Education

Two-way radios for schools, colleges, universities

Parents want to know they are sending their students to a safe and secure learning environment. Two-way radios (walkie-talkies) are invaluable resources for educational institutions in order to enhance communication and thus improve health and safety and security.

According to Motorola Solutions’ 2013 Nationwide Education Study, two-way radios (walkie-talkies) are relied upon by:

• 70 percent of principals
• 65 percent of maintenance staff
• 64 percent of bus drivers
• 58 percent of security staff
• 22 percent of teachers
• 17 percent of coaches

Why would schools/colleges/universities require two-way radios?

• Health & safety, e.g. of students, staff, and visitors
• Access control, e.g. visitors and deliveries
• On-site security, e.g. of students, staff, visitors, assets, and buildings
• On-site paging, e.g. staff call
• Asset management, e.g. equipment and buildings and
• Emergency communications, e.g. fire evacuation marshalling

Typical school / college / university requirements with two-way radios
School/college/university staff may require specialised features for their two-way radios and any other additional equipment:

• Inter-site communications, e.g. between similar users in adjacent sites
• Security issue notifications, e.g. ad-hoc demonstration alerts and
• Wide-area paging, e.g. staff call
• Automatic notifications, e.g. fire alarm and intruder alarm activations
• Have noise cancelling abilities e.g. in loud environments such as when the fire alarm goes off
• Have caller ID and panic/emergency call functions
• GPS Tracking e.g. for use on school trips