Campus Safety Magazine

Panic Alarms on Campus: What’s Being Implemented and How the Technology Is Performing

A bank teller being held up by an intruder pushes a hidden button that activates a silent panic alarm notifying the police that a robbery is taking place. An elderly person who has fallen in their ...
Campus Safety Magazine

Panic Alarms Alone Can’t Sufficiently Address the Active Shooter Threat

Editor’s note: This article was originally featured in Campus Safety sister publication Security Sales & Integration. Although it is written for security technology integrators who install panic alarm ...
Business Insider

Your phone just sounded an alarm. Don't panic.

FEMA is working with the FCC to send out a nationwide test of the emergency alert system. The test was held on Wednesday, October 4 at about 2:20 p.m. EST, alerting phones, TVs and radios. Cell phones ...
CNN

Experts say panic buttons can enhance school safety, but only 6 states require them

In December 2021, the principal at Eagle Point Elementary School in Broward County, Florida, received an anonymous bomb threat. Using a silent panic alarm app on her phone, she alerted police and ...
Education Week

Could Panic Buttons Save Lives in a School Shooting? More Schools Think So

When Texas students return from summer break for the 2025-26 school year, their classrooms will have to be equipped with technology that allows teachers to call for help immediately with the touch of ...