Mass Notification


Massachusetts High School Installs Gunshot Detection System

Massachusetts High School Installs Gunshot Detection System

Brockton High School in Brockton, Mass., has installed a gunshot detection system. The system is designed to give administrators and law enforcement a nearly-instant notification of the gunshot and its location.

Tulane University Transitioning to New Emergency Notification System

Tulane University Transitioning to New Emergency Notification System

Tulane University will begin using Everbridge as its emergency alert system June 28.



Michigan District to Install Lockdown Lighting

Michigan District to Install Lockdown Lighting

Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) plan to install a new lockdown lighting system, which will include lights on the exterior of the buildings that flash during a lockdown to indicate that people outside should not enter the building.

Getting Ahead of Trouble

Getting Ahead of Trouble

Everyday nearly 75 million students attend school and rely on administrators to keep them safe. Unfortunately, too many tragic school shootings have shown educators and parents that what is currently in place is simply too little, too late.

Utah State Works to Improve its Code Blue System

Utah State Works to Improve its Code Blue System

Utah State University’s public safety department is making improvements to its Code Blue emergency notification system.

Georgia School Tests ID Badge Crisis Alert Program

Georgia School Tests ID Badge Crisis Alert Program

A new crisis notification technology is being implemented in a pilot program at Roan School in Dalton, Ga.

Building an Integrated Emergency Notification System

Building an Integrated Emergency Notification System

Strapped with an antiquated emergency notification system, California State University San Marcos needed a system that could expand functionality and easily integrate with its existing process for sending out text, email, and phone alerts.

New Jersey District Installing Silent Panic Alarms in Schools

New Jersey District Installing Silent Panic Alarms in Schools

The School District of the Chathams will be implementing silent panic alarms in all schools by September, as mandated by New Jersey State law.

Virginia School District Implements Mass Notification Tech

IN FORCE911 is a desktop and mobile app that allows faculty and staff at schools to launch an emergency alert in as few as 12 seconds. The alert is sent directly to dispatch, police and even officer cellphones, giving critical information about the crisis event, including the location on campus from which the alert originated.

The Importance of Communication in Emergency Response Plans

The Importance of Communication in Emergency Response Plans

Planning for everything that could possibly go wrong is second nature for members of the University of Calgary’s Risk portfolio, who are constantly tracking the worst-case scenario and developing strategies to prevent it.

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