Selecting an emergency alert solution for your school or district presents challenges related to your district’s unique needs, budget, and emergency response protocols. Whether you’re looking for entirely new solutions, exploring how to integrate your existing infrastructure, or expanding your current emergency response planning, consider the following:
1. Evaluate how you can leverage your existing infrastructure
Beyond the security needs met by electronic locking doors and security cameras, your internet and existing communications systems offer an opportunity for you to provide multi-layer mass notification—without having to budget for an expensive, hardware-based panic alert system.
Selecting an emergency management platform that supports communication redundancies—that is, can send emergency notifications through cell phones, computers, and public announcement speakers, for example—helps your district address any notification gaps.
Modern web and app-based panic alert software solutions outperform hardware-based panic alert systems because:
- App and Web-based systems work on wired, wi-fi & cellular networks
- Mobile devices are ubiquitous and widely used
- App-based solutions connect the user directly to 911
- App-based solutions cost significantly less
Simplify your emergency notification process with Raptor Connect
Raptor Alert—a patented panic alert system—provides your school with an easy-to-use, silent panic alert system that works on the devices your schools use every day through integration support with Raptor Connect.
This enables your school personnel to activate an emergency response from a single point instead of activating separate systems—simplifying and streamlining the emergency response.
2. Drill management that supports your safety and security success
Muscle memory is a powerful tool when responding to an emergency. Providing adequate drills to practice responses will help lessen anxiety when a situation arises, and it helps your students and staff use the safety measures and protocols—like The “I Love U Guys” Standard Response Protocols—that are designed to help keep them safe.
With Raptor Drill Manager, you can prepare your school for any situation, track all drills, and eliminate compliance risks. Because Drill Manager also generates reports following drills, you can analyze them to see what is working—and where you need to improve performance.
3. Real-time Accountability and Reunification
Using the right technology can make all the difference in your emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.
Through the Raptor mobile app, teachers and staff are able to account for themselves, students, and visitors while providing real-time status—if they are safe or in need of medical assistance—and location information.
Raptor Reunification software includes a patented reunification workflow aligned with and officially licensed by The “I Love U Guys” Foundation.
In addition to eliminating the chaos of pen-and-paper methods, our Reunification software also:
- Connects to your student information system, helping ensure students are only reunified with approved guardians.
- Alerts the student’s other guardians upon successful reunification, reducing any additional people waiting in holding areas.
- Updates in real-time during emergencies.
- Automatically creates summary reports with a detailed history of the entire response for better after-incident debriefs.
4. Align with state and federal requirements
As conversations around school safety continue to evolve, so too are the federal and state funding opportunities and requirements.
Raptor’s Emergency Management is adaptable and scalable, we are 100% aligned and licensed with The “I Love U Guys” Foundation® protocols, and we comply with state mandates like Alyssa’s Law. This means Raptor is a safety and security partner that provides ongoing expertise and relentless innovation that can fit your district’s needs now and for years to come.
Raptor can help support your funding process
Our funding specialists can help your district access the safety funding your district needs to expand your safety protocols.
Related Resources
Guide to K-12 Emergency Management
Proven Strategies to Protect Your School
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