Safety & Operation Readiness Report in K-12 Now Available
Peace of mind for every school day—and every emergency.
School safety requires careful planning, effective tools, and an efficient response. Singlewire Software’s InformaCast and Visitor Aware solutions help schools deliver alerts instantly, reach everyone, and respond faster to daily situations and emergency events. Whether it’s one building or an entire district, you’ll have the tools you need to quickly respond to any situation you encounter.
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InformaCast®. A school alert system at work in an emergency, and every day.
School safety takes careful planning, effective tools, and a fast response. InformaCast and Visitor Aware help schools deliver alerts instantly, reach everyone, and respond faster to daily situations and emergencies alike. Whether it’s one building or an entire district, you’ll have what you need to act quickly in any situation.
Alert instantly with audio, text, and visuals.
Send attention-grabbing notifications at a moment’s notice.
- Use the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge and other panic button options to activate alerts
- Monitor CAP and RSS feeds to send alerts automatically
- Integrate with video surveillance and sensors to launch notifications
Reach the right people with the right message.
Send intrusive alerts to select groups or throughout an entire building.
- Reach everyone with comprehensive on-site and mobile alerts, so no message is missed
- Deliver simultaneous unique messages to specific groups and zones
- Broadcast audio, text, and visuals to connected devices like speakers and signage
Respond faster to minimize risk.
Manage every step, from the first alert to the final all-clear.
- Open location maps and links to security camera feeds
- Gather key people on a conference call or virtual meeting
- Use 911 alerting to coordinate with first responders and support effective reunification
Manage emergencies and daily operations from one platform.
School-Wide
Notification
Reach every part of your school with text, audio, and visual notifications sent to phones, speakers, desktops, digital signage, and more.
Active Shooter
Situations
Immediately alert everyone that an intruder is on-premises, initiate a lockdown, and coordinate communication with every party, including law enforcement and first responders.
Staff
Protection
Let staff know their safety is a priority with InformaCast Wearable Alert Badges they can activate anywhere in the school. Safety teams receive the person’s name and location to send help as quickly as possible.
911 Call
Monitoring
Know when 911 is dialed in your school building so you can assist and guide emergency personnel. Integrate with call recording software for added context, and enable emergency calling so notifications reach the public safety answering point (PSAP) and meet the requirements of Alyssa’s Law.
Severe Weather
Alerting
Monitor National Weather Service feeds and send automated alerts when severe weather approaches your schools.
Visitor
Check-In
Screen every visitor against a national database to keep unwanted guests from gaining access to your buildings.
Complete Incident
Management
From the first alert to the final all-clear, manage every step of a critical event with access to vital resources, the ability to gather key people, and after-action reporting.
Bell
Scheduling
Scheduling bells shouldn’t be a challenge. Consolidate bells, clocks, and PA systems into one network for cost savings and improved efficiency, with the flexibility to configure half-days, special events, and more.
Overhead
Paging
Make timely announcements with ease. Send live or recorded audio using a two-way, hands-free intercom and push-to-talk on desk phones and IP speakers.
Student
Pick Up
Connect visitors, office staff, teachers, and pickup coordinators to streamline the process while validating visitor identity and student pickup approval.
Staff
Assistance
Let teachers and staff request instant help for issues in classrooms or hallways, health concerns, vandalism, building damage, and more with the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge.
Family
Reunification
Safely and efficiently reunite students with approved guardians following an emergency.
SIS
Integration
Integrate your Student Information System to quickly upload students, staff, and parents, and automatically create notification distribution lists.
Tip Line
Give students and staff an anonymous tip line to identify issues before they become disruptions.
The InformaCast® Wearable Alert Badge. The purpose-built panic button for K–12.
The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is the only wireless panic button powered directly by InformaCast, helping schools create safe environments with:
- Two button press options to differentiate between staff assistance requests and school-wide emergencies
- Floor- and room-level location accuracy to know exactly who activated their badge and where they are within a school
- Effective alerting and response through intrusive notifications and real-time insights
- Alyssa’s Law compliant devices that offer silent alerting that reaches local dispatchers
Your connected suite for campus movement and safety.
Visitor Aware
Screen visitors and volunteers in seconds, check against national databases, preregister guests, and use the hardware you already own.
Dismissal Manager
Plan, verify, and track every student’s ride home—bus, car line, walker, or after-school—from one dashboard.
Hall Manager
Issue digital hall passes from student devices, teacher portals, or shared kiosks; enforce smart restrictions; and track student movement.
Consolidate systems and eliminate silos.
Save time with integrated technology.
Use the technology you already own and get more from it. InformaCast integrates with a wide range of technologies from nearly 100 integration partners, helping different devices and systems work together and bringing everything under one consolidated system. That means no need to rip and replace what you have—and less time lost when every moment matters.
See how customers are using our school alert system as a powerful safety solution.
Our software meets unique safety and daily communication needs for all sizes and types of K-12 schools, including public, boarding and private. Implement our solution in a single school or district-wide.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Singlewire Software helps schools keep students and staff safe and informed. Its InformaCast, InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, and campus movement and safety suite—including Visitor Aware, Hall Manager, Safety Manager, Dismissal Manager, and Bus Manager—work together to send alerts, protect staff, screen visitors, and manage daily operations and emergencies.
Yes. InformaCast delivers audio, text, and visual alerts to phones, speakers, desktops, and digital signage across a building or an entire district. You can message a single classroom, a whole school, or every campus at once, so the right people get clear direction right away.
Yes. InformaCast and its panic button options—including the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, mobile and desktop apps, desk phone keys, and mounted buttons—give staff a silent way to alert people in the building and reach local dispatchers through integration with RapidSOS, which is what Alyssa’s Law calls for. Requirements vary by state, so confirm what applies to your schools.
Yes. Teachers can request help in seconds using an InformaCast-connected panic button. When a teacher activates one, the safety team sees who needs help and their location on a map, so they can respond quickly and send help to the right place.
Yes. Along with the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, schools can activate alerts with the InformaCast mobile app, a desktop shortcut, configured desk phone keys, or mounted buttons placed in classrooms and around the building. You can mix and match the options that fit your school.
Yes. InformaCast connects with the technology your school already owns, including bells, clocks, PA systems, IP speakers, desk phones, and digital signage. With nearly 100 integration partners, it brings these tools into one system, so you avoid buying all-new hardware.
Yes. InformaCast can consolidate bells, clocks, and PA systems into one network and run automated bell schedules, including half-days and special events. You can also send live or recorded announcements across your school through desk phones and IP speakers.
Yes. Visitor Manager screens visitors and volunteers in seconds against national databases before granting access, keeps a digital record of everyone on-site, and can print badges to verify guests at a glance.
Yes. Safety Manager helps you schedule and assign required drills and keep digital records to show compliance. It also records student locations to streamline reunification, so you can reunite students with approved guardians safely after an emergency.
Yes. Hall Manager issues digital hall passes and logs hallway activity, Dismissal Manager streamlines end-of-day pickup and helps identify guardians, and Bus Manager tracks students as they get on and off the bus. Together, they help you account for students throughout the day.
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