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“Metis
Secures’ technology
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insures less than 10 second
alerting to all emergency
command centers,” explains
Howard Ryan, Founder of
Desktop Alert Inc.
“Beacon alert technology
with limited LED text mes-
sage screens and text-to-
speech speakers without
bi-directional
real-time
voice is limited in an active
emergency.”
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Howard Ryan, Desktop Alerts Founder and CEO, accepting two 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards
“When lives are at stake, seconds count. Com- call on a computer and send an officer to an
mon area alerting for personal safety requires exact location.
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instant two way LIVE voice capability.”
The boxes can also be used to push out mes-
“Reading an alert is one thing, communicating sages to the building occupants.
by voice during an active emergency is a must.”
Metis Secure users include manufactur-
“Our family of alerting systems now provides ing and research facilities, universities
this fabulous common area alerting end- and schools, commercial office build-
point solution.”
ings, large parking garages, and others.
Metis Secure is a industry pioneer in net-
work-based in-building two-way live
voice alerting solutions and continues
to be on the forefront of developing unique,
innovative solutions that harness the power
of IP-Based and wireless technology.
In a cri-
sis,
fast,
effective
emergency
communi-
cations can
Metis Secure “Call for Help” Boxes make the
difference
In an emergency, a user pushes a button to between a
automatically send a call for help to police.
relatively
Police can instantly isolate the location of the c o n t a i n e d
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