AMERICA'S EMERGENCY NETWORK, INC.

Norcross and Mayfield Are Building America's Emergency Network, the Nation's Emergency Communication System



Bryan Norcross, one of the nation's most prominent hurricane forecasters and former analyst for the CBS Network, and Max Mayfield, the highly respected former director of the National Hurricane Center are building the first robust, affordable communications system to connect emergency management centers and other agencies with the public and the media. AEN has teamed with Hughes Network Systems to develop a reliable satellite and terrestrial network to carry video news briefings efficiently and securely. The components of the system are:



AEN on the Internet - Online access to video briefings issued by emergency management offices and other government agencies.



AEN Direct Feeds - Local TV stations and networks can connect to the AEN system to receive feeds from emergency operations centers or other agencies directly. Feeds are sent in broadcast resolution over Hughes' new SPACEWAY3 satellite at a fraction of the cost of traditional satellite systems.



Now being deployed in Florida and soon the nation, the AEN system is a public/private partnership between local, state and national emergency agencies and America's Emergency Network. Any government agency with emergency-management responsibilities for a community, regardless of size, will have access to the secure AEN system to distribute their information.





Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the topic of "emergency communications" has been a hot-button issue in Washington. Indeed, numerous many communications failures occurred during that event. After Hurricane Katrina, numerous reports noted the same gaps in communications systems that were endured during 9/11 and, stretching all the way back to 1992, in the wake of Hurricane Andrew.



During a crisis, U.S. government officials rely on the same news and information system that serves us every day, even though the technical and operational infrastructures are not designed to operate under the strain of a disaster. The emergency requirements that communications be immediate, clear, and cover all important issues and affected geographic areas (i.e., more than a just short sound bite) cannot be fulfilled by the traditional news-gathering framework.



Currently, there is no standardized, dedicated and secure distribution infrastructure for disseminating critical instructions and information issued by local, state, and federal officials that overcomes the delays and incomplete-distribution limitations of the everyday news-coverage system.





Governmental entities, most notably cities and small counties, are acutely aware of the need to have live, direct access to their citizens during emergencies. As surprising as it may seem, no organized, secure system is in place to distribute emergency information issued by government agencies other than the National Weather Service.



Since the formation of the federal Department of Homeland Security - and the related security focus at all levels of government - the information vacuum has become more evident and acute. Thousands of cities and other government entities now have an emergency operations plan and often an emergency operations center. No communications system has been designed or planned, however, to distribute the information produced by these centers... until AEN



President-CEO-

Bryan Norcross



CFO-

Brad Hacker,