Mass Notification Has More Choices Than Ever Before
Technology advancements, customer demand and regulations combine to give integrators and end users more emergency communication choices than ever before.
Mass notification, or emergency communications, are two terms that are often used interchangeably; but are they truly the same thing?
“Mass notification and emergency communications can be two different things,” says Samuel Shanes, chairman and CEO, Talkaphone, Niles, Ill. “Emergency communications on a campus is ‘I have a problem and I want to communicate with authorities and tell them I need help.’ It is from the end point into the security force. Mass notification is the other side. ‘Security knows something I don’t and I need to know right away so I can take appropriate action.’”