In this featured piece by Campus Safety Magazine, a sponsored interview, Terry Swanson, president and CEO of Singlewire Software, explains how the company helps campuses detect incidents, notify everyone, and manage emergencies from one connected hub. He describes InformaCast, Singlewire’s mass notification and incident management platform, which ties into the technology a campus already has to send simultaneous text, audio, and visual alerts and to coordinate response with maps, real-time insights, and collaboration tools. The interview also covers Visitor Aware, Singlewire’s visitor and safety management tool that verifies visitor identities and screens them against national databases using only an iPad — no special hardware required.
Key Takeaways
- InformaCast is Singlewire’s flagship mass notification and incident management platform: it connects to the technology a campus already has to create a single hub for safety and communication.
- Campuses can detect incidents using tools ranging from panic buttons to AI video surveillance, then automatically send text, audio, and visual notifications across every connected device to reach people quickly.
- During an incident, InformaCast lets teams view maps of where it’s happening, coordinate with first responders, and bring key stakeholders together with virtual collaboration tools to assess the situation and respond.
- Visitor Aware strengthens security at the front door by requiring a photo ID and photo at check-in and screening visitors against national sex offender databases and government watchlists — all on an iPad, with no proprietary hardware to buy.
- Singlewire’s approach starts with reliable communication and extends well beyond overhead paging: with more than 20 years of experience, the company combines threat detection, mass notification, incident management, and technology integration to help campuses respond to critical events.
Original Story
Nothing is more important than keeping your campus community safe, and Singlewire Software’s industry-leading mass notification and visitor management solutions help enhance safety and security, streamline communication and manage critical incidents seamlessly.
In this interview with Campus Safety, Singlewire Software President and CEO Terry Swanson describes how his company’s products can help campuses detect incidents, initiate mass notifications, and manage emergency communication needs.
Campus Safety: What is/are the top emergency notification and/or panic alarm/mobile duress system or app from your company, and what makes it special? How does it apply to healthcare facilities, schools and/or higher education security, public safety and/or emergency management?
Terry Swanson: InformaCast is our flagship mass notification and incident management platform. Its real power is its ability to connect to the existing technology a campus has in place to help create a single hub to manage safety and communication needs.
With InformaCast in place, campuses can instantly detect threats using everything from panic buttons to AI video surveillance, automatically initiating text, audio, and visual notifications to all of a campus’s communication tools. This helps reduce the time it takes to get a message out, grab people’s attention, and get them to the steps they need to stay out of harm’s way.