Brandeis University Uses InformaCast for Emergency Notifications

Located just outside of Boston in Waltham, Mass., Brandeis serves 4,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students. The 250-acre campus includes 100 buildings with 1,000 faculty.

Business Challenge:

Due to the geographic location of its campus, Brandeis University had difficulty relying on cellular communications to reach students. In addition, the university needed a simple way for its security team to reach everyone on campus with a mass notification if an emergency occurred.

Solution:

The university implemented InformaCast mass emergency notification system to reach everyone through on-campus phones. Through phone speakers and other devices, Brandeis University can easily send mass notification broadcasts that reach everyone with critical information.

The fact that we can use [InformaCast] for both audio alerting and visual alerting, that was great.

— Dan Carrion, Senior Voice Engineer, JOY Global —

[InformaCast] is one of our most critical services. Bells and paging are one of the most important things for schools.

— David Massaro, Coordinator of Technology Services, Redlands Unified School District —

Bells and paging are one of the most important things for schools... in my opinion, it’s still the most critical, and so choosing the right system and the right partner is very important. The Singlewire system has fit the bill for us.

— David Massaro, Coordinator of Technology Services at Redlands Unified School District —

What I like most is the usability of InformaCast. It has a simple user interface and works without complications.

— Kris Saylor, Director of Technology, Necedah Area School District —

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.

— Elena Alvarez, Technology Director, Christopher Columbus High School —