Sonitrol and Send Word Now to Offer
Emergency Notification for Schools
Co-branded solution for Sonitrol’s 12,000 school customer locations
December 10, 2007 -
Send Word Now, the leading provider of on-demand alerting and response
services, has partnered with Sonitrol to offer emergency notification
for the Education Market. This service will be added to Sonitrol's Safe
Schools portfolio that includes its unique audio intrusin product,
CCTV, monitored video, wireless panic buttons, access control, ID cards
/ badging and fire detection solutions.
Through its Safe Schools initiative, Sonitrol has worked with the
educational community for over 40 years to build a safe and secure
learning environment. Today, Sonitrol is one of the largest providers
of school security systems in North America, serving more than 12,000
school locations. The addition of 2-way emergency alerting and response
enables schools to alert teachers, administrators, parents, students
and first responders of security issues via multiple modes of contact.
Sonitrol gives schools the ability to handle emergency situations
within minutes with literally the touch of a button. The system is
designed to reach anyone, anywhere, anytime, with any device over any
type of connection. Each individual can provide the best ways to
contact them including mobile, home or office phones, email, pagers,
BlackBerry devices, Treos other PDAs. School administrators can
securely initiate an alert from the web, phone, email, BlackBerry or
internal information system application, and can verify and track
whether the alert was received and whether a response was made.
Schools and universities are increasingly vulnerable to crime and
violence. According to Sonitrol’s research, a school is three times
more likely to be burglarized than a business, and vandalism costs
schools more than $1 billion a year. In addition, according to the
National Education Association, during every hour of every school day,
900 teachers are threatened and more than 2,000 students and nearly 40
teachers are physically attacked on school grounds. Of the 1,911
apprehensions Sonitrol made in 2006, 895 were at school facilities.
Send Word Now works with scores of educational institutions across
the nation, including Boston University (BU), Tufts University,
Southern Methodist University (SMU), New York University (NYU) and
University of California, San Francisco (U of C), in order to increase
campus safety. By partnering with Sonitrol, Send Word Now will greatly
expand its reach to the thousands of elementary, middle and high
schools that currently are protected by Sonitrol.
“Today, more than ever, schools need to incorporate emergency
alerting and response capabilities into their overall emergency
preparedness plans,” said Alex Gellman, President of Sonitrol. “We view
the SWN Alert Service as a natural extension to our Safe Schools
portfolio, giving us the ability to satisfy the increasing demand from
our school customers.”
"Sonitrol is one of the largest providers of school security systems
in North America,” said Send Word Now’s CEO Tom Shoemaker. “We are
confident that together, Send Word Now and Sonitrol have the industry
expertise and technology know-how to bring rapid and effective
communication to schools in the event of a crisis or other
time-sensitive situations.”
For additional information, please click on the following links:
About Sonitrol
Sonitrol Corporation
was founded by a police officer nearly 50 years ago. The company’s
security technology was created to reduce false alarms and increase
apprehensions through verified alarm response. Sonitrol’s integrated
suite of offerings includes audio intrusion alarms, monitored video,
access control and fire detection. Its proven technology has helped law
enforcement apprehend over 159,000 suspects since 1977. Sonitrol serves
over 180 cities across North America and offers its customers False
Alarm, Performance, Satisfaction and Service guarantees. For more
information on Sonitrol and its integrated security solutions, please
visit the company's website at www.sonitrol.com.
About Send Word Now
Send Word Now is the leading
provider of on-demand alerting and response services driving effective
communication during time sensitive situations. The easy-to-use,
web-based services are used by corporations, government agencies, and
educational institutions to ensure fast, effective, two-way
communication in real-time, ensuring continuity during time sensitive
events - anywhere, anytime, regardless of location, device or
connection. The company is headquartered in New York City. More
information about Send Word Now can be found at www.sendwordnow.com.
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