Rave Panic Button Guide

In all of the states that have launched a statewide Alyssa’s Law, Rave Panic Buttons have been qualified and compliant with local requirements. Please refer to individual grant guidelines for other Alyssa’s Law and related grant funding and programming.

Rave continuously invests in technology partnerships that expand interoperability and enhance our platform’s capabilities. Systems may include digital signage, sirens, lights, vehicles, access control, mass notification systems, cameras, or messaging channels which can be integrated as emergencies are unfolding. Rave Panic Button is natively integrated with the Mutualink Response and Preparedness Platform.

Unique to Rave is our ability to integrate landline calls into the emergency notification and response process. Leveraging an optional integration with the 9-1-1 system, the Rave Panic Button solution can alert school officials when 9-1-1 calls are placed from classrooms and offices providing early actionable information not available with other Panic Button systems. Rave Panic Button can also share additional information with 9-1-1 such as floor plans and emergency response plans.

The Staff Assist feature of Rave Panic Button allows schools or other organizations to template internal communications for situations that don’t require an outside public safety response. Some of the more common templates that are in use across our customer base are for a: Disturbance, Facility Issue, Medical Assist, Missing Child, Severe Weather or Suspicious Activity.

Yes. Geofencing and User Contact Data is done on a per-Campus basis. This allows districts with multiple schools to manage user contact data per school. Users that have responsibilities on more than one Campus can simply be provisioned for each campus.

Rave customers can have custom branded apps using our AppArmor solution. It allows their stakeholders to report everything from suspicious activity, mental health concerns, to active threats directly to the appropriate authorities. These apps are always white labeled to the customer and provide an important tool in preventing serious crises.

Providing authorized users with access to the Rave Panic button is an excellent first step toward safety. However, in order to achieve the most effective use of the system, the mechanisms need to be in place for 9-1-1 call responders to view details of the facility. To maximize safety, authorized users need to understand the procedures to follow during an emergency or non-emergency incident.

School officials can upload the relevant information via the web-based Rave Panic Button dashboard – which also serves as a useful incident management tool during an emergency. However, to better prepare onsite security and medical personnel for an emergency or non-emergency incident, school officials need to compile an emergency button activation plan. The plan should include school safety drills in which authorized users and 9-1-1 call dispatchers get practical experience of using the system under trial conditions. These drills can be life-saving, as they prepare members of your organization for unpredictable emergencies.

As different facilities have different designs, it can be advantageous to see the system in action before compiling an emergency button activation plan. In this respect, we invite school officials to contact us and arrange a free demonstration of the Rave Panic Button in order to better understand its capabilities. The demonstration will also provide an opportunity for onsite security and medical personnel to ask questions about how the Rave Panic Button works in specific circumstances. More than 10,000 schools and organizations across the U.S. trust the Rave Panic Button to enhance collaboration with 9-1-1, first responders and authorized personnel for emergency planning and panic button drills.