You can never be too cautious when you’re planning for school security and emergency preparedness. It’s a major responsibility and one that shouldn’t be taken lightly. No matter how safe you feel your facility is, there’s always value in having the support of trained professionals for taking a closer look. In that way, you get an impartial and insightful assessment that highlights strengths and points out areas that should be improved.
Keeping Up With The Times
At Alert Protection Services, we know that school security is not a static concept. It’s a practice that needs to be evaluated and improved on a regular basis. By keeping up with threats and making use of modern technology and safety techniques, we can keep our students and staff members safe. This approach fine-tunes security and emergency preparedness while not overreacting and transforming a place of education into a detention facility.
Easy Steps to Strengthening Your School Security
Use Modern Technology
With the advent of the personal cell phone, there have been many changes within our society. Being able to utilize cell phones and similar technology can be a literal life saver in emergency situations. Alert-Com is an app expertly designed for real time emergencies. Alert-Com allows your staff to communicate with each other and first responders when seconds matter most in a crisis.
Another way to use the technology now available is through Team Alert Pad. This is a revolution, fixed-mount life-safety device meant to alert others in your building of an emergency. With three different options to choose from (threat, medical, or assistance), any student or staff can alert others to whatever emergency is taking place.
Consult Expert Security Professionals
Strengthening your school security can also be as simple as consulting with security experts. Our staff will conduct a brief interview on-site documenting vulnerabilities and deficiencies. Alert Protection Services then provides customized crisis communication solutions giving your school the tools it needs to keep your most precious assets safe. Your staff, students and parents will rest securely knowing that you have taken every necessary precaution to keep everyone safe.
Remain Vigilant
Continuous improvement, training, and practice are the keys to shaping a safety plan that is practical and effective. It’s not a perfect world that we live in, far from it, but by remaining vigilant and alert to threats and ways to confront them, we can make our corner of it a better place. It takes a lot of work, but in the end, it’s definitely worth it.
