Take Control of Your Critical Incident Management Strategy

Panic Button Technology

Panic Button Technology allows individuals to discreetly and instantaneously call for help when an incident arises, helping to significantly improve your organization's response times and limiting injuries and damage.

Panic Button Types:

• Mobile Panic Buttons: Apps or wearable devices allow individuals to send instant alerts to authorities or designated personnel during a crisis.
• Fixed Panic Buttons: Hard-wired buttons are placed in strategic locations (e.g., in classrooms and offices) to trigger an emergency response.

Data Analytics and AI

Data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly improve your organization's ability to critically review response performance during previous incidents, determine the best way to advance your CIM strategies and monitor for potential incidents.

Data Analytics and AI Tools:

• Predictive Analytics: Analyzes past incidents to predict future threats, allowing organizations to improve preparedness.
• AI-driven Insights: Suggests optimal response strategies based on available data and previous scenarios.
• AI-Powered Video Surveillance: Systems equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) for real-time threat detection, facial recognition, and behavioral analysis.

Sensor Integration

Integrating smart sensors into your CIM system can help with early detection and prediction of incidents. These tools can help anticipate a potential threat and react to an active threat much faster than humans, leading to quicker response times and greatly reducing harm to individuals and property. 

Sensor Integration Examples:

• Gunshot Detection Systems: Acoustic sensors that can automatically detect gunfire and send immediate alerts to law enforcement and building occupants.
• Environmental Sensors: Monitor conditions like air quality or temperature, detecting hazards like fire or chemical spills.

Cybersecurity Tools

In our highly connected digital world, threats are no longer limited to physical spaces. As seen often in the news, cyber attacks are capable of crippling an institution within minutes. Cybersecurity tools are critical to your CIM strategy to ensure your business is not susceptible to major digital attacks. 

Cybersecurity Tools:

• Data Encryption: Ensures all communications and incident data are secure and protected from potential breaches.
• Threat Detection: Monitors for cyber attacks that could compromise the integrity of the incident management system.

These technologies work together to provide an integrated solution that enhances emergency response speed, accuracy, and coordination in critical incidents.

Mass Notification Systems

Mass notification solutions ensure potentially life-saving information is relayed to staff, students or the community during critical incidents. These systems guarantee consistent messaging and facilitate a coordinated response, with some offering two-way communication for updated information.

Mass Notification System Technology:

• Multi-channel Communication: Systems that send alerts through various channels, including SMS, email, voice calls, desktop alerts, and social media.
• Geofencing: Enables alerts to be sent to individuals within a specific geographical area.

Access Control Systems

During emergencies, access control systems can offer crucial information about the whereabouts of individuals in a facility, which can help facilitate an efficient emergency response and evacuation. Access control systems can also help secure facilities until emergency response teams arrive, increasing the likelihood of more positive outcomes. 

Access Control Systems Tools:

• Smart Locks and Credentials: Control access to specific areas during an incident, preventing unauthorized personnel from entering dangerous zones.
• Automated Lockdown: The ability to lock down a facility in response to specific threats, triggered manually or by sensor data.