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Emergency Preparedness Communications – Z-CARD® Pocket Print Guide

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Emergency concerns are local subjects, solutions and strategies are completely different in different Zip codes.

Z-CARD® makes a pocket guides that address a range of these issues helping resident s to be ready make a plan and have quick reference guides that can be accessed perhaps in an environment where there is no Wi-Fi or even power.

  • Palm Beach Florida is concerned with hurricanes, flooding and fire issues.
  • Houston Texas is concerned with storms, emergency preparedness and active shooters.
  • Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is concerned with bomb and fire threats.
  • Yakima Valley Washington wants every household to have 9 days of emergency supplies water sanitation being key.
  • Hawaii is concerned with Tsunami preparation and ocean safety.
  • Portland, Oregon Emergency Prep focuses on earth quake safety and a large collection of safe Urban based shelters for many city dwellers.

One thing that they all have in common are their emergency pocket guides.

Asheville

Best in Breed Pocket Maps for Hikers – National Forest Foundation

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Z-CARD® creates pocket maps and trail guides for many Iconic US hikes. The National Forest Organization. The pocket maps and guides to Asheville NC, Truckee CA and Boise ID and Santa Fe New Mexico are among the best in the country. These are of the Special places with great varied terrain

Out in nature there often is no internet connection

Pocket Maps are an important part of hiking fun and safety, Relying on the small screen of a phone for navigation in these locales could end badly. The Z-CARD® pocket map offers a flat size that is often 30 times as large as a phone screen. The trail systems that use Z-CARD pocket maps find that that broad size does the job but also the durable water resistant covers protect the easy folding pocket map which is important for portability and fitting in the space cramped confines of a back pack or pocket

Z-CARD® makes a range of pocket maps for parks and properties in all 50 states. Rails to trails, Cross country ski areas and biking trail systems are the growth pocket map application sectors.

Lee County Fun Guide

Lee County Fun Guide

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Print for a digital age…

The Lee County Fun Guide promotes 8 local sponsors and 22 different organizations and points of interest for fun – including area events, museums, dining, lodging, outdoor activities, and more.

The Guide serves up a large amount of dynamic content (along with a cute map) for visitors, and all of it launches from 14 QR Codes on a credit card-sized Z-CARD.

The benefits of this elegant approach are:

  • Steers visitors to exactly the content they want while launching from a background of the whole county
  • Allows each sponsor and attraction to revise content as needed – fewer reprints
  • Allows all stakeholders to track visitor click-throughs
  • People value and keep Z-CARD’s fun, tactile format

Let us show you samples, or contact us for information about how Z-CARD can improve your communication mix.

Our Favorite Z-CARD – Throwback

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UFC on FX

This is a Mixed Martial Arts Pocket Roster for a series of matches featuring Australia versus UK.

A guide to very colorful fighters in this team event early on in UFC’s history. These guys are scary brawlers.

Our favorite fighter? Colin “Freakshow” Fletcher Fighting for the Brits Jumps out at you.

Safe Campus Guide – Virginia Tech Hokies

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Virginia Tech Emergency Management wants their students and staff to be Hokie Ready.

Z-CARD® pocket guide for campus safety provides a simple and effective communication canvas.

Why does this Safe Campus guide work for This tech savvy University community?… (Sometimes an app doesn’t work.)

  • Simplicity – This intel doesn’t require a smart phone or app download. It’s grab and go information and essential for visitors to a campus in this pandemic age
  • It’s big – Campus Emergency and safety resources are full size and easy to read. No scrolling or drop down menus
  • Layout is modular in nature – subjects can be detailed in chunky quick reference form
  • People keep them. Z-CARDS® are kept and read by those who have them.

As a new Fall term on campus approaches, Virginia Tech EMU and many schools will be challenged to communicate flawlessly to different people. A safe campus card guide Z-CARD® is a strong part of the mix.

Good luck and be Hokie Ready!

Please contact us for more information.

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