New emergency response systems are being adopted by high-rise building managers. Graphical maps can direct first responders to areas within the building where the situation is occurring before they arrive on scene.
Most office buildings have an access control system that controls and monitors who enters a specific part of the building. To date, however, no high-rise building has had a crisis management system in place that can alert building security and law enforcement about an intruder, active shooter, medical condition, missing person, or disturbance.
Until now, most facilities have used a time-consuming, manual process to alert authorities and clear certain rooms and spaces during an emergency.
But new technology often found in K-12 settings is now migrating into high-rise offices, allowing facilities the ability to inconspicuously send an alert to the right people about an emergency or incident by using two-way communication and real-time graphic representation of each floor’s individual floorplan.
How it Works
These crisis lockdown alert status systems provide real-time information for both onsite security/facilities personnel and offsite emergency personnel through the use of two-way chat, e-mail, and text messaging. Dynamic graphical maps also provide real-time situation status by using colors to indicate conditions ranging from “safe/secure