How Different Organizations are Utilizing Mass Notification Solutions
By Kat Wilkerson, Content Marketing Specialist at Alertus Technologies
Is your organization capable of quickly notifying personnel during a time-sensitive emergency? Are you searching for a flexible, unified solution for your organization’s mass communication needs?
Through Alertus’ customizable suite of products, organizations across all industries have found success in our mass notification solutions. Whether you’re looking to facilitate incident reporting or full-system activation, Alertus has the tools to deliver instant, potentially life-saving alerts when and where you require it most.
College Campuses
Many higher education campuses — like Gordon College — utilize the Alertus System through existing infrastructure and IT assets to seamlessly integrate disparate and legacy systems, while still having the flexibility to activate each system separately.
Chris Jones, Vice President for Administration and Emergency Management Coordinator for Gordon College, saw the power of the Alertus System and realized it could be used as a mass notification platform for both critical emergencies and routine campus communications.
To help boost the morale of the campus police department, the Gordon team opted to use the Alertus System to send protocol reinforcement and reminders. In addition, Gordon wired their digital thermometers into their Alert Beacons to address challenges with environmental monitoring in the school’s server rooms. Now, campus police, as well as the IT department, receive alerts about any overheating issues in the server room.
Take a look at other ways Gordon College is utilizing the Alertus System here.
Industrial Manufacturing
Facilitating both emergency notifications and routine corporate communications within a large, widespread manufacturing environment can be challenging. Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), a packaging solutions leader based in Lake Forest, Illinois, knows firsthand what it takes to successfully deploy industrial mass notification across multiple production sites. Each PCA location utilizing the Alertus System requires a different mass notification use case, so PCA works with them on their unique needs — whether that’s for software or hardware-based solutions.
Many PCA factory workers don’t have access to computers or phones in their working area, so the implementation of Alertus’ Digital Signage Override helps them stay informed while working on the factory floor. When activated, emergency alerts scroll across digital signage and can be easily read from a distance.
In addition to emergencies, the Alertus Desktop™ notifications are used regularly for customized organizational and administrative announcements. The Alertus Activator App allows authorized users to activate an alert directly from their phone, wherever they are.
Utility Organizations
While effective communication is important for any organization, it’s particularly essential within a critical and highly-relied public service industry like utilities. ElectriCities, a non-profit membership organization specializing in supporting public power communities, leverages the Alertus System to create a multilayered, integrated, and streamlined communication system across its three locations.
ElectriCities Senior Software Developer, David Schlabach, shared that prior to the Alertus System, their organization would use a code word over their PA system for an incident such as an active shooter. However, not everyone — especially new employees — would understand that code word. By installing the Alertus Desktop Notification and the Alert Beacon, Electricities could notify personnel of an emergency with both audible and visual notifications.
Learn more from David in Alertus’ on-demand webinar, “Emergency Preparedness for Utility & Energy Companies: Best practices for overcoming Today's and Tomorrow's Challenges,” here!
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The Alertus System simplifies the complexities of reaching personnel in the event of an emergency. From facility notification to rapidly deploying potentially life-saving information, ensure your employees — on- and off-site — remain safe and protected. View the various industries Alertus serves here.