"We'd like to think it won't happen, but there has certainly been enough of those events that have happened in our country so we can't ignore that," Finnemore said. "We have to do what we can to be prepared."
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.
LAUSD turned to Cisco and its partner, Singlewire, to accomplish its goals, moving from a decentralized to a centralized solution that provided a robust notification system for all of its schools to utilize across the district.
[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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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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…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 —
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What I like most is the usability of InformaCast. It has a simple user interface and works without complications.
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— Kris Saylor, Director of Technology, Necedah Area School District —
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InformaCast provided us with a unified system with ease of management that allows us to even communicate with the baseball field and the weightlifting room wirelessly.
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— Elena Alvarez, Technology Director, Christopher Columbus High School —
