When the alert has to land, it lands.
Departments and agencies use Kannect to reach the public during emergencies and stay connected the rest of the year. Emergency Announcements push to every opted-in resident, even those who turned off Kannect's in-app notifications, so a real alert from your agency still reaches them.
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What Kannect commits to public safety teams
100%
Reach. Every opted-in resident gets the alert. No algorithm filters it out.
Verified
Source of truth. Residents trust the message because they trust the channel.
Push
Time-sensitive delivery. Reach residents on iOS and Android in seconds.
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Ads next to safety updates. No commercial feed. No misinformation alongside.
The alert system built for the moment that actually matters
For severe weather, public-safety threats, evacuations, missing-person alerts, and unplanned closures. Emergency Announcements still reach residents who muted Kannect's in-app notifications, and the platform logs exactly who received the alert so you can stand behind the record.
Reaches muted in-app notifications
An Emergency Announcement pushes through to every opted-in resident, even those who turned off Kannect's in-app notifications in the Kannect mobile app. Each resident still controls their own phone settings — do-not-disturb and quiet hours are theirs to keep. Within Kannect, real alerts get through anyway.
Target who needs to know
Whole community, a specific zone, a specific neighborhood, or every resident enrolled in a specific program. The right alert to the right people. Avoid the alert-fatigue trap of pinging the whole city for a localized event.
Delivery record on every send
After every emergency send, see exactly who received the alert and who didn't. Brief the chief. Brief the press. Brief council. The record is on the platform, not in someone's recollection.
Schedule duration, not just one push
Keep the alert active for a specific duration so it keeps notifying residents who came online during the window. A shelter-in-place alert doesn't end after one push notification. It stays live until you say it's over.
Tag the response action
Attach a button to the alert: shelter location, evacuation route, missing-person details, road-closure map. Residents tap the alert and land exactly where you need them to be.
Reserved use, by design
Emergency Announcements are reserved for genuine emergencies and critical updates. Routine messaging happens through standard channels. That separation is what keeps residents trusting the alert when it does land.
One trusted channel, not a patchwork
Most public safety teams push critical updates through a Facebook page residents have muted, a Twitter/X account algorithmically suppressed, a text-blast service that charges per message, and Nextdoor where misinformation spreads next to the official post. Kannect retires the patchwork.
Resident safety updates
100% reach to opted-in residents, not 5% via an ad-driven feed.
Instant push notifications
Built in. Reach residents instantly — not buried in a promotions tab.
Public meetings & town halls
Free events at 0%. RSVPs, reminders, and check-in built in.
A trusted channel for residents
Verified, independent, free of algorithms and ads.
Critical information competes with noise on social media
Public safety messages go out on the same feeds as everything else, ranked by an algorithm that was never built for safety. The update that matters can be the one residents miss.
Buried by the feed
A safety update competes with every other post. The algorithm decides who sees it, and most do not.
Scattered, unofficial channels
Residents track down information across pages and groups, never sure which source is the real one.
No way to reach everyone
When it matters most, there is no single, reliable channel to inform the whole community at once.
Everything a department needs to reach the public
One trusted platform to inform residents, run community events, and share preparedness resources.
Announcements and alerts
Send updates and time-sensitive alerts straight to the residents who opted in.
Events and preparedness drives
Community meetings, safety fairs, and preparedness events with RSVPs and reminders.
Safety resources
Publish preparedness guides, contacts, and resources in one place residents can always find.
A public department page
A public page where any resident can find your department's updates and resources, no login required.
Organized by neighborhood
Group residents by neighborhood or program to send the right information to the right area.
An official, verified channel
Residents know information from your department on Kannect is official and real.
Three steps to a better-prepared community
Set up your department
Start a 7-day free trial and build your department's community hub in under five minutes.
Connect with residents
Invite residents, or let them find your department on Kannect Discover and the Kannect mobile app.
Keep the public informed
Share updates, events, and resources. Residents get every alert without an algorithm in the way.
Independent. Verified. Built for you.
Two things make Kannect different from the tools public safety teams usually settle for.
Independent and founder-run
Bending Spoons, a holding company known for buying consumer apps, raising prices, and cutting support, now owns both Meetup and Eventbrite. Kannect is independent and answers to the communities it serves, not to an acquirer.
Verified and spam-free
Every organization joins through a credit-card-verified trial that stops bots and impostor accounts. Residents can trust that information from your department is genuine.
Information the public can trust
Of residents reached
Every update reaches every resident who opted in. No algorithm decides who sees it.
Around safety updates
No advertising beside your alerts. Public safety communication stays exactly that.
To launch
Most departments set up their community hub and go live in under five minutes.
Public safety questions, answered
Can residents see updates without an account?
Yes. Anyone can view your department's public page and resources with no account. Residents join to receive direct updates and alerts.
Can we reach a specific neighborhood?
Yes. You can group residents by neighborhood or program and send updates to exactly the area that needs them.
Is Kannect a replacement for an emergency alert system?
No. Kannect is a community engagement and communication platform. It complements your official emergency systems with everyday updates, events, and preparedness resources.
How much does Kannect cost?
Plans start at $23/mo billed yearly, or $29/mo month to month. Every plan includes a 7-day free trial, and a credit card is required to start it, which keeps Kannect verified and spam-free.
Give your community one trusted place for updates
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