Effective Mass Notification
Many universities are responding to demands from government, administrators and parents to implement effective emergency mass notification plans. Since there is not just one way to reach people during a crisis, IT Managers are turning to a multi-tiered approach to mass notification.
Berkly Trumbo, Director of Emergency Communication Systems at Inova Solutions, discusses this in his recent position paper: A Holistic Approach to Mass Notification: The role of visual alerting and smart LED signage in emergency situations on university campuses.
An exerpt from the position paper
"The principle need at the core of any mass notification system is to effectively communicate vital information instantly. The severity of this requirement has become more evident in recent years with a rise in campus violence across the country. As a result, higher education and law enforcement communities have united in their commitment to create a more secure environment with the proper mass notification tools in place should an incident occur."
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