| With the uncertainty of the world today, you | | | | the emergency response system may go ahead |
| never know when you might have a need for an | | | | and contact the police, fire department, |
| emergency response system that you can use to | | | | ambulance services, or any other emergency |
| contact employees and family members with | | | | services provider that would be equipped to deal |
| instructions should the unthinkable happen. Too | | | | with the particular situation. This can make things |
| often situations get out of control because those | | | | much easier for the on-site manager who is |
| on the outside of the situation have no idea | | | | attempting to coordinate employee response to |
| what's going on or are unsure of what they | | | | the emergency as it will be one less step that |
| should do; this can lead to conflicting orders being | | | | they have to take in order to get everything |
| given, confusion setting in, and damage prevention | | | | under control. In many cases the emergency |
| plans not being put into effect until it is too late. | | | | response system will make this call as a form of |
| By choosing to implement an emergency | | | | "silent alarm", so that in the case of a hostile |
| response system to handle such situations, you | | | | situation or panicking employees the addition of |
| can help to keep these sort of incidents under | | | | alarms or an audible notification system won't |
| control should they occur. | | | | make things worse than they already are. |
| Automatic Messaging | | | | Mass E-Mail and Information Distribution |
| One major benefit of implementing an emergency | | | | A useful feature of many emergency response |
| response system is that it can automatically send | | | | systems is the ability to send out a mass e-mail |
| out a message to the telephones, cellular phones, | | | | to all employees and anyone else who is on a |
| and pagers of those who should be the first to | | | | designated list to let them know the specifics of |
| be informed of the situation that is developing. | | | | the situation as well as the steps which have been |
| Depending upon the emergency response system | | | | taken thus far in order to get the emergency |
| that you are using, you may be able to choose | | | | situation under control. It may be possible with |
| from several different messages which will relate | | | | certain emergency response systems to follow |
| more of the specifics of the problem and let the | | | | this up with a recorded telephone message as |
| message recipient know what steps should be | | | | well, for those individuals who do not have access |
| taken next. This will enable those in charge to be | | | | to their e-mail or who may not be prone to check |
| aware that there is something wrong even when | | | | it often. Both e-mail and telephone messages can |
| away from the office, and will also let them know | | | | be updated as needed or re-sent at set intervals |
| who they should contact to arrange for the | | | | until a response is received or the emergency |
| emergency to be taken care of as well as what | | | | situation has passed in order to ensure that the |
| steps have already been taken by the system. | | | | proper information has been distributed to |
| Contacting the Authorities | | | | everyone who needed to have it. |
| Depending upon the nature of the emergency, | | | | |