If your mass notification systems are in separate silos, chances are you're wasting time delivering a critical safety information to all of your people.
Purchasing and implementing a mass notification system requires buy-in from multiple departments to ensure everyone has a stake in safety planning for an organization.
Testing twice a year and only reaching people through one channel can lead to big headaches when it comes to mass notification. Learn why in this post.
Creating a testing plan that works in conjunction with emergency communication strategies helps build familiarity throughout organizations. This can assist in avoiding costly mistakes.
It worked very successfully. We were able to do a complete lockdown on our whole campus within about five minutes of initiating the alert to people.
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— Rob Crockett, Network Administrator, Ouachita Baptist 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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[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 is really the glue for our notification - it can pull in email, our phone system, our speaker system, our visible security system, locks, and make it all work together.
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— Shandor Simon, Director of Information Technology, Latin School of Chicago —
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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 —
