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Emergency Alerts

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Hospital Selects Inovonics’ Mobile Duress, Location and Mass Notification System

September 22, 2011
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital has selected Inovonics' Radius mobile duress, location and mass notification security solution to enhance overall staff, patient and public safety at the facility.
 

University of Louisville Uses InformaCast to Alert Students

September 22, 2011

The University of Louisville utilizes InformaCast to alert students and staff of an emergency situation on campus involving a firearm.

Mass Notification Webinar Now Available On Demand

September 8, 2011
Check out Campus Safety Magazine's archived "Making Sense of Mass Notification Policies" webinar, which features mass notification practitioners from UCLA, the U. of Nebraska Medical Center, OSU and FSU.
 

Timely Warning vs. Emergency Notification: What’s the Big Difference?

August 9, 2011

Knowing when and how to apply these two different requirements will help you to comply with the Clery Act.

Search for Alleged Gunman at Va. Tech Called Off

August 5, 2011
No evidence of a gunman was found on Virginia Tech's campus, despite hours of searching by five police agencies responding to a report that a man was carrying a gun near a campus dining hall at 9 a.m. on Thursday.
 

How to Select a Digital Signage System

June 30, 2011

Electronic displays are effective ways campuses can visually communicate with their communities during an emergency.

 

N.Y. Unveils New CMAS Emergency Alert System

May 10, 2011
Government officials and executives from cellular companies met at the World Trade Center in N.Y. to announce PLAN: the Personal Localized Alerting Network.
 

University Deploys New Alert System

May 1, 2011
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will deploy a private, two-way emergency notification system in April and May. The system will allow administrators to alert people to threatening situations across campus.

Dept. of Homeland Security Implements National Terrorism Advisory System

April 30, 2011
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security's National Terrorism Advisory System — a robust terrorism advisory system that provides timely information to the public about credible terrorist threats and replaces the former color-coded alert system.
 

Penn State Public Address System Provides Daily Chimes, Emergency Alerts

March 5, 2011
The Technomad Schedulon playback and recording system acts as an audio master control unit for Penn State Schuylkill's public address system.
 

Ensuring Emergency Messages Get Delivered at Carnegie Mellon U.

March 4, 2011

A newly installed mass notification solution addresses the coverage issues and other challenges associated with the school’s previous emergency alert systems.

Important Components of Critical Paging Systems

February 9, 2011

Timely and clear communication is paramount in maintaining public safety.

 

Case Study: Oregon Hospital Future-Proofs Its Paging System

February 9, 2011

Thanks to the installation of a scalable, networked critical paging system, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center has improved the reliability and intelligibility of its emergency communications. The upgrade has enabled the campus to address its current and future public safety needs.

 

Incorporating Mass Notification Into New Fire Alarm Systems

January 19, 2011

Institutions looking to upgrade their fire alarm systems should be certain their old and new equipment can communicate with each other.

Mass Notification Lessons Learned from Virginia Tech

December 14, 2010
U.S. Department of Education report highlights new precedents that campuses must consider.

Americans Most Concerned About Natural Disasters, Terrorist Threats

December 5, 2010
Three in five Americans are most concerned about emergencies involving a natural disaster or terrorist attack, with a health pandemic closely following as a top concern among 46 percent of respondents, according to Federals Signal's 2010 Public Safety survey released on Dec. 1.

FCC Pushes for New 911 Technology Including Text Messages, Video

November 19, 2010
The FCC is pushing for the incorporation of newer technology into 911 emergency requests; this could include SMS text messaging, images and video. The "Next Gen 911" project will help to lay the groundwork for the collection and distribution of digital information during an emergency.
 

'How Safe Is Your Campus?' Survey Results: Technology

November 11, 2010

Study shows that many campuses are still struggling with the quality, coverage and implementation of their video surveillance, access control, mass notification and emergency communications solutions.

Fla. Tests 1st CMAS Compliant Cell Broadcast Message Emergency Alerts

October 30, 2010
The state of Florida has completed the first end-to-end cell broadcast technology test following the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) standard.

2 Reasons Why Your Mass Notification System Should Be CAP Compliant

October 19, 2010

According to the OASIS standard, "The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is a simple but general format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks.



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