Higher Education

One campus. Every building covered.

XGen Connected Response gives faculty, staff, and campus security a silent way to call for help from any lecture hall, lab, residence hall, or open space, triggers a coordinated response across a building or the whole campus, and connects straight to 911 with the verified location. The same platform runs your everyday paging and campus communication.

Buildings, dorms, and grounds Verified building location to 911 Scalable and grant-friendly Campus-wide coverage Direct to 911
Campus-wide panic buttons and lockdown covering university buildings, dorms, and grounds

Silent from anywhere

Staff and security summon help without escalating the moment, from any corner of campus.

Multi-press SOS

The emergency trigger takes several deliberate presses, which helps prevent false alarms.

Building or campus-wide

Alerts and lockdown reach one building or the entire campus, tuned to your protocols.

Verified location to 911

Dispatch gets the registered building and area, not just a device's GPS guess.

Why it matters

A campus is many buildings, and one shared responsibility.

Lecture halls, residence halls, labs, athletics, and wide-open grounds each carry their own risk. XGen Connected Response puts a silent call for help within reach everywhere, turns a silent activation into a coordinated response, and helps your team account for who is safe, across a campus that keeps growing.

Every building

A call for help within reach across the whole campus

Dorms to grounds

Coverage indoors and across open spaces

911

Direct routing with your building's verified location

Scalable

Start with one building and grow campus-wide

Alert and respond

Silent activation. A coordinated campus response.

From a wearable staff button or a fixed button at a desk to building-wide or campus-wide alerts, with a direct line to 911 and the exact location.

Wearable staff button

  • Compact lanyard device with an ID holder
  • Side button for everyday alerts
  • Multi-press emergency button for lockdown and 911
  • Easy for faculty and security to carry

Fixed desk and wall buttons

  • Discreet activation at front desks and offices
  • Silent alert with a built-in microphone
  • Quick-press or long-press options
  • Ideal for reception, labs, and libraries

Trigger from anywhere

  • App panic menu on any device
  • Keyboard shortcuts and phone hot keys
  • Common-area and entry buttons
  • Silent activation, no need to speak

Building or campus lockdown

  • Audible and visual alerts in every zone
  • Automated emergency page
  • Target one building or the whole campus
  • Tailored to your safety protocols

Direct 911 connection

  • Straight to local dispatch in seconds
  • Your building's verified location
  • Emergency context for responders
  • Faster than a traditional 911 call

Find the exact room

  • Beacons pinpoint where the alert came from
  • Shown on a live responder map
  • Down to the building and room
  • Guides help to the right door

Real-time staff coordination

  • Instant push and text notifications
  • Shows who pressed and where
  • Live group chat to coordinate
  • Shared situational awareness

Visual alerts for everyone

  • On-screen messages and strobes
  • Reaches hearing-impaired staff and students
  • Turns displays red on an alert
  • Clear direction in every space
Accountability

Know who is safe, and who is on campus.

When something happens, leadership needs answers fast: is everyone accounted for, and who is in the building. XGen Connected Response brings real-time roll call and visitor management into the same platform as the alert, so accountability starts on the first second and carries through the whole event.

Real-time roll call

Staff confirm they are safe from any device, so leadership sees who is accounted for and where attention is needed.

Visitor management

Log, screen, and badge visitors at building entrances, with sign in and out and instant background screening.

Built into the alert

When an alert fires, staff get a prompt to confirm they are safe or request help, tied to the live incident map.

The campus system

One system for every building on campus.

The alert rides on a full communications system that also runs the day: bell schedules, announcements, intercom, and entry. It is compatible with most existing systems, so you can start where you need to and upgrade over time.

Intercom and paging

  • Campus, building, and room
  • One-way paging and two-way intercom
  • All-call or a single zone

Bell schedules and clocks

  • Automated schedules across buildings
  • Synchronized clocks
  • Time, date, and weather displays

Lecture hall endpoints

  • Two-way endpoints in halls and classrooms
  • Connect to the front office instantly
  • Call button and visual alerts

Front-office admin console

  • Make announcements in seconds
  • Start alerts and pages
  • Manage the system from one place

Zoned speakers and horns

  • Halls, common areas, and auditoriums
  • Drop-ceiling, cut-in, and wall-mounted
  • Exterior horns for quads and grounds

Video doorbells and entry

  • See and speak to visitors before buzzing in
  • Standard and video doorbells
  • Control access at every entrance
How it works

Press. Alert. Respond. Account.

A clear, practiced chain that turns a silent alert into a coordinated, campus-wide response.

1

Press

A staff member presses a wearable or fixed button, or uses the app. The emergency trigger takes several deliberate presses so it is never set off by accident.

2

Alert

Building-wide or campus-wide audio and visual alerts fire, an automated page goes out, and 911 is reached with your verified location.

3

Respond

Beacons place the alert on a live responder map, and staff coordinate in real time over push, text, and group chat.

4

Account

Roll call shows who is safe and who needs help, so leadership and responders always know the full picture.

Built for campuses

Designed to fund, adopt, and grow.

Modular and scalable, so you can start with one building and grow across the campus, and eligible for many safety grants. We help you find the funding to make it happen.

Tailored technology

Customizable to maximize communication and coverage across every building and open space.

Optimized operations

Reliable, cost-effective communication that keeps the campus running day to day.

Reliable and durable

Trusted, robust hardware built to work on the worst day, not just the average one.

Protect students and staff

One-click alerting that reaches the campus and first responders in seconds.

Mandates and compliance

Where the rules stand for higher education.

The summary below is current to mid-2026 and provided for general information only, not legal advice.

No panic-button mandate specific to colleges

The Alyssa's Law panic-alert statutes enacted across the country apply to K-12 public schools, not to higher education.

Federal Clery Act

Colleges receiving federal aid must issue timely warnings and emergency notifications and maintain response procedures. This is a mass-notification duty, not a panic-button mandate.

A proactive standard

Many universities adopt silent panic and lockdown systems voluntarily, to protect their communities and align with the direction of state school-safety law.

Get started

See it protect your campus in 15 minutes.

We'll walk through the panic buttons, building and campus-wide lockdown, and direct 911, then show real-time roll call and visitor management, mapped to your campus.