Emergencies come in many shapes and sizes, but they share at least one common demand — the need to quickly and accurately notify the affected people with the right information.
The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) includes 60 schools in Orange County, Calif., serving about 50,000 students with more than 4,600 employees. Like many school systems, SAUSD had existing basic notification systems at each school for broadcasting generic overhead paging and announcements, some of which were supplemented with marquee displays and alarm strobes. SAUSD leadership felt the time was right to improve these basic capabilities.