Keep your people protected with easily accessible panic buttons

Yes. InformaCast supports five panic button options: the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge, panic buttons in the InformaCast mobile app, keyboard shortcuts through the InformaCast desktop app, soft keys on desk phones, and mounted devices installed in fixed locations. Each one sends an alert the moment it is pressed.

No. InformaCast can turn devices you already own into panic buttons. Soft keys on desk phones, keyboard shortcuts on Windows computers, and buttons in the InformaCast mobile app all work without new equipment. You can add InformaCast Wearable Alert Badges or mounted devices later without changing the way the rest of the system works.

The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge is the only wearable panic button purpose-built to work with InformaCast. Staff wear it and press a single button to request help. Three presses can request help with everyday issues, such as a medical situation or a facility issue; Six presses signals a full-scale emergency. When activated it provides the name of the person who activated it and their location in the alert.

Yes. The InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge identifies who pressed it and shows their location on a map with floor- and room-level accuracy when activated. It then follows their movement as they move through the building. Alerts from the mobile app also include location information so responders know where to go; and physical buttons like desk phones, mounted devices, and desktop computers suing keyboard shortcuts, can all be placed on the map. However, these methods do not track the individual should they move to another location; only the InformaCast Wearable Alert Badge.

You decide. Alerts can go to a small group best equipped to respond, such as a security office or front office, or throughout an entire building. Because the alert runs through InformaCast, it can reach speakers, desk phones, computers, digital signage, and mobile devices as audio, text, and visual messages. You determine when a panic button should be used and who needs to be informed.

Yes. InformaCast-enabled panic buttons can send alerts that reach local dispatchers along with everyone inside the building. Sharing the alert in both directions at once means people nearby can move out of harm’s way while outside responders are already on their way with location information in hand.

Yes. Alyssa’s Law calls for silent panic buttons that alert people inside a school and reach local dispatchers, and InformaCast-enabled panic buttons do both. Requirements differ from state to state, and some states are still finalizing their specifications, so we recommend reviewing your state’s rules as you plan.

No. Schools, hospitals, and manufacturers use panic buttons for medical emergencies, chemical spills, requests for staff assistance, and any situation where help is needed quickly. Setting up separate buttons for different needs means the right team is notified without alerting the whole organization every time. It also offers organizations daily value, rather than investing in a solution that sits idle waiting for a worst case scenario to occur.

Yes. A press of a badge, a keyboard shortcut, or a button in the mobile app sends an alert without a visible or audible signal where the person is standing. Mounted devices can be placed under a desk or in another out-of-the-way spot for the same reason.

Yes. Wearable badges, mobile alerts, desk phone buttons, and physical devices can all work together as part of the same solution. Mix and match, select some and add more later, or use all options at once to make it as easy as possible to activate an alert as quickly as possible.