Following up on last week's post, Skyview High School has since undergone extensive user
acceptance testing in the form of a campus-wide lock-down drill, according to the Ekahau Blog. The
Ekahau RTLS WiFi Tag passed with flying colours, with student Toby
Anderson commenting “from the time I pulled it [panic switch], to
the time the announcement went off, it was probably 15 seconds. And
then less than a minute before Officer Ford walked in, so it was very
fast”. Police Chief Craig Kingsbury agreed, stating that “there’s
no waiting. There’s no explaining. You’re not going to lose
precious seconds trying to justify why you need help. Help’s just
going to come.”
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| Ekahau RTLS Badge Tag |
When the panic switch
or ripcord is pulled by a staff member, a message is sent to all
other badge tags on-site and a lock-down is initiated immediately.
The school resource officer (and police dispatch) are notified of the
location of the tag initiating the alarm, and can immediately respond
without confusion. This information is viewed in real-time and every
staff member with a tag can be immediately located on a pop-up floor
map.
The system has already been in use since its deployment. English teacher Terri Bentley said “I actually used it [Ekahau RTLS]
a week ago for a health emergency that happened in my class, and they
came really quick for that too. So this is actually the second time I
was able to use it, and it was really fascinating”.
Skyview High School is the first of its kind to
trial the Badge Tag, with Kingsbury hoping to get Ekahau RTLS into
every Idaho school.
For more information on Ekahau's applications in
Australia, click here!
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