Everbridge named an approved vendor to develop
and install mobile panic alarm system in Florida’s K-12 schools
following safety mandate known as Alyssa’s Law
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical
event management (CEM), today announced that the Florida Department
of Education chose the company as an approved partner for the
state’s Alyssa’s Law mandate.
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Florida Department of Education Selects
Everbridge As Approved Partner for New School Safety Initiative
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Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, Florida public and
charter schools will be required to demonstrate compliance with
Alyssa’s Law, named after one of the students killed in the tragic
shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. The new
legislation calls for silent panic alarms linked to law enforcement
and first responder services. Already passed into law in New Jersey
and now Florida, Alyssa’s Law is quickly gaining traction around
the U.S.
“Complying with Alyssa’s Law is critical for school districts to
protect students and staff who find themselves in emergency
situations,” said Tracy Reinhold, Everbridge Chief Security Officer
and former head of the FBI’s Intelligence Division. “Our mobile
panic button technology surpasses the state’s requirement. We’re
honored to serve hundreds of organizations across all of Florida’s
67 counties and look forward to providing Florida school districts
with the same innovative safety solutions.”
The legislation requires the Department of Education to set up a
model panic alert system that can be used by public and charter
schools in Florida’s K-12 districts. The alarm will be used to
ensure school officials can contact nearby law enforcement quickly
in the event of an emergency.
The Everbridge school security solution allows for full
interoperability between K-12 schools, the district and the local
public safety answering points (PSAPs) to provide access to
digitized floor plans with the location of the person who activated
the panic button. As part of the overall solution and through
partner integrations, Everbridge enables anyone on campus, with or
without access to the mobile app, to simply call 911 and the system
will respond the same way as the mobile panic button activation,
instantly connecting the caller with the PSAP and opening the
digitized floor plans for first responders. Everbridge provides the
ability to instantly notify parents and guardians of a school
incident and to keep them informed of a changing situation.
Additionally, as schools continue to navigate the prolonged
impact of COVID-19 amid vaccination roll-outs, districts still face
the challenge of quickly informing students, faculty, and staff of
coronavirus risks and timely follow-up reporting. The Everbridge
CEM platform helps schools monitor potential exposures and
effectively communicate across all key stakeholders, protecting
students, faculty, and staff during critical events such as
COVID-19, severe weather, or violence on, or near, campus.
Many colleges and universities also leverage Everbridge for
their critical communications, contact tracing support and
return-to-campus initiatives, including the University of Denver,
UCLA, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology,
University of Maryland College Park, University of Oregon,
University of Texas at Austin, Michigan State University, and
Washington State University. Internationally, notable schools that
deploy Everbridge solutions include Nord University in Norway,
Technical University of Denmark, Imperial College London, and the
American University of Paris.
In Florida, Everbridge powers the statewide emergency alerting
system, AlertFlorida, and currently provides vaccine distribution
solutions for four Florida counties, including Sarasota County,
enabling 50,000 residents to sign up in the first hour for the
COVID-19 vaccine.
Since 2016, Everbridge has supported communities and businesses
across Florida as hurricanes Dorian, Matthew, Irma, and Michael (a
category 5 hurricane) made landfall. During hurricane Irma, for
example, the Everbridge system was used to share safety
information, weather updates, sheltering instructions and
evacuation directions throughout the course of the storm, with over
20 million interactions sent to residents. In addition, Everbridge
provides an integration for the Florida Special Needs Registry.
Counties can leverage this integration to help citizens with
special needs sign up for assistance with transportation and
shelter during emergencies.
About Everbridge
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global software company
that provides enterprise software applications that automate and
accelerate organizations’ operational response to critical events
in order Keep People Safe and Businesses Running™. During public
safety threats such as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks
or severe weather conditions, as well as critical business events
including IT outages, cyber-attacks or other incidents such as
product recalls or supply-chain interruptions, over 5,600 global
customers rely on the Company’s Critical Event Management Platform
to quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data, locate
people at risk and responders able to assist, automate the
execution of pre-defined communications processes through the
secure delivery to over 100 different communication modalities, and
track progress on executing response plans. Everbridge serves 8 of
the 10 largest U.S. cities, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based
investment banks, 47 of the 50 busiest North American airports, 9
of the 10 largest global consulting firms, 8 of the 10 largest
global automakers, 9 of the 10 largest U.S.-based health care
providers, and 7 of the 10 largest technology companies in the
world. Everbridge is based in Boston with additional offices in 20
cities around the globe. For more information visit
www.everbridge.com
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