Lockdown Alert System
Helping you to understand the dangers that schools face and the solutions that match them. Leaving you with a secure school lockdown system.
Making schools a safer place
A school is seen as a safe place for both pupils and staff as there are plenty of laws in the UK that make sure this is the case. However, there are still dangers outside peoples control that a school needs to be cautious of.
To secure this sense of safety, actions need to be taken to prepare for threats. This could involve CCTV, establishing a safety area or introducing instant communication methods across the entire school. There's plenty of things you can do for a schools safety.
Welcome to LOCAS
A normal reaction to danger in your school would be to evacuate to a safe place. But what if the normal evacuation place isn't safe? Then a lockdown needs to take place, or in some cases, an invacuation. How do you alert an entire school to the difference though? The DfE recommends a set of different alert sounds for different scenarios to avoid confusion in an emergency. So if that's the problem, LOCAS is the answer.
LOCAS (or lockdown alert system,) is a fully wireless alert system with a library of sounds that can be easily distinguished from each other, allowing you to set dedicated sounds for each alert. When there is an active threat outside the school then it would be a disaster to evacuate the premises. So activating the fire alarm or something that sounds similar to it is the last thing you want to do.
Meet LOCAS
LOCAS is a lockdown and invacuation alert system that has been designed with schools in mind to prevent problems from poor communication during an emergency.
Capable of being activated schoolwide from any of its terminals, LOCAS will guarantee that every student and staff member are instantly aware of any threats and able to get to safety.
School-wide connection
A lockdown alert system is fully capable of covering any school and offering an instant alert at the push of any of its emergency buttons. Each transmitter can communicate to another from 1km away with up to 64 units being able to connect with each other and instantly respond.
LOCAS works both indoors and outdoors, something that similar systems are not capable of. There's no cable running to these units either. These alarms are battery powered, allowing you to alert students and staff during break/lunch with no worries of the alarm being missed.
Clarity and Alertness
Invacuation and Lockdown alerts have to be unique and clear in their purpose. They also have to do this without putting anyone in danger so it can’t be a manual alert from a member of staff that would draw the attention of any potential threat.
Setting a specific alarm sound with a pre recorded announcement that can be configured to exactly what you need is the best way to increase safety.
By training your staff on what needs to be done in these situations, you can clearly alert the school to an issue and then let everyone follow safety plans.
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LOCAS SYSTEM BROCHURE
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Feature Sheet
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PEACE OF MIND
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