Emergency Notification Systems
Emergency notification systems from Eastern DataComm enable schools, government agencies, and enterprises to deliver real-time emergency communications through a secure, integrated emergency notification platform built for speed and reliability.
As a scalable mass notification system, our solutions support multi-channel emergency notification across VoIP communications, mobile devices, visual alerts, and connected infrastructure. By unifying access control, video surveillance, and network systems, Eastern DataComm provides integrated emergency communication that helps organizations coordinate response and maintain operational continuity across single or multi-site environments.
Schedule a consultation to learn how Eastern DataComm delivers enterprise emergency communication solutions designed for rapid response when communication performance matters most.
Why Choose Eastern DataComm?
With over 35 years of experience, Eastern DataComm offers emergency communication systems that:
- Deliver important emergency information via desktop, paging, mobile, and signage
- Comply with federal emergency management and FCC regulations, including IPAWS and EAS alerts
- Seamlessly integrate with existing systems and enhance message delivery reliability
- Help organizations meet safety standards with mass notification software and lockdown system support
- Enable fast, automated alert origination and notification services across campus or multi-site operations
Our manufacturer-agnostic approach ensures the right fit, whether you’re upgrading a national public warning system, connecting to NOAA Weather Radio, or implementing an enterprise-wide emergency alert system.
Who We Serve
Education
Emergency notification systems for K–12 and higher education, delivering real-time emergency communications across campuses through integrated voice, visual, and digital alerts.
Government & Municipalities
Emergency communication systems that support public agencies with compliant alerting, coordinated response, and reliable mass notification across government facilities.
Business & Enterprise
Enterprise emergency communication solutions that help organizations maintain continuity through multi-channel emergency notification across offices and distributed operations.
Assisted Living & Healthcare Facilities
Emergency notification platforms are designed to deliver clear, immediate alerts to staff and occupants in time-sensitive care environments.
Property Management & Commercial Real Estate
Emergency notification software that enables centralized communication across multi-building portfolios, tenants, and shared commercial spaces.
Warehousing & Distribution Centers
Mass notification systems are built for large-scale facilities, ensuring alerts reach indoor and outdoor work areas without delay.
Manufacturing & Industrial Facilities
Integrated emergency communication solutions engineered for complex industrial settings where rapid, reliable alerts are critical to operations.
Logistics & Transportation Operations
Real-time emergency communications that support fast coordination across logistics hubs, terminals, and transportation networks.
Places Of Worship & Community Facilities
Emergency alert systems that provide simple activation and broad coverage for congregations, staff, and community members.
Eastern DataComm Is Proud to Be a ZeroNow Trusted Partner
ZeroNow is a national community dedicated to accelerating innovation, collaboration, and investment in school safety. Its mission is to bring meaningful change now by uniting technology providers, educators, and public-sector leaders to make every learning environment safer.
As a ZeroNow Trusted Partner, Eastern DataComm shares this commitment to advancing proactive safety through technology-driven solutions. Our collaboration reinforces our dedication to delivering the most effective emergency notification and communication systems for schools and communities across the nation.
LENS: Lockdown & Emergency Notification System
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 emergencies. 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. With one button, LENS can trigger lockdowns, evacuations, or shelter-in-place alerts.
How LENS Works
LENS is a comprehensive emergency notification platform that integrates with a school’s phone and paging/intercom systems. Because emergencies 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, LENS delivers emergency alerts instantly across all channels; 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 reach every corner of your campus or property, Eastern DataComm installs wireless speakers, LED beacons, and visual alerts that extend beyond buildings to outdoor areas and remote zones. For added security, LENS integrates with video surveillance and access control systems — helping law enforcement pinpoint threats and secure entry points in real time.
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
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
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
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
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 emergencies, 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 in delivering fast emergency alerts during urgent threats. As they ensure the safety of their schools in a time when 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 Protected with Eastern DataComm Emergency Notification Solutions
Safety and communication are essential across schools, businesses, and government buildings. Eastern DataComm offers practical emergency communication 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.
Our Service Areas Across the East Coast
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Schedule an Emergency Notification Systems Consultation
Upon completion of the above form, an Eastern DataComm Safety & Communications Advisor will reach out to you to schedule your consultation.
FAQs on Emergency Notification Systems
Emergency notification enables organizations to send real-time emergency communications across facilities using a single, automated action. An emergency notification system ensures critical messages reach employees, occupants, and responders immediately.
For schools, businesses, and municipalities, integrated emergency communication solutions support business continuity, reduce response time, and help meet compliance and risk management requirements.
An emergency notification platform automates alert delivery once triggered. Messages are distributed through multi-channel emergency notification, including VoIP phones, mobile devices, paging systems, desktop alerts, and visual indicators.
Eastern DataComm’s emergency communication system integrates with existing infrastructure to coordinate a fast, consistent response without manual intervention.
Our emergency notification system addresses a wide range of incidents:
- Severe weather alerts (tornado, hurricane) via NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards
- Lockdowns, active shooter alerts, Amber Alerts
- Fire, flood, or hazardous air quality with environmental sensors
- Public alerts and warnings per FEMA and Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) standards
You can also customize alerts for national emergencies, state emergencies, or internal threats.
Yes. Eastern DataComm designs enterprise emergency communication solutions tailored to each organization’s facilities, workflows, and risk profile.
Using flexible emergency notification software, systems can be configured for multi-site operations, role-based activation, and integration with security and communications platforms.
Eastern DataComm deploys LENS, a fully integrated emergency notification system designed for fast, automated communication during critical events.
LENS functions as a centralized emergency notification platform, integrating paging, VoIP, visual alerts, and external notification services into one unified solution.
LENS supports a full suite of notification software features, including:
- VoIP and desktop alerts
- Mobile phone notifications
- Paging systems, audio alerts, and prerecorded messages
- Signboards, strobes, and NOAA weather radio
This unified emergency communication system ensures the right message reaches the right people—instantly and reliably.
A Holistic, Integrated Approach To Emergency Communication
Eastern DataComm helps organizations unify communication, technology, and response into a single, coordinated approach—designed to support rapid decision-making and reliable performance when it matters most through emergency notification.
