Make sure your system can send text and audio messages to a variety of devices to ensure complete reach. Mass notification systems can be used for intruder alerts and lockdown, evacuation, severe weather and monitoring and recording 911 calls.
Campus Safety magazine recently released an emergency notification cheat sheet that lists the strengths and weaknesses of the most commonly used emergency alert systems on the market.
[InformaCast] is one of our most critical services. Bells and paging are one of the most important things for schools.
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— David Massaro, Coordinator of Technology Services, Redlands Unified School District —
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I like using it, because it’s a simple product to use. You can see behind it that it is a quality product; professionally-built and well-designed.
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— Terry Oakley, Telecommunications Coordinator, Red Deer College —
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InformaCast played a key role in notifying our campus about the water main break and the need to use bottled water. I was able to quickly record a message and send it to the campus from my office at home. Our students commented how effective this was in letting them know what was going on.
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— John Turner, Director of Networks and Systems, Brandeis University —
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InformaCast has a great deal to do with patient safety. It allows us to take better care of our dementia and Alzheimer’s patients.
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— Mike Llewellyn, Chief Operating Officer, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center —
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…It provides a consistent means of communicating and informing regarding an incident to, not just our first responders in those multiple agencies, but also to our staff and parents who are in multiple buildings, and our students in multiple buildings.
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— Tom Wohlleber, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, MCPASD —
