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Dean Olds

Dean Olds

Vice President of Solutions

The founder and visionary of the alert technology prior to it being acquired by CENTEGIX. A serial entrepreneur, his solutions are in thousands of classrooms and commercial buildings across the country.

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Making Sure Alyssa’s Law Protects Our Children in Schools

When there is a threatening incident in a school, time saves lives. Florida has recently taken an important step to accelerate responses and protect children and educators with Alyssa’s Law.

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Supporting a Productive Learning Environment: How SROs and Safety Teams can Empower Staff

Increasingly, school districts are turning to new emergency response solutions to protect their staff and as technology innovates, so do the options schools have to best protect students and staff. How do school systems evaluate and choose the most effective emergency notification solutions?

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Alert Everyone: Everyone, Every time, Everywhere

Your emergency school alert system must be equipped to notify everyone in a campus-wide emergency, from the everyday to the extreme.

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Heads Up: Here’s Why You’ll Never Get An Email During An Actual Fire

Using a safety app to notify staff of an emergency is the equivalent of pulling a fire alarm and only notifying the fire department. Learn why notifying everyone is important. CENTEGIX CrisisAlert™ creates clear communication and empowers everyone to quickly take action.

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Mobile Panic Buttons Outperform Mobile Apps

The CENTEGIX CrisisAlert school alert system includes a mobile panic button that outperforms mobile apps at keeping schools safe.

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When Every Second Matters, Schools Rely on Incident Response Technology

Modern incident response technology can help make school campuses safer for students and staff, and they don’t require complicated school staff safety training.

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9 Reasons School Safety Apps Fail to Deliver Results

School safety apps have emerged as a popular solution, but diving deeper, we discover a multitude of flaws. Here are 9 reasons why mobile apps don’t work.

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Mobile Panic Buttons for Non-Teaching Staff

Providing the entire school staff with mobile panic buttons can save lives in the case of medical emergencies, safety breaches, and other unexpected incidents.

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Wearable Emergency Buttons Help Improve Response Times

Learn firsthand how CENTEGIX can help improve your district’s emergency response times and create a culture of safety in your schools in our blog.

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App-based Safety Solutions Slow Response Times

CENTEGIX Safety Platform is faster and more effective than mobile app-based school alert systems.

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Protecting Community and Technical College Campuses with the Right Technology

Meet your community and technical college’s unique safety needs with strategic school safety solutions.

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How School Safety Devices Communicate to Each Other Matters

CENTEGIX Safety Platform’s wearable panic buttons use LoRa and Bluetooth technology and continuous device communication to provide reliable, campus-wide safety coverage and alerts.

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The Hidden Costs Eliminated by the CENTEGIX Safety Platform

The CENTEGIX Safety Platform emergency notification system eliminates the hidden costs that some providers omit from their advertised prices.