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JoLynn Rakow
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17 Virginia Colleges Launch Cooper Notification’s RSAN™ for Emergency Notification

RSAN™ Allows Safety Officials to Send Emergency Text and Voice Messages to Students, Staff

ARLINGTON, Va., May 22, 2008 – Cooper Notification, a platform of Cooper Industries, Ltd., (NYSE:CBE) announced today that 17 additional Virginia Community College System (VCCS) colleges launched the patent-pending Roam Secure Alert Network™ (RSAN™) for emergency notification, joining Northern Virginia Community College, which launched its system in August 2007. Through RSAN, campus safety officials on each college campus can now send targeted alerts via email, text and voice messaging, and other delivery channels to students, faculty and staff.

The 17 VCCS colleges, with their corresponding web sites to register for alerts include: Blue Ridge Community College (alert.brcc.edu), Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (alert.dslcc.edu), Danville Community College (alert.dcc.vccs.edu), Eastern Shore Community College (alert.es.edu), J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College (alert.reynolds.edu), John Tyler Community College (alert.jtcc.edu), Lord Fairfax Community College (alert.lfcc.edu), New River Community College (alert.nr.edu), Patrick Henry Community College (alert.ph.vccs.edu) Paul D. Camp Community College (alert.pdc.edu), Rappahannock Community College (alert.rappahannock.edu), Southside Virginia Community College (alert.southside.edu), Southwest Virginia Community College (alert.sw.edu), Tidewater Community College (alerts.tcc.edu), Virginia Highlands Community College (alert.vhcc.edu), Virginia Western Community College (alert.virginiawestern.edu), and Wytheville Community College (alert.wcc.vccs.edu). Each campus launched RSAN™ independently. Parents, alumni and friends of the university can also sign up for RSAN™ at no charge by visiting each corresponding web site. The remaining five VCCS colleges have pre-existing contracts with other providers, but will have the opportunity to install the RSAN solution when those contracts expire.

“Given VCCS’ commitment to the safety and security of our students and staff, we chose RSAN-a reliable emergency notification system that will reach our students anytime, anywhere,” according to Glenn

DuBois, Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System.

“The launch of the emergency notification system fulfills one of the recommendations called for in the report of the Chancellor’s Emergency Preparedness Task Force report,” said Neil Matkin, Vice Chancellor, Virginia Community College System. The report was endorsed by the Community College Board in January 2008 and can be read by going to the VCCS web site (www.vccs.edu/prepare). “As a leader in the emergency notification industry and a strong presence in Virginia, we are confident RSAN will help keep our students, faculty and staff better informed during an emergency,” said Matkin.

The web-based RSAN™ system supports over 18,000 messages per minute and automatically delivers real-time information and alerts to email, pagers, cell phones, BlackBerry, desktops, voice calls, indoor and outdoor speakers and more. Alerts can be generated from a single web interface, or using a mobile device. The systems are hosted in highly secure, fully redundant data centers for optimal performance and easy maintenance and support.

“Alerts can be sent to each individual campus using their individual RSAN systems, and information can be shared automatically with all the participating colleges within the VCCS via the Roam Secure Information Exchange (RSIX),” said Rick Tiene, VP of Homeland Security Solutions, Cooper Notification. “The VCCS deployments will also be integrated with the over 30 existing RSAN systems at major cities, counties and other colleges across Virginia that are connected via RSIX and the Virginia Statewide Alerting Network (SWAN). The Virginia Department of Emergency Management manages the SWAN, which was the first statewide alert and information sharing system deployed in the United States.”

The VCCS includes 23 colleges on 40 campuses located throughout the state. This year, the VCCS has an enrollment of more than 240,000 students. For more information, visit http://www.vccs.edu.

Cooper Notification currently provides critical, campus-wide emergency communications for universities across the U.S., including George Mason University, James Madison University, University of California-Santa Barbara, several University of Maryland campuses, University of New Hampshire and University of Southern California. Over 200 RSAN™ systems are also currently operating across the country at local, state and federal government agencies, colleges, airports, hospitals, refineries and other key businesses.

RSAN™ is integrated with Cooper’s mass notification solutions, including WAVES (Wireless Audio Visual Emergency System) High Power Speaker Arrays, which broadcasts emergency messages over wide areas, SAFEPATH indoor voice evacuation system and Cooper Notification’s Wheelock and MEDC branded fire and security devices. The Cooper Notification Mass Notification platform provides customers an integrated, multi-layered approach with indoor, outdoor, text and voice all from a single company.

About Cooper Notification

Cooper Notification, a solution platform of The Cooper Safety Division, is comprised of several businesses that have decades of experience and innovation in the development of high quality products and solutions. With the ever present need to protect, alert and inform, Cooper Notification is focused on meeting the growing demand for personnel and property safety. We are the source for notification solutions including Wheelock fire and security notification appliances and devices, SAFEPATH and WAVES voice evacuation and mass notification systems, Wheelock and MEDC industrial signaling and Roam Secure personal and regional alerting. For more information, visit the web site at www.coopernotification.com.

About Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE: CBE) is a global manufacturer with 2007 revenues of $5.9 billion, approximately 87% of which are from electrical products. Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained level of success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards, and meeting customer needs. The Company has eight operating divisions with leading market share positions and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2007, sixty percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and 34% of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper, which has more than 31,500 employees and manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2007, is incorporated in Bermuda with administrative headquarters in Houston, TX. For more information, visit the website at www.cooperindustries.com.

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