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Article: SpectraRep Issues White Paper on Campus Crisis Communications
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- Professional Safety
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- September 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCopyright American Society of Safety Engineers Sep 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Two firms that provide services for broadcasting emergency alerts-SpectraRep and SquareLooprecently released a white paper, "Crisis Communications: A Holistic Approach for Higher Education." The paper explains how a holistic approach to campus emergency communications involves entire, integrated systems using diverse communications channels rather than isolated parts to reach as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.
According to the paper, recent incidents have caused evaluation of the alerting needs of schools and universities throughout the country. In fact, Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently conducted a study to assess the status of school districts' emergency ...