Abstract: An emergency response system includes remote computing devices programmed via executable code instructions to broadcast an emergency alert to recipients, responsive to instructions received from administrators or emergency responders, the emergency alert including a response request permitting recipients to provide a binary positive or negative user status response, receive the responses from the recipients along with location information, send a map showing known recipient locations coded by corresponding response status to the administrators/responders, provide chat functionality between users during an emergency alert, provide social media functions including message exchange between users, and override the social media functions during an emergency alert so that social media messages cannot be exchanged.

Abstract: An emergency response system includes remote computing devices programmed via executable code instructions to broadcast an emergency alert to recipients, responsive to instructions received from administrators or emergency responders, the emergency alert including a response request permitting recipients to provide a binary positive or negative user status response, receive the responses from the recipients along with location information, send a map showing known recipient locations coded by corresponding response status to the administrators/responders, provide chat functionality between users during an emergency alert, provide social media functions including message exchange between users, and override the social media functions during an emergency alert so that social media messages cannot be exchanged.