No matter what type of mass notification systems your campus uses, one critical step must not be forgotten: The creation and delivery of the actual content of the emergency notification. The following experts provide some sage advice on making your messages count.
A new centrally controlled fire alarm/emergency communications system ensures students, faculty, staff and visitors receive emergency communications during a disaster.
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From a single Web page interface, this Pennsylvania university deploys giant voice, text messaging, E-mail alerts and sirens to alert its community during an emergency.
Longwood University, located in Farmville, Va. was founded in 1839. Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled at the university with 70 percent of undergraduates living on campus. With more than 800 full-time and part-time faculty and staff, the university has 50 buildings on the 60-acre campus and 32 buildings off campus.