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Largest U.S. Provider of School Emergency Management Software Expands Product Suite with Advanced Wearable Panic Button
HOUSTON, Texas, Mar. 18, 2025 – Raptor Technologies, the trusted leader in school safety and student wellbeing solutions, announced today the launch of Raptor Badge Alert, a wearable emergency alert system integrated seamlessly with Raptor’s market-leading Raptor Emergency Management product suite. Raptor Badge Alert is a fully managed, end-to-end panic alert solution, delivering a comprehensive and scalable solution tailored to the unique requirements of K-12 schools.
“Raptor Badge Alert, coupled with the Raptor Emergency Management System, offers schools the most comprehensive panic alert system available today,” said Gray Hall, CEO of Raptor Technologies. “With over 15,000 schools nationwide relying on Raptor’s panic alert systems, we remain committed to our mission of protecting every child, every school, every day. This affordable and innovative system helps schools maximize the accessibility of panic alert technology for use in critical situations when every second counts.”
Integrated Solutions Providing Redundancy and Flexibility
Raptor Emergency Management includes an integrated suite of products, including Drill Manager, advanced incident mapping, Raptor Alert, Active Assailant Alerting by RapidSOS, and comprehensive Accountability and Reunification capabilities. By extending the Emergency Management product suite to include Badge Alert, Raptor provides schools the flexibility to adopt a cost-effective multi-layered approach, using both the wearable Badge Alert and the Raptor Alert App to initiate alerts. This dual functionality enhances situational awareness by delivering critical details, such as emergency type and location data, to first responders and providing two-way communication during a crisis.
Comprehensive Connectivity and Reliability
Raptor Badge Alert leverages a dedicated Long-Range (LoRa) wireless network, providing connectivity across indoor and outdoor campus areas – even in many locations where traditional Wi-Fi or cellular coverage may be unreliable. Raptor Badge Alert is engineered to meet or exceed state and district requirements, including Alyssa’s Law, which mandates the adoption of silent panic alert technologies to improve emergency communication and response times.
“Our use of LoRa technology in Raptor Badge Alert builds on the strong foundation of connectivity and redundancy already established by Raptor’s Emergency Management System,” said Chris Noell, Chief Product Officer of Raptor Technologies. “With Raptor, schools can initiate alerts through desktop or laptop systems over their network, via Wi-Fi and cellular with our app, and through a dedicated LoRa network using Raptor Badge Alert. This multi-layered approach enhances the reliability of delivering critical alerts and helps ensure schools are prepared to respond effectively in any situation.”
Enhanced Mapping Capabilities for Faster Response
Raptor Badge Alert includes advanced dynamic mapping showing precise floor-level and location-specific details when an alert is initiated. Schools can use their existing maps or work with Raptor and its partners to enhance their visualizations. These maps can be further enriched with supplementary data, such as live camera feeds and access control points, to amplify situational awareness for first responders. Through connections with 911 PSAPs/ECCs, Raptor Badge Alert provides this critical mapping and alert data to first responders in real time, helping to accelerate and improve emergency response.
Maximize Value from Existing Safety Investments with Raptor Connect
Raptor Badge Alert customers benefit from the extensive Raptor Connect ecosystem of partners. Raptor Connect is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing safety technologies like cameras, PA systems, strobes, smart boards, signage, access control, weapon detection, command center, and other technologies, creating a multilayered approach to emergency response. This capability helps districts maximize value from their investments in school safety infrastructure while increasing their ability to safeguard staff and students.
Comprehensive Fully Managed Solution
Customers subscribing to Badge Alert receive Raptor’s fully managed service commitment, including professional installation, active monitoring of all devices, and a hassle-free replacement service for badges and network components in addition to the innovative Badge Alert technology. Schools can rely on Raptor for expert support every step of the way, helping to ensure their safety systems remain fully operational and ready for any emergency.
With Raptor Badge Alert, Raptor Technologies continues to lead the way with innovation in K-12 emergency management, reaffirming its position as the most trusted partner in school safety.
For more information on Raptor Badge Alert, visit www.raptortech.com/raptor-alert.
About Raptor
Raptor was founded in 2002 with the mission to protect every child, every school, every day. Today, Raptor is a school safety partner for 60,000 schools in 55 countries, providing SaaS and mobile technology as well as comprehensive training and consultation solutions across the entire school safety lifecycle, ranging from crisis prevention and preparation to emergency response and recovery. Raptor’s globally integrated product portfolio supports a school’s foundation of safety and wellbeing including Emergency Management, Campus Movement, Student Wellbeing, and Safety Training and Compliance.
Statements from Raptor Partners
“In partnering with Raptor Technologies, we see an incredible synergy between our companies. Bogen’s integration with Raptor Badge Alert enables us to offer comprehensive safety and communication solutions that empower schools and organizations to respond quickly and effectively to any security challenge.”
– Ronald Garcia, Channel & Technology Partner Marketing Manager, Bogen
“Carousel is proud to integrate with Raptor Badge Alert to help schools rapidly communicate emergencies. By combining our technology with Raptor’s powerful safety platform, we empower districts to respond faster and more effectively when every second counts.”
– Chris Brama, SVP Partnerships, Carousel
“Raptor’s badge technology is a true evolution in school safety and will most certainly save lives. Adding accurate location visualization of an emergency in combination with CRG’s indoor mapping solution will continue to reduce response time.”
– Mike Rodgers, CEO and Co-Founder, CRG
“With school safety at the forefront of our mission, our partnership with Raptor Technologies enhances emergency communication and response times by providing users access to GeoComm Indoor Maps – ensuring that school administration and staff have the most comprehensive view of the school.”
– Bill McCullough, Vice President Sales & Marketing, GeoComm
“Integrating RapidSOS and Raptor Badge Alert provides school districts and 911 with a seamless, reliable way to enhance school safety. Together, we enable immediate situational awareness and coordinated response during critical incidents.”
– Cassidy Shield, CMO, RapidSOS
“Integrating RCAMS (Residential Community Alert Mounted Strobe) with Raptor Badge Alert gives districts a seamless and reliable solution to enhance school safety. Together, we help immediate situational awareness and a coordinated response during critical incidents.”
– Renetta & Dante Wesley, Founders, RCAMS
“Rhombus is proud to empower Raptor Badge Alert users with automated and customizable access control protocols during emergencies. This integration enhances school safety by streamlining critical security measures when time matters most. Our teams share a vision of continuous innovation in school safety, and we’re excited to build upon this strong foundation as we jointly develop new capabilities that will further strengthen campus security.”
– Diego Oliveira, Global Head of Strategy, Rhombus
“Integrating Rise Vision with Raptor Badge Alert provides districts with a seamless, reliable way to expand the reach and effectiveness of your safety protocols by delivering clear visual notifications to displays. Together, we deliver critical information with clear visuals ensuring no one misses important updates.”
– Shea Darlison, CRO, Rise Vision
“Scylla is proud to integrate with Raptor Badge Alert to help schools rapidly communicate emergencies. By combining our AI-powered threat detection technology with Raptor’s powerful safety platform, we empower districts to respond faster and more effectively when every second counts.”
– Albert Stepanyan, CEO and Co-Founder, Scylla
“Integrating Triton Sensors with Raptor Badge Alert enhances safety in high-risk areas, enabling badge wearers to instantly signal distress through sensors and multiple alerting platforms. This marks a significant step forward in unified school safety.”
– Lance Parthemore, Director of Operations, Triton
“TSN Visual Communication Solutions is proud to integrate with Raptor Badge Alert, bringing real-time emergency communication directly to every screen on campus. By combining our visual communication platform with Raptor’s powerful safety technology, we help schools respond faster and more effectively when every second counts.”
– Michael Broyles, Founder & CEO, TSN Visual Communication Solutions
“V!NE Alert is proud to partner with Raptor Technologies as part of their Raptor Badge Alert platform solution. The seamless integration of our network based, visual-enabled products strengthens school safety in critical moments by ensuring reliable, real-time and effective communication from the class room to first responders.”
– Todd Westbrook, COO, V!NE Alert
“Vivi is proud to integrate with Raptor Badge Alert to help schools rapidly communicate emergencies. By combining our visual campus communication and wireless screen mirroring technology with Raptor’s powerful safety platform, we empower districts to respond faster and more effectively by expanding the reach of critical emergency notifications to connected displays.”
– Natalie Mactier, CEO, Vivi
“Wahsega’s integration with Raptor Badge Alert empowers schools to instantly activate lockdown procedures, delivering clear, audible and visual alerts that prioritize student and staff safety.”
– Caroline Dunn, VP of Marketing, Wahsega
“When a gun is detected, every moment matters. ZeroEyes’ integration with Raptor Badge Alert enables immediate dissemination of critical information, ensuring that school staff and first responders have the situational awareness they need to respond swiftly and decisively. Raptor plays a key role in enhancing school safety by ensuring critical alerts reach the right people instantly. We’re proud to partner on an integration that truly makes a difference.”
– Chad Spiller, Director of Partnerships, ZeroEyes
