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Step-4:
Alert Delivery
• MassAlert®
•
MassAlert® delivers the mes-
sages through multiple chan-
nels including ATI’s Outdoor
sirens, , ATI’s Indoor speakers,
sirens
speakers ,
Networked computers, Digi-
tal Signages,
Signages , Existing paging
systems, , etc.
systems
panic button Jan/Feb
mobile
applica-
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tion on a smartphone or smart-
watch to initiate a preset alert
and have it distributed over
multiple channels.
channels .
For example, schools may en-
able students and staff in dan-
ger to instantly alert campus
personnel .
Panic Button Mobile Applica- security personnel.
tion Integration
Alert messages are delivered
Authorized users can use the to the security department
and provide the
student’s/staff ’s
name and GPS lo-
cation, , enabling se-
cation
curity personnel to
respond faster and
more effectively.
effectively .
Figure 2: ATI’s panic button mobile application with Mas-
sAlert®, ATI’s Network Alerting System, Digital Signage
and SMS online service.
The panic button
mobile
applica-
tion turns the stu-
dents’ and staff’s
smartphones into
“panic buttons”
buttons ” –
without the main-
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