MySoftGuard vs EmergencyIQ Usage & Stats

EmergencyIQ, (EIQ) is an application and web based system that provides the tools for individuals, groups, businesses and other entities to prepare for, manage and recover from emergencies. EIQ is based in Austin, Texas and is owned 100% by U.S. citizens and residents. EIQ is not affiliated with any local law enforcement group. Notification of emergencies go only to groups which individual users authorize. For example, an employee may report an emergency to a work group, or disaster recovery team, to which she/he belongs; a student may report an active shooter to her parents and the school’s principal or security personnel if both the school and the student agree to share the information (her emergency contact); a young adult may report a car accident to his/her parents directly from the app, share his/her geolocation, send pictures, or establish a private chat with the parents, centered around the accident reported. EIQ has two primary target groups. One is small family groups that want to keep in contact with each other in the context of emergencies. The other is small to medium-size businesses that must develop, implement and use a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP). Through the mobile-based application family members can report emergencies to one another and generally coordinate their recovery and share pictures, videos or audio of the emergency. If a DR plan has been created in anticipation of the emergency the plan will appear when the emergency materializes. Through the mobile App and the web based system, Business can engage in more complex planning, notification, and deployment of formal BCP or DRPs. Businesses can create disaster recovery teams and assign specific functions to each team members. An administrator can track when tasks are completed and those that are pending. They can test the plan in drill mode to ensure that each member is trained in the performance of their emergency functions, which generally vary from their daily task and therefore require the plan and its testing. Reports can be generated from the system to identify weaknesses in the BCP or DRP when used in drill mode. Different businesses, work groups or school settings can use the app to communicate communal emergencies and equally manage the disaster or emergency reported. The EiQ App allows you to: - Create an emergency contact group - Share emergency notification with emergency contacts in real time - Share photos and videos of accidents and recovery process - Share your location when encountering risks - Receive an EiQ SOS notification when your elder parent stops moving during the day - Digitally store and share important documents in the EiQ Vault - Use EiQ as an alternate communication system for venues and large gatherings - Blast emergency notifications to groups compiled only by their location and use of the EiQ App