Rave Guardian App Increases Safety at Roger Williams University
Guardian App by Rave Mobile Safety Brings Added Protection to More Than 5,700 Students, Faculty and Staff
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), the trusted software partner for campus and public safety, today announced Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island has made the Rave Guardian Campus Safety App available to its more than 5,700 students, faculty and staff, in order to provide them with increased safety. Rave's Guardian App, the first and most proven technology of its kind, now protects students at more than 100 higher education institutions across the United States.
"At RWU we are committed to providing our students, faculty and staff with the tools they need to make our campus as safe as possible," said Steven Melaragno, director of public safety at Roger Williams University. "With Rave's Guardian App, we are giving our entire campus a very intuitive, powerful tool to increase their safety. Its reputation as the industry standard made partnering with Rave a very easy decision for our community."
Founded in 1956, Roger Williams University offers students 42 undergraduate degrees and is one of the only schools in the U.S. to offer a bachelor's degree in marine biology. RWU also has a highly regarded school of architecture, and the only law school in Rhode Island.
The Rave Guardian Campus Safety App, a patented application which uses Rave's public safety-grade infrastructure and technology, transforms mobile phones into personal safety devices that engages an entire campus community in safety and policing efforts. It greatly improves communication and officials' ability to respond to incidents and protect students, faculty, and staff by delivering critical information in real-time.
Rave Guardian lets users create a virtual safety network of friends, roommates, family and campus safety. Users can then set a "Safety Timer" session. Once activated, "personal guardians" in a virtual safety network can monitor a user's status updates and location, and be notified at assigned check-in times. If the timer expires, or the user initiates a panic call, Rave Guardian automatically notifies trusted safety resources on campus.
Additional features of Rave Guardian include:
- Anonymous Tips & Multi-Media Messaging: Allows Rave Guardian users to communicate anonymously via 2-way messaging with campus safety officials. Text and photo content is securely transmitted via Rave's geo-redundant public-safety grade infrastructure.
- Campus Safety Connect Button: In the event of emergency, a special "button" on a user's mobile device immediately connects to campus safety, and a rich profile of the caller and their GPS location is automatically displayed.
- Opt-in Safety Profiles for Faster Emergency Response: Student-created Safety Profiles containing details such as residence address and medical condition information are automatically presented to campus safety officials during emergency calls for faster, more precise response.
Rave Guardian is a fully hosted Software as a Service solution. Higher education institutions deploying Rave Guardian get access to a dispatcher console configurable to their specific campus operations. The secure system easily integrates into existing procedures and student information systems. It is also accompanied by 24/7 customer support.
The Rave Guardian App – branded for each institution -- is available for free download at the Apple App Store for iOS devices, including the iPhone/iPad and Google Play for devices running the Android operating system.
Rave Mobile Safety is the market leader in campus safety technology, a position punctuated by a 99 percent customer retention rate and more than 1,200 campuses protected. Rave's emergency notification and safety solutions are used by colleges and universities in nearly every U.S. state. Additional campus safety products include Rave Alert, the most reliable broadcast emergency notification solution on the market, and Rave EyeWitness, which allows students to confidentially text campus police about threats or safety issues.
"The Rave Guardian App gives students and staff a direct link to campus safety, in an intuitive manner already on the device they carry with them everyday," said Tom Axbey, chief executive officer of Rave Mobile Safety. "We are very happy to bring increased safety and protection to such a prestigious New England institution."
About Rave Mobile Safety
Rave Mobile Safety is the most trusted safety software partner, providing innovative communication software for better emergency preparedness and faster response. Used by leading education institutes, enterprises and state and local public safety agencies, the award-winning portfolio of Rave Alert, Rave Guardian, Eyewitness, Rave Panic Button, Smart911 and SmartPrepare protects millions of individuals. Rave Mobile Safety is headquartered in Framingham, MA. For more information, please visit http://www.ravemobilesafety.com.
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Public Relations for Rave Mobile Safety
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