Severe Weather Notification Best Practice Tips
Leverage your emergency alert system to ensure storm communication & response is quick, efficient, and safe using these severe weather notification tips. The post Severe Weather Notification Best...
View ArticleSchool Safety Technology: Rave Panic Button and Safety Expert Research
The Rand Corporation’s 2016 report, “Can Technology Make Schools Safer”, is in-line with the research gathered from speaking with dozens of school safety experts and emergency responders while...
View ArticleCommunity Policing and the Growing Impact of Modern Technology
How Law Enforcement Agencies Are Leveraging Technology To Develop and Support Community Policing Even before community policing became a common term in law enforcement circles, our clients were driving...
View ArticleNationwide 911 Outage and The Effective Use of Emergency Notification Systems
During the evening of Wednesday, March 8, 9-1-1 centers across the country began reporting a 911 outage with AT&T callers trying to call for emergency service. Based on our own data representing...
View ArticleRunning Towards The San Diego Mass Shooting
From Discussing the Trending Attacks on Soft Target Locations -- to Experiencing the San Diego Mass Shooting First Hand The post Running Towards The San Diego Mass Shooting appeared first on Rave...
View ArticleThe Frightening Reality of 911 System Failures
911 system failures are becoming all too common. The latest involves the death of a 6-month-old girl when T-Mobile failed to deliver the mother's 911 calls. Why do they happen and who's to blame? The...
View ArticleMapping Indoor Spaces For Emergency Response
The goal of delivering a Dispatchable Location with every emergency call won’t be met until we have corresponding indoor mapping improvements. The post Mapping Indoor Spaces For Emergency Response...
View Article3 Ways to Leverage Mobile Phones to Improve Venue and Workplace Safety
Technology can only enhance the effectiveness of people and processes and is rarely, if ever, a solution to enhancing venue and workplace safety on its own. The post 3 Ways to Leverage Mobile Phones to...
View ArticleSuccessful Community Alerting Through Widespread Local Engagement
Community alerting is only as effective as the number of people in your database. In remote areas of America, it is crucial to place emphasis on community alerting. An efficacious alert system requires...
View ArticleDrug Overdose Deaths Plaguing the Nation
Drug overdose deaths induced by heroin have more than tripled in the past 7 years with the annual record of 12,989 deaths occurring in 2015. Modern technology can help combat the crisis. The post Drug...
View ArticleQuality Incident Management: How The Community Judges Your Success
Successful incident management is greatly dependent on your level of communication, so send alerts often – before, during, and after an incident – and through as many delivery technologies as you can....
View ArticleOpioid Crisis: A Local Perspective on a National Problem
Photo Credit: Wicked Local Photo, Jared Charney Opioid Crisis: A Local Perspective on a National Problem “Since I’ve graduated high school, I’ve gone to exponentially more funeral services than I...
View ArticleAPCO 2017 Trends and Expectations
The APCO 2017 International Conference will bring together the top 9-1-1 and public safety industry thought-leaders, and these are a few of the topics that are sure to be trending at this year’s event....
View ArticleOSU Crisis Communication Plan: Thinking Outside the Box
Ensuring the entire campus community is included in the OSU crisis communication plan has reduced our reputational risk and instilled a heightened sense security with visitors, future students and...
View ArticleHow an e911 Service Helped Save a Man Fighting for His Life
We implemented our e911 service 3 years ago because we believed in its potential to save lives. Smart911 is an online registry service providing critical data to Athens Limestone County 911 and 3,100...
View ArticleFrom Harvey to Irma: Preparing for the Next Disaster
It is never too soon to start preparing for the next disaster. By looking back on the actions before, during and after Hurricane Harvey, we can improve communications and evacuation plans well before...
View ArticleTom Axbey: Closing Remarks
It has been an honor these past 9 years to engage with, learn from and experience the public safety and preparedness ecosystem at every level. Our customers have always shaped our product innovation...
View ArticleASIS 2017 Trends and Expectations
Written by Garth Fraser, Rave Mobile Safety ASIS International 2017 in Dallas, Texas Our expectations at the ASIS 2017 conference are to speak with as many professionals from different business units...
View ArticleFive Security Trends Boosting Event Safety
From crowd control solutions to monitoring the dark web, these five emerging trends are revolutionizing community preparedness and large event safety. The post Five Security Trends Boosting Event...
View ArticleSecurity At The Emmy Awards
What does it take to manage security for a large-scale, high profile event like the Emmy Awards? It takes a concerted effort to keep guests safe. The post Security At The Emmy Awards appeared first on...
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