Is Your Business Prepared for a Security Emergency?
What happens if there is a security emergency at your business? Can employees quickly communicate what is happening? Can you identify the location? Can security teams see what is happening? Can emergency responders get the information they need?
A strong commercial security strategy should address more than preventing unauthorized access. It should also help your organization detect, communicate, respond, and recover when an emergency occurs.
Quick answer: Businesses can improve emergency preparedness by combining access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, emergency communication, mass notification, and emergency-location technologies.
Could Your Business Respond Quickly to an Emergency?
Ask yourself:
- Can employees quickly report an emergency?
- Can you identify where an incident is happening?
- Can security personnel access live video?
- Can you notify employees and visitors?
- Can you control access to affected areas?
- Can emergency responders receive useful location information?
Can Security Cameras Help During an Emergency?
Yes. Video surveillance can provide real-time visibility and recorded information during and after an incident.
Cameras can help monitor entrances, parking areas, restricted spaces, loading docks, and other important locations.
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Can Access Control Help During an Emergency?
Access control can help organizations manage who can enter restricted areas and control access to different parts of a facility.
Learn more about access and door entry systems.
How Can Businesses Alert Employees During an Emergency?
Emergency communication and mass notification systems can help organizations distribute important information quickly.
Depending on the system, notifications may be used for security incidents, severe weather, evacuations, or other emergencies.
See mass notification solutions.
Can Technology Help 911 Responders Find the Right Location?
Emergency-location technology can provide useful information about where an emergency call or event is occurring.
Sentry provides 911inform and RapidSOS solutions designed to support emergency response and communication.
What Security Systems Should Work Together?
- Video surveillance
- Access control
- Intrusion detection
- Emergency communication
- Mass notification
- Security monitoring
- Emergency-location technology
Integrating these technologies can give security teams more information during an incident.
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What Should Your Business Do Before an Emergency?
- Identify critical areas and entrances.
- Review emergency communication procedures.
- Check camera coverage.
- Review access-control permissions.
- Test intrusion and alarm systems.
- Review emergency notification capabilities.
- Maintain security equipment.
- Train employees on emergency procedures.
Regular maintenance and inspections can also help identify security-system problems before an emergency occurs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an emergency security system?
It can include multiple technologies designed to help detect, communicate, manage, and respond to security emergencies.
Can security cameras help during an emergency?
Yes. Cameras can provide live and recorded information about activity around a facility.
What is mass notification?
Mass notification allows an organization to communicate important emergency information to employees, visitors, or other groups.
What is 911inform?
911inform is an emergency-location and communication solution offered by Sentry Security. Businesses can learn more about the platform through Sentry’s 911inform service page.
Should security systems be integrated?
Integration can help security teams connect information from cameras, access control, alarms, and other systems during an incident.
Is Your Business Ready for a Security Emergency?
Sentry Security can evaluate your security systems and help identify ways to improve detection, communication, access control, and emergency response.
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Final Takeaway
Security planning should cover more than preventing unauthorized entry. Your organization should also be prepared to communicate and respond when an emergency happens.
Integrated security technology can help your business improve visibility, communication, access control, and emergency response.
Ready to Improve Your Emergency Security?
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