Out of the Office but Facing An Emergency? Send and Cancel Alerts From Anywhere
More than ever, workers are remote, coming and going in hybrid workplaces, and traveling for business or end-of-summer vacations. Emergencies can arise at any moment, so administrators must be prepared to develop and distribute critical notifications from wherever they are located.
Read on to learn how organizations can help keep people informed by utilizing a mass notification system that provides flexibility to disseminate and cancel critical messages while away from your desk.
Scenario: You just stepped out of your office for lunch on a college campus and received word that a chemical fire has broken out in one of your buildings. You must distribute an alert quickly to the entire campus to evacuate and stay away from the building until further notice.
Solution: Open the Alertus Activator App, select an alert template, modify it for this incident, and activate your alert. With the Alertus System, you can activate alerts via:
The Alertus Console: Send and cancel alerts, configure the system, and view reports through a web browser.
Alertus Activator App: View, launch, and cancel alerts through a mobile app.
Panic Button: Trigger alerts using physical panic buttons, like our WiFi Panic Button, or software-based panic buttons.
After activation, alerts can be disseminated to numerous endpoints, including:
So while you are away from your desk, you can activate alerts and instantly communicate with your community members through various hardware and software products.
Organizations across the world are utilizing mobile activation methods, such as:
Durham College and Ontario Tech University are located adjacent to each other in Ontario, Canada. The Alertus System is interoperable among both campuses. Three employees in their Emergency Management Office are in charge of activating alerts through the Alertus Activator App and noted that they can be anywhere in the world and trigger notifications, making it very convenient and accessible.
Ballarat Clarendon College, located in Victoria, Australia, manually distributed alerts before installing the Alertus System. Now, they are using the mobile Activator App, Desktop Activator, and panic buttons to activate critical alerts wherever they are on campus.
The Packaging Corporation of America, headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, uses Alertus’ Activator App to activate alerts while production and quality managers visit other sites or manufacturing floors.
Time is of the essence in emergencies, so choosing a versatile system that can be activated from anywhere is key to mitigating threats and hazards.
Check out our integrations to determine your system’s compatibility with existing infrastructure and IT assets, and schedule a demo to learn more about our solutions.
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One-Step System Activation
Alertus can simplify and expedite your alerting process with pre-set alerts and profiles to target the right people with the right message, all instantly activated with just one step.
The Alertus Activator App
Alertus has taken the power of its console and put it in the palm of your hand with the mobile Alertus Activator App, so you can activate your mass notification system no matter where you are.