SMC extends monitoring services with CriticalArc’s SafeZone technology
A first-of-its-kind partnership between CriticalArc and Security Monitoring Centres (SMC) will give systems integrators and their customers powerful new options for staff protection, communications, engagement and wellbeing. The two companies have confirmed an agreement which sees SMC extending its 24/7/365 SIA-NSI accredited monitoring services with the addition of CriticalArc’s advanced SafeZone capabilities. SafeZone makes it […]
NHS trust boosts safety and efficiency benefits with SafeZone and Chubb solution
The roll-out of CriticalArc, supported by Chubb’s 24/7 specialist monitoring for lone worker protection, communications and resource management, holds promise of significant efficiency gains. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) has become the first UK health service provider to adopt CriticalArc’s SafeZone technology for lone worker protection, staff safety, mass and targeted communications and […]
CriticalArc marks ten years of industry transformation
Ten years ago, CriticalArc launched SafeZone, a solution that is now established as a safety, security and emergency management solution. The company’s Co-Founders, Glenn Farrant and Jahmai Lay, formed CriticalArc with a vision to revolutionise safety and security and over the last decade the company has fulfilled that vision with unique capabilities available exclusively through SafeZone. […]
Trinity College Dublin enhances student and staff safety with SafeZone from CriticalArc
Trinity College Dublin is enhancing safety and support for staff and students by implementing SafeZone technology from CriticalArc. Through this implementation, the university aims to deliver more rapid response to calls for assistance across all campus facilities and to better assist students and staff working remotely, including those on placement overseas. When individuals call for […]
Call for 2021 focus on student wellbeing, safety and security
Last year was a tough year in the higher education sector and looking ahead to 2021 Mike Neate, board advisor for ProtectED and Chair of the Police Association of Higher Education Liaison Officers (PAHELO), says he wants to renew focus on student safety and wellbeing. “If you don’t move forward, you lose momentum,” he says. […]
Exclusive: Higher education – Saved by security?
Universities with the best reputations for student safety may have an important advantage when it comes to attracting international students. The clock is ticking and university leaders are looking nervously ahead to the autumn. With the next academic year accelerating towards them, many are wondering what on earth is going to happen. For higher education […]