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Boosting Emergency Drill Efficiency with Location Technology
December 16, 2024
Location intelligence supports more effective and realistic emergency drill training, ultimately enhancing the readiness and resilience of responders, and your staff and students in the face of emergencies.
Some of the ways it does this are by helping with:
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Building on preparedness, familiarization, and reducing panic: It also stress tests the procedures, routes and equipment to guarantee their effectiveness, and allows for the identification of area for improvement.
- Route optimization: better location data helps in identifying the fastest routes for evacuation, or for responders to reach an incident site, speeding up and effectiveness and timing of the response.
- Risk identification and mitigation: With hazard or vulnerability mapping, potential hazards, such as chemical storage rooms, areas with high foot traffic or limited access points can be considered when adapting training that addresses these weaknesses.
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Liability reduction: Finally drills are a legal necessity, with laws frequently mandating that businesses, schools, and other institutions hold regular emergency practices
But the accuracy, quality and reliability of that location intelligence matters. Estimated GPS, crowd-sourced Wi-Fi, Z-axis HAE, or Bluetooth are used in most cases either inaccurate or unreliable for indoor locations, or require expensive deployment and maintenance, with infrastructure changes.
The ATLS Location Service is different.
Designed to seamlessly integrate into any existing crisis communication, safety app, or incident management software, ATLS replaces and upgrades current location intelligence being used. ATLS delivers world-leading accurate and precise location intelligence that can be displayed in real-time on an indoor floorplan.
ATLS leverages multiple location technologies alongside it’s own patented methodology for cutting-edge location intelligence and situational awareness. It requires NO additional infrastructure upgrades, complicated deployment processes, staff training or maintenance fees.