In the months that followed the tragedy, colleges all over the country adopted comprehensive security plans to help protect their students and faculty from future events like the Virginia Tech shootings in April. Virginia Tech hired the Security Infrastructure Group to conduct an internal review of campus security and to recommend that campuses use multiple methods to increase their residents’ physical and emotional safety.
Many schools have started testing alarm systems and sirens with high decibel levels since the review. This is enough to warn even the most remote areas of the school’s campus. Infrastructure Group mandated that students and faculty use Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP to communicate with one another over campus-wide intranets. This will help alert anyone not in danger but within reach of any campus computer.
Security on college campuses is one of the top recommendations. This included the use of high-tech messaging and communication system that can notify thousands of people just by clicking a button. TechRadium has patented the Immediate Response Information System or IRIS. IRIS can send messages via multiple communication devices, including cell phones, landline telephones, and mobile phones. It can communicate with people in more than 10 different languages so contact is almost guaranteed.
“Immediate response notification systems are faster, more effective and much more cost-efficient than manual systems,”John Rodkey, spokesperson at TechRadium, said the following: “$2 to $3 annually is a small price to pay to save students lives.”
There are more schools and universities signing up for IRIS emergency services. It’s obvious that this is the top priority of every school. TechRadium has more information. www.useiris.com.
