September 17, 2007—Honeywell recently announced that Bridgewater State College in southeast Massachusetts has selected the company’s Instant Alert Plus to deliver critical news and direction to students, faculty, and staff in an emergency.
A new, Web-based notification service, Instant Alert Plus gives administrators the ability to reach people on and off campus with a clear, consistent message, says Honeywell. The service broadcasts information to any communications device–phone, cell phone, pager, e-mail, or PDA. It can send 100,000 30-second phone calls and 125,000 text messages in 15 minutes.
Bridgewater State College currently uses two Web sites to alert the media, students, faculty and staff of any emergency situations–its main Web site and a special emergency notification site housed off campus and updated by administrators. The college decided it needed a more proactive and effective emergency notification system, particularly for pandemic planning purposes.
To activate an alert, administrators place a phone call or type a message on a computer with an Internet connection. The college can also pre-record messages as part of its emergency planning, allowing an almost immediate response in a variety of situations.
Created for municipalities, colleges and universities, and healthcare and industrial facilities, Instant Alert Plus is an extension of Instant Alert for Schools, a notification service that helps K-12 school districts improve communication and emergency preparedness. More than 1,500 schools nationwide use Instant Alert to connect with parents and guardians.
For more information about Honeywell Instant Alert Plus, visit Honeywell’s Emergency Notifications page.
