Carousel Digital Signage has signed a new technology partnership with CrisisGo that enables K-12 schools and businesses to deliver emergency alerts and other safety messages to digital displays with immediacy. The integration is enabled through an open API that triggers visual alerts, interactive maps, and more, to Carousel Cloud digital signage networks via the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), a global standard that supports the digital exchange of emergency alerts and public warnings over multiple networks.
CrisisGo’s Safety iResponse platform offers a suite of alerting software and tools that is designed to empower school districts to create safer and more secure learning environments. Its features include real-time alerting, incident management and parent notification, all of which combine to help schools respond to emergencies. The platform also immediately shares emergency alerts with local law enforcement when police assistance is needed.
The companies say that direct integration of their two software platforms on a common IT network ensures consistent monitoring of incoming triggers from Safety iResponse to Carousel Cloud. Upon recognising an incoming alert, Carousel Cloud disseminates the active alert as a priority for instant takeover of all targeted screens.
Upon resolution, Carousel Cloud immediately removes the alert and resumes normal operations, eliminating the need to schedule expiration times or manually clear the system. That is designed to accelerate the important process of reunification to ensure all students, teachers and other staff members are accounted for and safe.
Jacob Lewis, chief security officer, CrisisGo, said: “Carousel Cloud’s ability to recognise an all-clear message is a differentiator from other digital signage solutions that we have evaluated. Carousel Cloud will also recognise the type of event our system is addressing and exactly where the alerts need to go, which could be select screens, schoolwide, or across an entire multi-campus network. This seamless interoperability represents an important step in our multimodal strategy for mass notification, which also includes delivery to all computers and mobile devices that are connected to our software.”
The CrisisGo partnership represents the latest technology integration between Carousel Digital Signage and emergency alerting platforms aimed at strengthening school safety in K-12 environments. Lewis says that while K-12 remains the top priority for CrisisGo’s integrated solution with Carousel, he anticipates potential expansion into other verticals including corporate enterprise and manufacturing.
Eric Henry, SVP of business architecture, Carousel Digital Signage, said: “Our collaboration with CrisisGo represents the next step in our efforts to keep students and faculty informed, safe and resilient across all grade levels. Carousel Cloud’s open platform enables clean and reliable interoperability with CrisisGo, and our common integration with the CAP protocol ensures immediate dissemination of important visual alerts that will help school districts keep all campuses safe and secure.”
