Messaging services are incredibly useful. Work colleagues, school classes, and families can form groups and easily set up chats. It is no surprise that the three biggest and most popular messaging apps in the world are used by around four billion people. Anyone who has come to appreciate the benefits of this form of communication in their private life is likely to want to replicate that experience in a work setting. The police force in the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) is one example. Since they handle sensitive information, they need to be particularly aware of cyber security, which is why they chose stashcat as their messaging service. Renamed “Niedersachsen Messenger – NiMes,” the service now helps emergency teams coordinate their activities even more efficiently at the scene of an accident or during mass events. Germany’s THW civil protection organization also uses stashcat as its instant messenger under the name “hermine@THW”. This messenger was also used during Storm Bernd in the summer of 2021 to share information on coordinating the efforts of 33,000 emergency volunteers.
