Mass Notification Solutions to Meet New Emergency Notification Requirements
Is Your Campus
Prepared?
Will your current communications technology pass the test?
Rampage shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University. Explosions from a
chemical spill at Georgia Tech University and a bomb at the University of Okalahoma.
Hurricane devastation from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Gulf Coast campuses.
Man-made or natural, these disasters were instantaneous, unpredictable and violent.
Across the nation, the vulnerability of college campuses has influenced the federal
government to amend the Higher Education Act and Clery Act with new requirements
for timely notification to the campus community in an emergency. The state of Virginia
is leading the way by mandating that “all public institutions of higher education establish
a comprehensive, prompt and reliable first warning and emergency notification system
for students, faculty and staff” by January 1, 2009.
Once the new requirements take effect, will your emergency notification
system comply?
Standard communications such as posting information on your web site or e-mailing
students and staff has proven to be ineffective in an emergency. In times of crisis when
seconds count, you need an effective and reliable Mass Notification System (MNS) that
can deliver the right message to the right people at exactly the right time. This solution
is available today from Cooper Notification.
Cooper Notification’s Mass Notification Systems
Cooper Notification has developed mass notification systems with special academic
pricing to help universities and colleges be able to comply with the government’s new
requirements. Vital to the safety and security of your campus community, MNS solutions
are designed to:
• Provide an alert to the campus population as quickly as possible
• Alert and inform the campus population in multiple areas with different instructions that could change rapidly
• Provide a means of communications under extreme conditions such as a power outage
Whether you have a small, contained college campus or a large university system with
multiple locations, Cooper Notification‘s MNS is customizable to meet your campus
needs. This modular and scalable system is easily expanded in phases by leveraging
your existing systems. You can build your notification system one layer at a time, starting
with an emergency text alerting system or an outdoor MNS, with the ability to add and
integrate the different layers as funds and higher education emergency communications
grants become available. Special campus consortium and group rates are available.
Cooper Notification multi-layer MNS solutions include:
Emergency Text and Voice Notification Systems – Web-based Roam Secure Alert
NetworkTM (RSANTM), which can be quickly implemented, can send alerts to tens of
thousands of students, staff and faculty. Send messages simultaneously to multiple
media, including:
• Text messaging/SMS Alerting, Automated Dialing Systems
• Desktop Alerts
• E-mail Notification
Outdoor Warning System – WAVES® (Wireless Audio Visual Emergency System)
intrusive High Power Speaker Arrays (HPSAs) broadcast voice messages tones and
sirens, covering large areas with crisp intelligible warnings
Indoor Mass Notification Systems - SAFEPATH® provides supervised emergency voice
communications, paging, and background music, and messaging system. SAFEPATH
can be integrated with your existing fire alarm control panel.
With experience deploying more than 400 MNS for a variety of university and college campuses, local, state and federal
governments, and the Department of Defense, Cooper Notification’s academic sales team can tailor a solution to fit your
specific notification needs and requirements.
When the next disaster strikes, be prepared to notify your campus community by contacting us today at 941.487.2300,
ext. 2401 or visit us at www.coopernotification.com.
Visit Cooper Notification at the following higher education conferences this summer:
June 15-18, State College, PA
NECUSA (Northeast Colleges and Universities Security Association) Annual Conference. To register visit www.necusa.org.
June 28-July 1, Hartford, CT
IACLEA (International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators) 2008. Booth 401. Attend our Mass
Notification presentation in the exhibit hall. Stop by Booth 401 for dates and time. To register visit www.iaclea.org.
July 26-30, St. Louis, MO
CSHEMA (Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association) 2008 Conference. Booth 304. To register
visit www.cshema.org.
August 4, Richmond, VA
Governor’s Campus Preparedness Conference. To register visit www.dcjs.virginia.gov
August 12-15, Fairfax, VA
CUPIC (College and University Police and Investigators Conference) 2008. Booth 10. To register visit http://cupic.gmu.
edu/.
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VA Location
4401 Wilson Boulevard, Ste. 220
Arlington, VA 22203
P: 877-459-7726
F: 703-294-6560
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