Utah Notification & Information System

What is UNIS?Statewide notification system Secure website

document sharingStatewide 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 INFORMEDShare information with colleaguesSecure website for document accessStatewide directory

How does UNIS work?

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

Alerting Capacity

Phone port capacity: 48 linesAbility to use another 84 Potentially more in future (more servers purchased)

Current UNIS Users

900 + UsersVariety 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 Health85th CSTIHC HospitalsU of U HospitalMountain West Medical CenterMMRS

Utah’s Public Health DepartmentsEMS Strike Team Helper CityState ITSUDEQ, UDAF, UDPS

OPEN TO OTHERS

Agency Specific Examples

IHC Urban Central Region-Ann AllenEMS Strike Team-Don Marrelli85th CST-SFC Joe ParkerHelper City-George ZamantakisMountain West Medical Center-Kip ThompsonLHDs-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 email to unis@utah.gov

UNIS Contact

Questions?

Dean Penovich•801-273-6657•unis@utah.gov