Improve daily security in schools and academies with Secapp’s communications and alerting system

A safe learning environment is important for both students and staff. The versatile and easy-to-use Secapp application has proven to be a valuable system in many educational institutions already, where it is used on a daily basis, for e.g. internal communications and instant messaging. Secapp has been awarded the national security award for improving security and safety at schools and academies.

In addition, Secapp can be used to prepare for critical situations and to reliably reach all members of the school community, such as faculty members, students, and visitors.

Save time

Alert and reach tens, hundreds, or even thousands of people in seconds with mass messages, bypassing the phone’s silent settings. Send alerts about threats or evacuation situations, for example.

OneClick alerting improves the physical safety of personnel, enabling them to instantly call for help with a single push of a button.

Be prepared

Create message templates for various incidents and unexpected situations in advance. Include the level of priority, a description of the situation, instructions, and the recipients of the message.

Anonymous reports for e.g. harassment situations, and a Whistle Blowing -possibility.

Alert and reach out

Use as an alert and dispatching system e.g. when there is a unexpected situation or a replacement employee is needed due to a sudden absence.

A secure chat solution for everyday instant messaging – share text, photos and videos.

What is Secapp?

Secapp’s features streamline the everyday life of educational institutions by coordinating necessary resources (e.g. IT, faculties, exam supervisors) even when operating across several campuses or when teaching happens remotely.

The anonymous forms can be used e.g. in harassment situations, unbiased treatments, AC failure/IT failure/damaged door reports, and they cover the requirements set by the EU whistleblowing directive. In addition, the application enables geofencing on the organization’s locations, to target communication and alerts to certain buildings or campuses.

With Secapp, you can ensure functional and secure communication connections, cope with unexpected situations, and improve both personal (teachers, nurses, janitors, principals, etc.) and business security without the need to make new equipment investments.

Capture attention…

In everyday life and unexpected situations

Ready-made templates are created in Secapp for various disturbances and unexpected situations. Templates include e.g. the people and groups to be alerted, the priority of the situation, a description of the situation and instructions for action, as well as possible escalation chains. Individual contact information, qualifications, and alert groups (e.g., service, first aid, security) are managed with Secapp’s tools.

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In the event of an emergency or an unexpected situation, you can use Secapp to issue a mass alert using ready-made alert templates. The alert is sent via multiple communication channels (e.g. mobile application, text message, robotic call) to all people defined in the message template, regardless of whether the person has an older phone or a smartphone.

In the case of a high-priority alert, Secapp bypasses the phone’s silent settings on Android and iPhone phones. All recipients of the message can respond to the alert (OK/NOK) and indicate whether they can participate in the situation or not.

  • Informing and alerting personnel and students (IT failure, parking lot out of use, threatening person in the area, etc.)
  • Delivering safety info for exchange students traveling abroad

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Secapp creates a real-time situational awareness picture for the person who sent the alert. They can see which alerted people are available and able to respond to the situation, and they can share more information in the chat discussion with the entire group.

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Secapp is used as an alert and dispatching system e.g. when a replacement employee is needed for a work shift due to a sudden absence.

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Share text, photos, videos and files securely in the Secapp chat.  The chat function is convenient for everyday instant messaging as well as handling unexpected situations. In addition, the video connection can be used to handle e.g. consultations and inspections, or to transmit additional information.

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OneClick buttons and the dead man’s switch increase lone worker safety. With the OneClick button, you can send alerts from the screen of your own phone with a single click of a button. The dead man’s switch will automatically send an alert if the device does not detect movement within a specified time (e.g. 1 minute).

  • Enables lone workers (teachers, principals, etc.) to call for help
  • Improves personnel safety with quick OneClick alerting features (OneClick buttons and dead man’s switch)

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Secapp records all events during an unexpected situation: alerted people, responses, shared information, and decisions that have been made. The event log can be exported as a report which can be used in debriefing and improving procedures in the future.

Anonymous reports

  • Harassment reports
  • Failure reports
  • Unbiased treatment

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Organizations with more than 50 employees will be obliged to set up internal reporting channels. Whistleblowers should be able to submit reports either in writing via an online system, a mailbox, or by post and/or orally via a telephone hotline or answering machine system. All personal data, both that of the whistleblower and any accused people, must be handled in accordance with the GDPR.

References

Laurea University of Applied Sciences

“We reach our vast community at any time.”

Watch a video on how we help Laurea improve the safety of the educational institution and mass messaging.

Citycon

“Now we can inform our personnel entering the Kista Galleria area automatically using geofencing and ready-made templates.”

Read more about how Citycon is improving its safety culture in its shopping centres.

Jokilaaksot Rescue Service Department

“The software brings plenty of benefits, most importantly dispatching and two-way communication, helping us to create situational awareness in real-time.”

Read more about how Secapp was used in the Kalajoki wildfire rescue operation.

Let’s talk about how you could benefit from Secapp?

Benefits

  • Alert and reach tens, hundreds, or even thousands of people with mass messaging features in seconds (e.g. evacuation or threat alerts)
  • Security of exchange students (communication channel between exchange students and the educational institution, security requests)
  • Informing about daily activities (e.g. gym / exercise room out of use due to water damage, watch out for slippery yard)
  • Arranging entrance exams (e.g. using panic buttons: help with IT problems, escort to bathrooms)
  • Anonymous reports (e.g. harassments, failure reports)
  • Visitor Security Management (guests can join security communications via SMS)
  • A secure chat solution for everyday instant messaging – share text, images and videos
  • Save up to tens or hundreds of thousands of euros a year in SMS costs
  • Video connection for e.g. working and studying remotely
  • Improving the physical safety of personnel with mobile security buttons (panic button and dead man’s switch)