This past school year just ended, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be concerned for the safety of your students. You must think about your students’ future and eliminate potential safety threats. Threats can turn into emergencies at any moment, and the last thing you want to hear about is another school shooting. Don’t regret not prepping for the future. We can help prepare you with our technology Alert-Com. This technology gets your urgent needs answered immediately. Features like live mapping, emergency buttons, and a reunification plan, can help prevent emergencies from happening. Here’s how you can eliminate potential safety threats.
Eliminate Threats by Securing the Perimeter
Your campus must be built to deter threats from occurring. The surrounding area must be secure. Checking individuals before they enter the premises is critical, especially at the door. According to a Campus Safety Magazine article by Jim Traficant, “A strong buffer zone encompasses fencing, access control points, digital monitoring, and visitor screening processes to prioritize school safety even before they enter the building.” Traficant mentions that “…only 73% of schools have classrooms equipped with doors that can be locked from the inside.”
This problem must be fixed. If you start by securing your school from the outside, you already have a higher chance of keeping your students safe. While it is critical to have secure outdoor areas, the inside matters just as much if not more as unarmed students and teachers are extremely vulnerable against a threat like a school shooter.
Eliminate Threats by Preparation
Your school must prepare for anything that could hurt those on the inside, especially students. Traficant makes a great point here, “The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) sets standards for ballistic resistance. Bullet-resistant glass that meets these standards can withstand multiple rounds from firearms. While we always hope for the best, security and safety require us to prepare for the worst. Detecting and delaying nefarious actors buys time for students and officials to respond. The goal is to slow the attacker with layers of protection to deter, detect, delay, and even help defend against the threat.” One must note that there are times when bullet-resistant glass can shatter. Discussing this and other prevention methods like having armed teachers and security guards with your local police and National Guard units will give you a detailed insight into what methods prove most effective. By taking these approaches to securing the area, you can prevent threats, by deterring a criminal-to-be.
Next School Year Prep with Alert-Com
One of the best and easiest ways to prepare your school for threats is to utilize our technology Alert-Com. Alert-Com has quick emergency buttons that once pushed, instantly alert first responders. Through our Diamond-Rated Call Center, your request for help immediately calls first responders and relays critical information that you may be unable to give. With our live mapping, we can pinpoint your location in an emergency. And, with the reunification plan in place, you will be notified when it is safe to meet after a threat has passed and where to meet. Alert-Com will prepare you for threats. Do yourself and your students in the future a favor: contact us. We will get this set up for you and create a safer environment. Contact us today!
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