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Emergency Notification Systems

Emergency Notification Systems for Schools, Businesses and Municipalities

Eastern DataComm provides schools, businesses, and municipalities with emergency notification systems that deliver reliable safety and communication solutions tailored to meet critical needs. These solutions include emergency alert systems, VoIP phone systems, video surveillance, access control, wireless networks, data networks, and comprehensive wiring and cabling services.

With over 30 years of experience, we specialize in designing, installing, and supporting emergency communication systems that ensure rapid alerts and seamless coordination during emergencies. Our expertise has helped hundreds of schools, businesses, and municipalities stay prepared for potential threats, from implementing lockdown systems to ensuring robust, real-time emergency notifications.

At Eastern DataComm, our mission is simple: to provide reliable safety and communication solutions that empower our customers to respond effectively when every second matters.

Take the first step toward safer, more connected environments—explore our emergency notification systems today. Contact us to learn how we can help protect your school, business, or municipality.

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ZeroNow is a community designed to drive ideas, innovation, and investment to advance school safety. The organization is driven to increase the pace and scale of technology innovation, ideas, and investment in school safety designed to bring about real change now. And we share that drive and commitment.

Eastern DataComm is thrilled to join ZeroNow in its mission to make our schools and communities safer through innovative initiatives and technology-led change.

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The LENS

When it comes to school safety, every second counts. In an emergency, how quickly and effectively you communicate danger can help save lives. Today, many schools have procedures in place to respond to threats such as an active shooter, lockdown, or other emergency situations. However, most do not have integrated technology to notify everyone on school property as well as the local authorities of that threat. 

Eastern DataComm brings you LENS (Lockdown & Emergency Notification System) as the solution to this challenge. LENS allows you to immediately alert everyone during an urgent situation. At the press of a button, school districts can automatically initiate a lockdown, evacuation, or shelter-in-place during an active threat or any other emergency situation.

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How LENS Works

LENS is a comprehensive emergency notification platform that integrates with a school’s phone and paging/intercom systems. Because emergency situations can be unpredictable, we’ve designed 3 user-friendly options to trigger the system. LENS can be activated by using any of the three options below:

  • Pressing a lockdown button 
  • Dialing a code on a phone 
  • Using an app on a smart device

RAPID RESPONSE: In times of crisis, it is imperative to communicate emergency alerts swiftly. Once activated, communication is rapid and automated, including pre-recorded announcements over the PA system, activation of LED beacons and signboards, calls to cell phones and desk phones, PC pop-ups, emails, text messages, and prerecorded calls to police. 

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE: To cover remote areas outside of the building, Eastern DataComm will install components like wireless-enabled speakers and LED beacons to ensure complete coverage over the entire school grounds. Additionally, video surveillance and access control can also be incorporated with LENS, which can quickly help law enforcement pinpoint the location of the identified threat and limit entry and exit to particular locations.

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One-Button-Notification

One-Button
Notification

Immediately notify everyone on campus of an active threat or emergency at the touch of a single button. We designed our system to be user-friendly and accessible to anyone in the building. Our team will install Lockdown buttons in strategic locations throughout the building, ensuring ease of activation for emergency events.

Scalable, Integrated Technology

Scalable, Integrated
Technology

LENS can integrate with other existing school or office communication technology, like paging systems and phone systems. Once installed, LENS can scale with your facility as you continue to grow.

Hardware Focused

Hardware
Focused

The core of the LENS solution is controller-based, eliminating the need to maintain servers, install software patches, and rely on your data network. Additionally, it operates on a battery backup, ensuring that LENS can still be activated if your network is down or your facility loses power.

Automated Notification

Automated
Notification

Once activated, LENS automates the emergency notification process, eliminating the possibility of human error and simplifying the communications procedure. In addition to alerting the proper authorities, LENS will play a prerecorded announcement over the intercom system, activate LED sign boards, and trigger strobe lights.

Classroom/Office Phone Activation

Classroom/Office Phone
Activation

Once integrated with the existing phone system, LENS can be activated by dialing a code on the phone. This allows LENS to be activated from anywhere in the building, whether your phone system exists on-premise or is cloud-based.

The Three Components of Safety Technology for Schools, Businesses, and Government Buildings

  • Fast-Acting: In emergency situations, every second matters. Whether protecting students on campus, employees in offices, or visitors in public facilities, it’s essential to deploy rapid, reliable alerts. The LENS system issues emergency notifications and triggers emergency alert systems within seconds, ensuring immediate communication across classrooms, office spaces, or government facilities.
  • Automated: Manual processes can introduce delays and errors when swift action is required. Automation eliminates these risks, enabling consistent and rapid responses. LENS is a fully automated emergency communication system that activates without manual intervention, reducing human error and allowing for efficient dissemination of alerts, even in high-stress situations.
  • Communication-Facilitating: Effective communication is key to ensuring safety across diverse environments. From auditory announcements in schools to visual alerts in businesses and public spaces, emergency alerts must reach everyone. LENS provides clear, multi-channel alerts that integrate with existing notification systems, covering indoor and outdoor areas to ensure that individuals are informed and able to act. Additionally, the system communicates threats to law enforcement and first responders, enabling coordinated action.

LENS Delivers:

  • A State-of-the-Art Safeguard for Your School Community: Supporting school administrators as they ensure the safety of their schools in a time where active shooter headlines dominate headlines.
  • Peace of Mind for All: LENS offers your school community peace of mind by providing a cutting-edge, rapidly responsive, and continuously monitored technological solution that keeps your school system empowered to handle lockdowns and other emergency events.

The team at Eastern DataComm carefully examines your school campus for potential areas of vulnerability to ensure that there is proper coverage in all places. Our holistic approach also leverages the latest video surveillance and access control technologies to further safeguard your community. This means that no matter where someone might be on school grounds, they will be made aware of the emergency notification while also communicating the threat to law enforcement and first responders.

See What Our Clients Say About Our Emergency Notification Systems

Eastern DataComm’s advanced emergency broadcast system ensures real-time emergency alerts through wireless notifications, radio, and mobile devices, helping schools, businesses, and government buildings stay prepared. Trusted by organizations for seamless integration and reliable performance, our systems deliver critical information swiftly during imminent threats.

Read the reviews below to see how our clients have successfully implemented these solutions to protect their communities.

“We couldn’t have done this without Eastern DataComm’s help. I hope to God we never have to use this system, but in the event that we do, we all feel better knowing that we’re better prepared. It’s all about saving lives.”

– IT Manager, Delaware Valley Regional High School

“Eastern DataComm came in and met with all the key administrators, met with the technical staff, and made sure that they were familiar with our environment and operating requirements. Eastern DataComm upgraded our network infrastructure as needed and performed a telecommunications analysis, which saved us a significant amount of money. It has been a very beneficial relationship.”

– Paul Saxton, Former Superintendent, Fort Lee School District

“I cannot say enough good things about how well this has gone. Eastern DataComm took what was probably the Achilles’ heel of our business, something as basic as making a phone call, and resolved all those issues. Now the phones are probably one of the best features we have at the company.”

– Andrew Cioppa, Network Systems Administrator, Greater Than One

Stay Safe With Eastern DataComm

Safety and communication are essential across schools, businesses, and government buildings. Eastern DataComm offers practical solutions to ensure effective environmental responses, including emergency alert systems, lockdown systems, and emergency notification tools.

LENS by Eastern DataComm supports safety through real-time notifications and efficient communication during emergencies. These systems address various safety needs, helping organizations confidently protect people and property.

With reliable emergency notification systems and advanced communication technologies, Eastern DataComm helps create safer, more secure environments for everyone.

For A Holistic Approach To Keep Your Community Safe, Contact Eastern DataComm To Find The Technology Solutions That Fit Your Needs.

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FAQs on Emergency Notification Systems

What Is Emergency Notification, And Why Is It Important For Businesses And Organizations?

An emergency notification system is an integrated technology system that allows you to immediately alert everyone during an urgent situation. At the press of a button, you can automatically initiate a lockdown, evacuation, or shelter-in-place during an active threat or any other emergency situation.

While schools naturally benefit from this technology, organizations like businesses and municipalities can also reap the same safety and notification benefits of fluid, clear, and immediate communication. An emergency notification system allows for rapid response and gives the opportunity to effectively neutralize possible threats. In addition to reducing an organization’s liability in the event of an urgent situation, it also provides all who traffic your buildings and grounds with greater peace of mind.

How Does an Emergency Notification Solution Work?

Eastern DataComm’s emergency notification system, LENS + OPTICS, is the Lockdown and Emergency Notification Solution that helps schools, municipalities, and businesses notify those on their campuses and beyond of an urgent situation. At the push of a button, the emergency notification system can be activated. It can also be initiated via a VoIP phone by dialing a code or on a cellular device through the use of a specific application. Once activated, the system notifies everyone, including emergency responders, police, and those in the building and on the grounds, about the lockdown so that swift and effective action can take place.

A variety of other lockdown notification system features are also activated simultaneously, including pre-recorded announcements, sign boards, audio notifications, strobes, and text messages. The system can also be utilized to set up a conference bridge where key stakeholders, including police, can connect regarding the situation. This comprehensive approach to emergency notification gives those who use our systems the opportunity to mitigate damage and save lives when every second counts.

What Types of Emergencies Can Be Addressed Using Emergency Notification Systems?

From crisis notifications to emergency action notifications (in the event of severe weather like hurricanes or tornadoes), lockdown emergency notifications, and even active shooter alerts, your emergency notification system can help you communicate about and respond to a variety of emergencies. Our team will also help you explore other potential man-made or catastrophic events for which you may need to prepare, and will assist you in identifying emergency notification system features that provide you with the best possible efficiency and effectiveness when it comes to emergency notification and response.

Can an Emergency Notification System Be Customized To Fit Specific Business Needs?

Absolutely.

Our emergency notification system can function through an emergency call button, provide an emergency communication system for your businesses, and offer active shooter alerts as well. At Eastern DataComm, we focus on a diagnostic and consultative approach to emergency notification systems to give you exactly the type of functionality that makes the most sense for your organization. We’ll take the time to get to know your needs, potential areas of vulnerability, and areas of strength you can capitalize on before suggesting any lockdown or emergency notification system.

What Is the Name of the Notification System That Will Be Utilized in the Event of an Emergency?

The LENS (Lockdown and Emergency Notification System) by Eastern DataComm is a notification system designed to deliver rapid and reliable alerts during emergencies. LENS is a fully automated emergency notification system that integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure to provide real-time communication across schools, businesses, and government buildings.

This system facilitates immediate emergency alerts through both auditory and visual notifications, ensuring that everyone, whether indoors or outdoors, is informed and prepared to act. The automated nature of LENS eliminates human error, allowing for consistent and effective responses during critical incidents such as lockdowns, evacuations, or active threats.

Additionally, LENS connects directly with first responders and law enforcement, relaying vital information for coordinated emergency management. With the ability to integrate with emergency alert systems, mass notification tools, and lockdown systems, LENS serves as a comprehensive solution for improving safety and communication during any emergency.

What Communication Channels Does Eastern DataComm’s Emergency Notification System Support?

Our emergency notification system, LENS + OPTICS, is designed to offer a comprehensive mass notification system for schools, municipalities, and businesses. The emergency notification system is customized to your needs and can include visual, auditory, and application-based notifications. From signboards and strobes to paging systems to prerecorded audio notifications, you’ll have a variety of communication channels at your disposal. Plus, our emergency communication system provides VoIP phone integrations that immediately place calls to key stakeholders, police, and other emergency resources so that you remove the chance for human error when every second counts.