Phillips Exeter Academy: Phillips Exeter Academy Campus Lockdown Drill Using ATI Systems' Mass Notification Solution

BOSTON, Nov. 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA) in Exeter, New Hampshire has a campus-wide mass notification system to provide instant warnings to students, faculty, staff, and visitors in an emergency situation. This alerting system consists of ATI Systems' high-powered outdoor and indoor speaker units that can be activated in seconds when an emergency occurs. PEA Campus Safety Services simply chooses a dropdown menu on the ATI computer located in the PEA Operations Center, makes a selection from the list of pre-recorded alerts, and hits the button. The whole process takes a few seconds. The emergency alert is then broadcast over the campus, outside buildings and inside classrooms and hallways. Instructions are given to shelter in place and the campus goes into a pre-planned series of actions for the lockdown (barricade doors, keep away from windows, etc.). On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, the school performed the first of its two annual Campus Lockdown Drills, which are mandated by the State of ...Full story available on Benzinga.com