20 Alertus System Capabilities for
School and Campus Safety

Mass notification is a critical component of an overall school safety strategy. Education institutions face unique challenges throughout their facilities and require cost-effective solutions that leverage, integrate, and unify existing alerting assets to meet mass warning and notification regulations.

The Alertus Unified Mass Notification System has you covered. Whether issuing alerts around an active shooter event, medical emergencies, or severe weather threats, Alertus’ solutions will help you achieve your communication goals and provide peace of mind. 


Unified Mass Notification & Intelligent Building System/IoT Integration

IP Text-To-Speech Speaker

  • Deploy audio PA campus-wide at building entrances with IP/PoE Speakers

IPAWS Alerts

  • Initiate IPAWS wireless alerts to campus buildings with 500 feet of localization

USB Panic Buttons

  • Install USB panic buttons at front desks, reception, and teacher’s desks

Rapid Response Console

  • Instantly activate emergency notifications with the Alertus Rapid Response Console.

HPSA & Mobile HPSA

  • Deployable giant voice, positionable for emergencies or special events including athletics and graduations.

IP Phone Notification

  • Transform IP phones into a digital PA system by simultaneously broadcasting text-to-speech alerts using the speakerphone.

Weather Monitoring

  • Broadcast severe weather, including geo-specific lightning alerts over integrated endpoints.

Fire Alarm Interface

  • Automate Fire Alarm events on Digital Signage, Computer Screens, and Projectors.

Security Integration

  • Integrate door lock and access control to automatically lock or unlock doors when an alert is initiated.


Instant Activation

Text-to-Speech Interface

  • Deliver highly intelligible emergency and non-emergency notifications in real-time without physically being at the PA system for faster alerting and fewer errors.

WiFi Panic Button

  • Incorporate an Emergency Activation Button/WiFi Panic button in the school's nursing unit for nurses who need help while still maintaining physical contact with a student.

Two-Way Radio Integration

  • Update campus safety and transportation personnel with mass notification messages through Two-Way Radio Integration.


Alert Beacon Capabilities

  • Automatically notify local police dispatch and fire departments by placing Alert Beacons in their stations, so they receive the same alerts as your school.

  • Simultaneously sound sirens and send pre-programmed SMS messages and emails with actions to take through the Alert Beacon.

  • Unify a doorbell to the Alert Beacon to let students back in if they get locked out of the school.


Desktop Alerting Capabilities

  • Create desktop alert templates aligned to response protocols.

  • Enhance school inclusivity through desktop video-embedded alerts to deliver sign language videos for emergency notifications.

  • Reduce stress or panic among students during a lockdown or emergency drill by sending Desktop Alerts only to staff.

  • Provide bilingual alerting through Alertus Desktop using custom templates.

  • Improve non-emergency communication with desktop alerts for instances such as IT outages or school schedule changes.


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