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Mass notification terms

3 min read

Using Mass Notification Terms to Better Understand Your School’s Emergency Plan

Emergency mass notification systems are used to send alerts to groups and individuals during a crisis. They help inform staff, students, parents, and emergency responders throughout the incident. In this blog, we'll share a variety of...

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Audio Alerts

2 min read

7 Types of Audio Alerts You Can Use with Intrado Revolution

Audio alerts are a type of notification method that Intrado Revolution software provides to help customers communicate critical information, grab the...

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8 min read

Why Location Centric?

The influence of geographic information systems (GIS) on emergency communications continues to find its way to the front and center of the...

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Dashboards

4 min read

Why Dashboards?

At the end of 2022, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) laid down the gauntlet on improving 911 reliability by issuing an order [FCC 22-88]...

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why forest guides

3 min read

Why Forest Guides?

The move to an IP-based infrastructure offers numerous benefits, some of which will be used every day, and some will not likely be as obvious. Forest...

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9 min read

Why NG911 (And Not Not NG911)

Having spent many years as a technologist in the telecommunications industry, I was hoping to see more enthusiasm for the next generation of 911, or...

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Power 911 PSAP Initiated Video

3 min read

Worth a Billion Words – Power 911 PSAP Initiated Video

This probably won’t come as news to you: Something like 3.5 billion people around the world consume some type of digital video, whether streamed or...

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Mass Notification Systems and Lockdown Drills

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Incorporating Mass Notification Systems with Your Lockdown Drills

A lockdown typically takes place when there is a credible threat within the interior or exterior of a building – such as an active shooter or...

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Sonic Edge Computing

8 min read

Why Edge Computing?

In the coming weeks, Intrado will introduce the Sonic EDGE, an alternate configuration of the Sonic G3, and a cutting-edge appliance that gives...

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