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Birmingham City University choose Callmy Alert

Birmingham City University Implements Callmy Alert Mass Notification Service, Elevating Campus Safety

Birmingham, UK – October 5, 2024 – Birmingham City University (BCU) is pleased to announce they are implementating the Callmy Alert Mass Notification service, enhancing the safety and communication infrastructure across its campuses and paving the way for compliance with the new “Martyn’s Law” legislation.

This strategic decision was made after a thorough completive analysis was made with similar products used in the sector. Callmy Alert being selected as the most favourable solution both operationally and commercially, offering a superior emergency management and communication solution for students, staff, and visitors.

The Callmy Alert system is renowned for its robust, reliable, and user-friendly mass notification capabilities, with features that also support personal safety and lone working security. It ensures that critical information is disseminated swiftly and effectively during emergencies, such as security incidents, severe weather conditions, or other urgent situations.

The implementation aligns with BCU’s ongoing commitment to providing a safe and secure learning environment, leveraging cutting-edge

Martyn’s Law Webinar

We are pleased to be supporting an IFSEC webinar on the new “Martyn’s Law Protect Duty” with our our partner Peoplesafe.

With the recently published Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, also known as Martyn’s Law, the government have finally started to outline what is expected of Publicly Accessible Locations (PALs). Organising a response and communicating clearly was one of the key issues outlined in the enquiry and is now part of the draft bill.

Communicating across an organisation to ensure the command teams are mobilised quickly and effectively is a vital part to reacting well to a crisis, as is getting the right type of communication to every level of your organisation. With clearer outlines in this draft bill on what is expected by PALs, it is now something that will come more into focus for all those affected by this forthcoming legislation.

When you attend this webinar, you will learn:

The key expectations from the draft bill
What the bill expects from PALs with regard to communication
How to mobilise and communicate to different response levels across an organisation
How to ensure all communications are clear and consistent
Ways to audit communications
Best practice from a real-life case study

Please use this link to register: https://www.ifsecglobal.com/resources-1/webinar-preparing-for-the-terrorism-protection-of-premises-bill-the-role-of-critical-communications/

If you are unable to attend but would like to discuss this subject further, please click here.