AlertManager Case Study: Clark County School District, VEGAS PBS

Delivering Critical Data Instantly to Mobile Emergency Management Command Centers and Police Cruisers

Tragic events at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech have amplified the need for school systems across the country to respond to violence quickly and effectively. Implementing a cost-effective system that integrates with numerous providers separates SpectraRep’s AlertManager™ from other emergency management solutions.

Customer Challenge
In early 2006, the Clark County Nevada school system lacked the ability to distribute critical information to police and emergency personnel operating on the ground. What’s more, if a city-wide emergency were to occur, there was no confidence a cell-based system would be able to stay operational or that existing methods of communication were adequate.

The school system needed the ability to:

Transmit real-time over a secure environment to emergency responders at the scene
View on-demand videos to train and prepare personnel
Reach responders anywhere in the city
Target responders based on region, authority or just need to know
Communicate without disruption or reduced bandwidth during the height of an emergency
Integrate with CAP compliant emergency solutions and third-party systems

Solution
The SpectraRep AlertManager™ solution enables Clark County to use digital television to provide a wireless emergency communications capability that can deliver critical data instantly to mobile emergency management command centers, police cruisers and other locations during an incident. Through advanced DTV Datacasting, AlertManager™ maintains its bandwidth, avoids signal congestion, and transmits one signal to multiple receivers in a secure environment to ensure the best possible emergency communication.

With the ability to digitally transmit information such as building floor plans, information on medically fragile students, yearbook pictures and lists of hazardous materials, the SpectraRep solution enables first responders to coordinate an immediate response based on accurate information. Since the computer data will be delivered over the VEGAS PBS digital television signal, emergency managers and school officials will have the power to reach first responders anywhere in Clark County.

Benefits
By using SpectraRep’s DTV Datacasting and emergency management solutions, governments and organizations can transmit authorized alerting, response and recovery information directly to emergency team members over a secure, reliable wireless network that will not suffer from reduced bandwidth during the height of an emergency. DTV Datacasting offers the potential to deliver massive quantities of data to systems, including mobile devices in cars, helicopters or planes, so there is total coverage of an emergency and a total response.

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