The MNS of Your Dreams: 4 Features to Look for in Your Next Mass Notification System
By Kat Wilkerson, Content Marketing Specialist at Alertus Technologies
Is your current mass notification system (MNS) genuinely compatible with the needs of your organization? To celebrate Valentine’s Day, let’s dive deep into your current relationship with your MNS.
Is it time to reconsider? Has it ghosted you time and time again? Are you ignoring its red flags?
Keeping those close to you safe during an emergency is critical. Emergency notifications must be comprehensive, timely, and reliable to be effective – you can’t just rely on texts or emails anymore; they might end with you left unread.
To help avoid heartbreak, we’ve compiled a list of features to look for in your future MNS partnership.
While many companies can offer you alerting devices and systems, Alertus provides industry-leading system unification, consistent and timely communication, and incomparable capabilities. It truly is the whole package.
It can be daunting to dress your entire facility in a perfect outfit of solutions, but Alertus makes it easy. Whether you’re looking to supply your entire facility with effective notifications or fill in gaps by purchasing alerting products, Alertus delivers the tools to unify your notification investment under a single platform – yeah, it’s independent like that.
Communication is essential in any relationship, especially with your MNS. Whether you want to facilitate incident reporting for your staff, or full-system activation for your emergency dispatchers, Alertus has the tools to deliver immediate alerts when and where you need them most.
Our commitment is to provide you with the best, most comprehensive MNS. By leveraging your current notification modalities, including desktop computers, PA systems, fire alarm panels, IP speakers, and VoIP phones, Alertus can help you reach everyone at your facility – inside, outside, and even off-property.
Alertus lights up the room when it enters and makes sure your message is heard, metaphorically speaking and literally.
From various strobes and speakers to Alert Beacons to Alertus’ text-to-speech (TTS) technology, we offer numerous products to help instantly grab attention and overcome notification challenges. Don’t believe us? See for yourself.
“I honestly haven’t seen any other systems capable of what Alertus can do. Quite frankly, once we were sold on the Alertus system, we stopped looking for anything else; I still haven’t seen anything that’s comparable.”
— Steve Corich, Director of Public Safety, Mesa Community College
“Before, with sirens and public address, you could only do pre-recorded voice messages. Now, with Alertus’ notification interface, we can do text-to-speech based on the situation, which is valuable to us.”
— Mark Bagby, Director of Emergency Management, Washington University in St. Louis