New Push 5 Technology Improves Security for Students and Campuses



Being vulnerable to random acts of violence is a price we pay for living in a free and open society. While it may never be possible to eliminate these tragic events, it is possible to improve urgent communications, potentially reducing loss of life and speeding rescue efforts.

The Push 5 Urgent Alert System is a new technology for individuals of all ages that broadcasts an alert message to multiple cell, work, and home phones, to text messages and to e-mail. Then it connects all the phones in an immediate conference call to coordinate providing help quickly.

The Professional version of Push 5 is designed as a Hostile Intruder Alert System for schools and organizations. This technology will allow a school to quickly confer with essential personnel whether at their desk, in their car, or at home, and then immediately alert a larger group of people via text messages.

On March 27, 2007, police informed the John F. Kennedy School of Modesto, California, a fugitive was in the vicinity. The Push 5 system proved invaluable in the school's first ever lockdown. Administrators who were off campus received the Push 5 alert and knew what was happening. One class couldn't hear the P.A. announcements, but the teacher received the alert on her cell phone from Push 5 and took immediate action. Principal Ken Daniel states, "Using Push 5, I was able to instantly alert staff and teachers. A lockdown can be a frightening and confusing situation-but with Push 5, everything went smoothly. Push 5 worked perfectly for us."

"Every school and university should have the Push 5 Hostile Intruder Alert System," says Robert Rodriguez, Chairman of the company's Advisory Committee and a former U.S. Secret Service Agent who protected Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton.

Push 5 Standard is designed for individuals with up to 12 contacts, costs only $24 per year and is easy to setup via the Internet. "If your child has a cell phone, you should get them Push 5 protection. It could be used to bring help fast or be a method for them to quickly communicate to everyone that they're unharmed in the event of a crisis," says Nancy Hightshoe, a former police detective and now an internationally-respected safety seminar presenter and consultant.

Here's how Push 5 works. Sign up is simple via the Internet with nothing to download or install. You can quickly import or enter your contacts on-line. Simply enter the Push 5 Urgent Alert phone number in your cell phone address book as speed dial 5 to get one-touch protection. Then call, record your name just like on voicemail and you're set up. On each call to Push 5, the system will ask you where you are and what's wrong, then broadcast that information to your contacts. If you can't speak, Push 5 acts as a silent alarm and sends a standard message that you need immediate help. If you can talk, you're placed into a conference call with all of your contacts to coordinate actions and bring help fast. Though most people may never need to use the Push 5 system, it could prove invaluable if they do.

To register go to www.push5.com. For more information on the Push 5 Hostile Intruder Alert System for your school or company, e-mail info@push5.com. Push 5 is a service of Boma Systems, Incorporated, a company dedicated to using technology to improve safety through better communication.





New Push 5 Technology Improves Security for Students and Campuses