Education

The Security Alert for Education (SAFE) system, from Panasonic and Audio Enhancement, features a button on a microphone worn around the instructor's neck that, when pressed, sends a silent alarm to a school's central offices and to administrators. Once alerted, school leaders have access to a live video feed courtesy of a networked camera inside the classroom, as well as to the audio feed captured on the microphone.

In regard to "Advances Help Eclipse Fire Fatalities" (see SSI's annual Fire Market Report, May 2010), as a contractor that has participated in four recent projects utilizing mass notification systems (MNS) I find one disturbing fact: COST.

Increasingly, hand readers are helping end-user organizations complement or eliminate key and card systems. Find out where the technology is in widespread use to better understand what market niche opportunities are available to you.

Largely looked upon as safe havens just a few short years ago, school campuses have tragically and distressingly become the scene of multiple incidents involving violence and bloodshed.

The need for accurate, timely info has always been a problem, but recently civilian and government authorities decided it was time to do something about it.

Mass notification, a relatively new development in life safety, can be defined as "a technology that provides real-time information to groups of individuals within large buildings, campus settings, geographic regions, or entire nations."

California State University, Fullerton, installed biometric readers for access, time and attendance reporting at its Titan Recreation Center. The center, which employs 120 students, uses Schlage HandKey and HandPunch readers to control and monitor access into the building.

Racine Unified School District ran into the challenge of securing its school building while safely permitting appropriate individuals into building. The disctirct found the solution by installing an Aiphone video intercom, the AX Series, to provide reliable communication and control access points.

New technologies and open platforms are dealing integrators a way to deliver what commercial customers are clamoring for: interoperable and integrated access control solutions. Find out what the best market bets are and how changes in credentials, card readers and control panels can give you a winning hand.

Society's infatuation with wireless technology didn't start with the advent of the cell phone. This love affair actually began with an invention called the radio in or about 1922. The introduction of the television simply clinched it.

Liberty University, located in Lynchburg, Va, is committed to providing quality education within a Christian environment. They are proud to represent more than 15,000 students from all fifty states and over seventy countries around the world. Their campus spans across 5,000 acres making it the largest evangelical higher educational facility in the United States.

Success in the lucrative schools market requires a commitment to understanding their unique needs, challenges and, above all, funding processes. Helping K-12 schools address their security challenges today can keep your company in budget planning for years to come.

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