The only wearable panic button
purpose-built to work with InformaCast^®

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is a wearable panic button that staff carry on a lanyard or clip, giving them an instant, silent way to call for help during an emergency. With a single press, the badge alerts administrators, security teams, and first responders—sharing the exact location and activating a coordinated response through the InformaCast critical communication and incident management platform. The badge is purpose-built for environments where staff need fast, hands-free access to emergency assistance, like K–12 schools, healthcare facilities, and other workplaces with distributed staff.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge uses a programmable press pattern to initiate an alert. When activated, the badge sends a signal through a network of BLE beacons and a LoRaWAN gateway to the InformaCast platform, which identifies the staff member, pinpoints their location, and launches a pre-defined response—silent alerts to administrators and security, automated 911 notification where configured, notifications across the building, and live incident management workflows. The whole sequence happens in seconds.

A panic button app requires staff to have their phone on them, unlock it, find the app, open it, and activate the alert—a series of steps that can take precious seconds in an emergency, and may not be possible at all if the phone is across the room, in a desk drawer, or out of reach. The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is worn at all times, immediately accessible, and only needs to be pressed to activate. There’s no phone to find, no PIN to enter, no app to launch—just press the button the defined number of times for the situation. For staff in settings where a phone isn’t always in hand, the badge dramatically shortens the time between noticing an emergency and receiving a response.

Yes. Alyssa’s Law requires public schools to install silent panic alarms directly linked to law enforcement. The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge meets that requirement by giving every staff member a silent, wearable activation device that initiates immediate notification to administrators and, where configured, directly to 911 and local law enforcement dispatch. Combined with InformaCast’s mass notification and incident management workflows, the Wearable Alert Badge helps schools comply with Alyssa’s Law in states where it’s enacted, and align with the spirit of the law in states where similar legislation is under consideration.

Emergencies don’t wait for staff to find a phone, run to a wall-mounted button, or reach a classroom intercom—and they don’t always happen in places where help is nearby. Our State of Safety and Operational Readiness in K–12 Schools report found that 40% of teachers reported having no access to any kind of panic button. Giving every staff member a wearable panic button closes that gap. Every adult on campus becomes a first responder for the moment they’re in—whether it’s a medical emergency in the cafeteria, a fight in the hallway, an intruder at the front office, or a behavior crisis in the classroom—and help can be on the way in seconds instead of minutes.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge provides room-level location accuracy using a network of BLE beacons installed throughout the building. When the badge is activated, the alert includes the staff member’s name and the specific room or zone they’re in—not just “somewhere on campus.” That precision lets administrators and first responders go directly to the source of the emergency instead of searching the building. Because organizations will have beacons placed throughout a building, location information is updated if a staff member should move, providing an up-to-date location that is readily accessible.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge communicates with the BLE beacon network so location data is ready the moment it’s needed—but that location data is only surfaced when a staff member activates the badge. Administrators don’t see live, building-wide location dashboards and don’t use the badge to monitor where staff are during the day. The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is designed for emergency response, not surveillance, and Singlewire’s privacy posture reflects that.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is designed to prevent accidental activation. Instead of a single tap, the badge requires a specific multi-press pattern to activate an alert—distinct, multiple presses that won’t activate if the badge is bumped or held down. In practice, accidental activation is not a meaningful operational concern for schools using the badge.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge relies on BLE beacons inside the building for location accuracy. For staff who need protection outside the building (recess monitors, athletic coaches, bus duty staff, off-campus events), schools typically pair the wearable badge with the InformaCast mobile app, which provides panic-button coverage anywhere staff have cell service. Together, the badge and the app give staff complete coverage from the parking lot through every corner of the building, and Singlewire is actively working on being able to provide outdoor coverage for the badge in the near future.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge has a one-year rechargeable battery to run for a full school year on a single charge under normal, non-activation use, so staff don’t have to think about daily charging or mid-year replacements. Each badge comes with an individual charging cord, and each organization is provided with a multi-badge charging dock. Each badge reports its battery status back to InformaCast automatically, and administrators get advance notice well before any badge runs out of power.

Yes. In addition to the wearable badges themselves, a complete deployment requires BLE beacons installed throughout each building for location accuracy, beacon supervisors that relay beacon and badge health data, and a LoRaWAN gateway that connects badge activations to InformaCast. The InformaCast platform itself runs in the cloud, so no on-premises server is required.

InformaCast supports four additional panic-button options that schools can deploy alongside the Wearable Alert Badge: a mobile app with a built-in panic button (useful for outdoor and off-site coverage), a desktop app with configurable keyboard shortcuts, soft-key panic buttons on IP desk phones, and physical panic buttons mounted on walls or under desks. Most schools use the wearable badge as the primary daily-carry device and one or more of the others for fixed-location or outdoor coverage.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is the only wearable panic button purpose-built to work directly with InformaCast—the critical communication and incident management platform many schools already use. Most competing wearable panic buttons are standalone alerting devices that send a notification and stop there. The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is the activation point for a complete response: automated 911 outreach, live mass notification across the building, conferencing with first responders, incident management workflows, and integration with the rest of the school’s safety infrastructure. For schools already using InformaCast for mass notification, the badge slots directly into the platform they trust; for schools new to InformaCast, the badge is the front-end of a complete safety solution rather than an isolated tool.