Overview - AtHoc's Network-Centric Mass Notification & Emergency Communication Solutions

When an emergency occurs, rapid access to information is critical. It can sometimes mean the difference between life and death. AtHoc is a recognized leader in providing enterprise-class, network-centric mass notification and emergency communication systems to organizations across a variety of industry sectors for physical security, force protection and personnel accountability. Millions of end users worldwide, in leading organizations rely on AtHoc's unified management systems for their emergency alerting and critical communication needs. Our sector-specific solutions include:

Defense & Military

AtHoc’s proven network-centric mass notification and emergency communication systems provide for force protection and personnel accountability whether for tenant units, bases, installations or entire commands. Compliant with DoD and federal regulations, our commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions are used to protect over 1.5 million DoD personnel including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and U.S. STRATCOM. Learn how the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) uses AtHoc IWSAlerts to create a command-wide, network-centric emergency management system (EMS).

Government Agencies

Government agencies employ millions of people across thousands of agencies and departments around the country. Protecting these government employees and their facilities and warning them in times of emergency is of paramount importance. Learn how government agencies like the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office use AtHoc’s federally-compliant solutions to quickly alert personnel during emergencies to ensure the safety of their people and property.

Commercial Organizations

Private sector enterprises can rapidly notify thousands of employees in numerous geographically dispersed buildings and facilities in times of emergency and provide relevant information using AtHoc’s highly scalable and reliable notification solution. AtHoc IWSAlerts ensures employees are kept safe, while meeting corporate disaster recovery and continuity planning requirements. Commercial organizations can also leverage AtHoc’s solution to provide employees with timely critical information alerts. See how one global professional services customer uses AtHoc’s notification solutions to ensure relevant corporate information for its employees.

Higher Education

Protect the nation’s higher education campuses in times of crisis by rapidly and effectively alerting thousands of students, their families, faculty, executives, and security managers. Learn why organizations like the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) use our network-centric solution, AtHoc IWSAlerts, as their standard emergency mass notification system.

Healthcare

Healthcare facilities face a unique variety of emergencies such as mass casualty accidents, pandemics such as the swine flu (H1N1), antibiotic-resistant bacteria outbreaks, HAZMAT spills, and other health and safety incidents. Because most people in a hospital cannot be easily mobilized in response to a threat, early warning is critical in the effort of enabling facilities to effectively respond to emergency situations. Find out how Lyster Army Health Clinic uses AtHoc IWSAlerts as their standard emergency mass notification system.

Fire and Life Safety

AtHoc IWSAlerts integrates with legacy fire safety systems to enable a modern, third-generation, bi-directional solution designed to activate alerts from any network-connected PC and reach multiple channels and devices, enabling a faster, more effective and pervasive response over traditional methods. By working in concert with existing systems, AtHoc delivers tailored solutions that meet the physical security, property protection and personnel accountability needs of any large, distributed organization such as the military, universities, hospitals, federal or government offices. AtHoc’s solutions are compliant with Fire and Life Safety building codes (NFPA 2010, DoD UFC). See industry article on how innovative mass notification technology facilitates fire threat protection.

Regulatory Compliance, Standards & Certifications

Many markets and industries are governed by numerous regulations, laws, instructions or orders. As such, many customers who are implementing mass emergency notification systems are also required to comply with these regulations. Specifically, within the U.S. Department of Defense, additional certification is commonly required to show compliance with internal security standards. Learn more about the regulations and standards our solutions support including those for the Department of Defense and Government Agencies as well as the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).