Like house alarm systems, university alarms serve to protect the property of the university as well as their students and faculty members. Alarms systems for universities are actually more complex. Obviously universities are not composed of one single building therefore alarm systems for universities must be customized to meet the university’s requirements. Fundamentally alarm systems must integrate with the on-campus police and public announcement system.
Integrating your university facility security systems with your on-campus police system will help improve efficiency and increase awareness. Allowing these systems to communicate eliminates unnecessary steps in emergency readiness plans. Now when students call 911 or when alarms goes off in buildings both systems are able to seamlessly alert the appropriate authorities. Integrating first responder systems also means the process must be reevaluated so that police officers are not wasting time and are able to respond to all threats efficiently. Without updating the process, it is likely that first responders will waste time and place lives in jeopardy.
University Facility Security Systems should also be integrated with the university’s announcement system. Regardless if there is a telephone or e-mail system in place security systems should be able to alert students and faculty members to known threats. It is likely universities already have alert systems in place therefore the university should only need to adjust which alert levels trigger student and faculty member notifications. This further increases efficiency and eliminate wasted time so that the appropriate authorities can react without being responsible for alerting all affected parties.
Finally, it is highly important that the systems are compatible and updated on a regular basis. If the facility security system is not compatible then of course they will not work. Compatibility should be assessed during initial design of the entire system. If the University is adding to an existing system then compatibility should be assessed before installation. Ideally it may be best to invest in a system that is expandable instead of layering new technology over dated technology. An expandable system also remedies potential problems with updates. Expandable systems allow the university to update systems all at once instead of system by system.
Unlimited Technology have the expandable systems which allow the university to update systems all at once instead of system by system.