In-building and outdoor emergency notification beacons are being installed at schools across the nation. WHY?
Because revolutionary new emergency help stations in an emergency, can save lives by speeding response.
That is why corporate and education campuses across America are deploying proven solutions to respond more quickly and effectively in the event of an emergency, regardless of the nature.
(Learn More about Metis Secure System and Call Boxes. Courtesy of Desktop Alert and YouTube. Posted May 18, 2017.)
Whether you are protecting entire districts, school campuses, or individual school buildings, Metis Secure, a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Desktop Alert, delivers emergency notification, communications, and management systems to help staff and authorities, and save lives.
With Metis Secure you can:
- Establish a hotline to the police station–arm teachers and administrators with discreet mobile and IP panic solutions that instantly alert police when activated.
- Dispatchers see the precise panic location on Metis Secure’s on-screen GIS maps and building floor plans.
- Set the Metis Secure system to simultaneously alert on-site School Resource Officers, principals, district officials, or anyone else who needs to know when and where a panic button is triggered.
- Tie in your video camera system–and receive live video from the trouble spot automatically pops up for police dispatchers.
- And, integrate existing access control systems for automatic lockdowns, if desired.
- Integrate the Metis Secure system with existing school PA systems, computer screens, IP phones, and digital signs.
- Giving you the power to instantly broadcast emergency directives throughout a school building, school campus, or entire district in a crisis.
- And launch an alert from anywhere, via any authorized computer browser or mobile device.
Metis Secure Solutions delivers software and hardware products that can help you protect your people, facilities, and assets when emergency strikes.
Metis Secure Command Center software enables control, integration, and automation of emergency communications, life safety, and security systems at your facility or campus from on or off site, via internet browser or mobile device.
When integrated with your site’s existing communications devices – such as IP phones, digital signs, computer screens, and PA speakers – the Command Center acts as the hub for your Emergency Communications Information Management (E-CIM) system.
MS-5100 and MS-6100 indoor and outdoor Emergency Help Stations provide a fast and effective communication link to strategic site locations, to enable you to broadcast multi-modal emergency alerts—including voice directives, flashing lights, sirens, and text on built-in LCD screens.
Metis Secure In-Building Alerting Station
They also provide built-in, inbound help call functionality – via two-way, hands-free, live voice—between people in need and security personnel or police.
Each Help Station is battery-backed and acts as an independent wireless network node, forming a redundant communications and power network that helps ensure that the system still works even if phone, power, and internet fail in a crisis.
For those who need a discreet way to signal for help, Metis Secure offers a line of software and hardware-based panic buttons, plus a mobile panic app.
Metis Secure system is built to tie together security and life safety systems leveraging your previous investments
Metis Secure software and hardware easily integratE with both network and analog security and life safety systems—including access control, IP video, handheld radios and mobile phones, hazardous materials and other sensors.
The Metis Secure Command Center integrates with video, access control, handheld radios, gas detectors, IP phones, outdoor loudspeakers, email/text alert services, and other security and life safety systems.
Metis Secure has partnered with Desktop Alert Inc. to provide a new comprehensive approach to enhance both security and response during an emergent event.
With active shooter incidents on the rise, security preparedness training integrated with the right security technology can be life-saving.
“Metis Secures’ technology insures less than 10 second alerting to all emergency command centers,” explains Howard Ryan, Founder of Desktop Alert Inc.
“Beacon alert technology with limited LED text message screens and text-to-speech speakers without bi-directional real-time voice is limited in an active emergency.”
“When lives are at stake, seconds count. Common area alerting for personal safety requires instant two way LIVE voice capability.”
“Reading an alert is one thing, communicating by voice during an active emergency is a must.”
“Our family of alerting systems now provides this fabulous common area alerting end-point solution.”
Metis Secure is a industry pioneer in network-based in-building two-way live voice alerting solutions and continues to be on the forefront of developing unique, innovative solutions that harness the power of IP-Based and wireless technology.
Metis Secure “Call for Help” Boxes
In an emergency, a user pushes a button to automatically send a call for help to police.
Police can instantly isolate the location of the call on a computer and send an officer to an exact location.
The boxes can also be used to push out messages to the building occupants.
Metis Secure users include manufacturing and research facilities, universities and schools, commercial office buildings, large parking garages, and others.
In a crisis, fast, effective emergency communications can make the difference between a relatively contained event and a major catastrophe that includes loss of life, multiple injuries, destruction of assets, and a public relations disaster.
Organizations use their Metis Secure systems to broadcast targeted, actionable emergency alerts and instructions to everyone at the site of an emergency, in seconds—even if power, cell networks, and internet are down.
(Learn More about Metis Secure Solution – Always Online. Desktop Alert and YouTube. Posted Mar 11, 2017.)
Metis Secure Takes Platinum in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
Desktop Alert, Inc.
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Best Emergency Response Program
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Desktop Alert Mass Notification System
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Best Emergency Help Station Technology
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Metis Secure Command Center
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit and intelligence to end users in a variety of government, homeland security and public safety vertical markets.
The 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program drew an overwhelming response from industry leaders with a record high number of corporate and government nominations received, as well as record breaking ‘ASTORS’ Presentation Luncheon Attendees, with top firms trying to register for the exclusive high – end luncheon and networking opportunity – right up to the event kickoff on Wednesday afternoon, at the ISC East registration!
Over 130 distinguished guests representing National, State and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Firms, gathered from across North America, Europe and the Middle East to be honored among their peers in their respective fields which included:
- The Department of Homeland Security
- The Federal Protective Service (FPS)
- Argonne National Laboratory
- The Department of Homeland Security
- The Department of Justice
- The Security Exchange Commission Office of Personnel Management
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Viasat, Hanwha Techwin, Lenel, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Verint, Canon U.S.A., BriefCam, Pivot3, Milestone Systems, Allied Universal, Ameristar Perimeter Security and More!
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program highlighting the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition, and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.
The 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program was Proudly Sponsored by ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, Desktop Alert, and Royal Holdings Technologies.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.
Comprehensive List of Categories Include:
| Access Control/ Identification | Personal/Protective Equipment | Law Enforcement Counter Terrorism |
| Perimeter Barrier/ Deterrent System | Interagency Interdiction Operation | Cloud Computing/Storage Solution |
| Facial/IRIS Recognition | Body Worn Video Product | Cyber Security |
| Video Surveillance/VMS | Mobile Technology | Anti-Malware |
| Audio Analytics | Disaster Preparedness | ID Management |
| Thermal/Infrared Camera | Mass Notification System | Fire & Safety |
| Metal/Weapon Detection | Rescue Operations | Critical Infrastructure |
| License Plate Recognition | Detection Products | And Many Others! |
Don’t see a Direct Hit for your Product, Agency or Organization?
Submit your category recommendation for consideration to Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at: mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.
2018 Champions Edition
See the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Champions Edition – ‘Best Products of 2018 ‘ Year in Review’ for in-depth coverage of the outstanding products and services of firms receiving American Security Today’s 2018‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards.’
Nominations for the AST 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program will officially open as of January 1st, 2019 at americansecuritytoday.com.
Enter Early to Maximize Media Coverage of your Products and Services at Kickoff, and Get the Recognition Your Organization Deserves!
And be sure to Register Early for the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon at ISC East 2019 to ensure your place at this limited- space event!
2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Luncheon at ISC East
