to access all notifications sent via UNIS. Permissions based- only see/share what you should.

Document Library Remote access to documents. Permissions based- only have access to appropriate documents.

Bulletin Board Place to share and collaborate. Again, permissions based-only have access to appropriate boards.

Registration Complete short registration form Request an invitation to participate on UNIS send an to

UNIS Contact Questions? Dean Penovich