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Protect Your Community with Campus Safety Solutions.

Technology to create a safe campus culture for your college or university.

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Why it matters

Your Safety Partner When EVERY. SECOND. MATTERS.®

We know that becoming an educator is a calling. But everyday distractions—medical emergencies, student altercations, unauthorized visitors, suspicious activity—limit learning and test the passion of your teachers. They're working to teach and protect the vulnerable, and most importantly, no one should bear this alone.

Schools across the nation rely on us to protect those in their care. The CENTEGIX Safety Platform® is the foundation of your layered safety plan, empowering the fastest response to emergencies. Because EVERY. SECOND. MATTERS.®

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CENTEGIX Webinar

Empowering Safer Campuses: Rapid Response Solutions for Technical Colleges

Missed our webinar on how rapid response technology is transforming safety across colleges and university campuses? Don't worry—with our on-demand recording, you'll hear firsthand how CENTEGIX Safety Platform, CrisisAlert, helped James Perry, Chief of Police at West Georgia Technical College, transform how his campus accelerates emergency communication and improves response times.

You'll walk away with real-world insights into:

How the CENTEGIX Safety Platform® addresses communication during critical incidents
What happens behind the scenes when an alert is triggered on campus
How campus police, security teams, and administrators coordinate effectively in seconds—not minutes

You don't want to miss this conversation. Watch today.

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CENTEGIX® | Case Study

West Georgia Technical College Values Campus Safety Seriously and Saves Lives Because Of It

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The Challenge

Unique Campus Challenges of Higher Education

Campus environments present their own unique challenges.

Expansive Campuses and Multiple Buildings

Sprawling grounds and dispersed buildings make it difficult to know exactly where help is needed and to get responders to the scene fast.

Communication Gaps

In an emergency, getting the right information to the right people quickly is critical. Delayed or incomplete information costs valuable time and puts people at greater risk.

Vulnerable Areas

Higher education campuses contain many areas that are more vulnerable to safety incidents, such as parking lots, dormitories, science labs, libraries, and isolated walkways. You need a safety solution that protects those vulnerable areas.

High Foot Traffic and Events

Prospective student tours, sporting events, lectures, and many other activities can bring a number of familiar and unfamiliar people to your grounds, creating an additional challenge to keeping your campus safe and secure.

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Built for the moments that matter

CENTEGIX CrisisAlert™ for Higher Education

It's peace of mind at the push of a button. Protect campus safety with CrisisAlert, the wearable panic button for colleges and universities that empowers faculty and staff to get help anywhere on campus—instantly. With single-button activation, help is on the way when and where they need it most.

Total Campus Coverage

Our private, managed network secures every square foot of campus. No Wi-Fi or cell signal is needed.

Location Accuracy

First responders receive precise location details, reducing valuable time to locate the emergency.

One-Button Activation

The CrisisAlert wearable badge has a single, discreet button that immediately alerts staff, security, and administrators when pressed.

Improves Communication and Eliminates Gaps

Administrators can quickly coordinate every emergency response, ensuring everyone knows what's happening and where to respond.

Improves Communication and Eliminates Gaps

Administrators can quickly manage and monitor an emergency event as it’s unfolding through the CrisisAlert Responder App. The wearable panic button facilitates direct communication between first responders and the person that needs help. It bridges communication gaps left by other solutions, allowing every request for help to get delivered.

Audio and Visual Notifications

Campus-wide alerts communicate emergency information using colored strobe lights, desktop alerts, and intercom and mass communication integrations so everyone can get to safety as soon as possible. With just a single notification, an entire campus can go into lockdown in an instant.

Peace of Mind Through  100% Coverage

The CrisisAlert wearable badge alleviates concerns often raised about app-based safety solutions. It also offers unique features other wearable providers can’t deliver, like precise location information and full-campus coverage. All faculty and staff have a badge, allowing for 100% user coverage and peace of mind campus-wide.

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The technology

One Badge, Two Types of Alerts

Activate the Staff Alert for everyday incidents including medical emergencies, student altercations, and unauthorized visitors. It notifies local administrators and responders immediately, displaying a map showing who needs help and where they’re located on campus.

For extreme situations, the Campus-wide Alert instantly initiates a campus-wide rapid response to emergencies. It notifies 911 dispatch, activates full audio and visual communication, and delivers precise location details with a map displaying who needs help and where they’re located.

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Educators Feel Safer with CrisisAlert™

We engage with faculty and staff every day to understand how CrisisAlert supports them, and here’s what they’ve shared:

99%

found it easy to use CrisisAlert

97%

felt safe and supported by staff members

93%

felt able to quickly and easily communicate in emergency situations

91%

would recommend CrisisAlert to other institutions

Making a Difference with the Push of a Button

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A layered approach to safety

Improve Your School's Climate with a Culture of Safety

When your educators feel safe, they're empowered to focus on their calling: educating the minds of tomorrow by creating a proactive learning environment.

Instill confidence. Extend trust. Offer peace of mind.

CENTEGIX Safety Blueprint® for Higher Education

Digital maps of your campus—including buildings and assets—are a critical part of your campus safety plan. Our dynamic digital mapping solution, Safety Blueprint, ensures help arrives at the precise location on your campus and can access the appropriate safety assets quickly.

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CENTEGIX Enhanced Visitor Management for  Higher Education

Whether you’re expanding your campus, upgrading your facilities or anything in between, you need a way to keep track of independent contractors, vendors, and any other temporary guest that has access to restricted areas. CENTEGIX Enhanced Visitor Management system keeps track of these visitors while they’re on your campus and can locate them during their stay. Plus much more.

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What our clients are saying

To empower people who are under your care with a simple tool where they can press a button to get help during a panic situation makes you feel that we truly are a family and that they are truly cared for when they come to work every day.

Dr. Tahira DuPree Chase

Superintendent, Westbury Union Free School District (NY)

We looked at many solutions before selecting CENTEGIX. Often, technology doesn't work as advertised, or fees accumulate after signing an agreement, but that wasn't the case with CENTEGIX.

Chris Adler

Director of Emergency Management, Safety and Security, Avita Health System

There were multiple staff members who pressed a button and there was an immediate response. And that quickness of response is something that made me feel much safer. And I'm glad to have this device now…We just received [CrisisAlert] last week, and we had a major incident on campus within a week—that shows just how important this response mechanism [is].

Reuben D'Silva

Rancho High School teacher, Clark County School District, NV

It empowers teachers to be in control of the safety of their room. They can summon a principal at the push of a button. We know where and we know who. That is a powerful technology.

Trent North

Superintendent, Douglas County Public Schools, GA

This is a product that’ll benefit all staff in our district. And not just our teachers, but our custodians, our bus drivers, secretaries, food service, you name it. There’s a lot of other entities within a school district. And it allows us to provide that security—and, frankly, the quick response—for all staff.

Dr. Jim McMullen

Assistant Superintendent, Olathe Public Schools, KS

What we’ve really seen is the value in medical distress situations. A teacher can stay with a student, press the badge and get help to that classroom quickly.

Michael Garcia

Chief of Staff, Fontana Unified School District, CA

Strategic Safety Integrations

Maximize Your Existing Investments

Our strategic integrations work with your existing safety infrastructure to save time coordinating resources and communicating with safety personnel and staff in an emergency.

Safety Assets

We leverage what you already have, including radios, intercoms, IT networks, and access control, to use in an incident.

Video Cameras

Coordinate your video cameras with our Safety Blueprint solution and access video feeds of an alert for a real-time view of the incident.

Mass Communication

Spread the news of an incident immediately throughout your campus, so faculty and staff can quickly follow safety protocols for a better outcome.

Local 911 Providers

Route notifications directly to emergency responders with the critical information needed for the fastest response—including who needs help, their precise campus location, and the type of emergency.

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Empower Your Employees with Safety

See how one connected platform empowers your staff to act in seconds — from everyday emergencies to the extreme. Tell us about your organization, and we'll build the demo around your world.