Technology Resource for Security Police & Administrators
April 2013 Issue Get the print or digital magazine here!
The University of Louisville utilizes InformaCast to alert students and staff of an emergency situation on campus involving a firearm.
Knowing when and how to apply these two different requirements will help you to comply with the Clery Act.
Electronic displays are effective ways campuses can visually communicate with their communities during an emergency.
A newly installed mass notification solution addresses the coverage issues and other challenges associated with the school’s previous emergency alert systems.
Timely and clear communication is paramount in maintaining public safety.
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.
Institutions looking to upgrade their fire alarm systems should be certain their old and new equipment can communicate with each other.
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.
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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