Raptor Technologies and Carousel Digital Signage partner to scale school safety

Carousel Digital Signage has strengthened its commitment to K-12 campus safety through a new partnership with Raptor Technologies. This collaboration integrates Raptor Alert with Carousel Cloud, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of safety information and critical messages over digital signage networks.

Raptor Alert expedites and streamlines emergency response by allowing school staff to initiate an emergency response alert and provide critical information to first responders, law enforcement, and campus personnel. Built-in communication tools allow administrators and first responders to coordinate effectively throughout an emergency. By sharing real-time updates and critical information, schools can execute more efficient and timely responses.

Operating on the same IT network, Carousel Cloud instantly identifies Raptor Alert activations and disseminates alerts to displays, mobile devices, and other connected endpoints. This seamless integration ensures that critical information is delivered to the right people in real time, enabling schools and first responders to swiftly and efficiently handle both minor and major incidents.

"Our partnership with Carousel Digital Signage enhances our shared mission to protect K-12 students and staff through integrated, reliable safety solutions," said Chris Noell, Chief Product Officer, Raptor Technologies. "By leveraging real-time digital signage, schools gain an immediate communication pathway that keeps everyone informed and responsive in critical moments. This collaboration ensures schools are better prepared to swiftly coordinate response efforts and make every second count in an emergency."

The technology partnership also represents a continuation of Carousel Digital Signage’s strategy to provide specialized tools and services that address the unique needs of the K-12 vertical. Carousel Digital Signage last year launched a social and emotional learning (SEL) initiative to provide school leaders with the content and guidance to communicate processes and procedures through digital signage. That initiative provides K12 schools with a free collection of pre-designed SEL templates or digital signage content and a booklet that educates districts on how to share the right digital signage content across all age groups.

“Our new relationship with Raptor Technologies represents the next step in our efforts to keep students and faculty informed, safe, and resilient across all grade levels,” said Eric Henry, President, Carousel Digital Signage. “Carousel Cloud’s open IT platform invites clean interoperability and efficient workflows with innovative companies such as Raptor, which shares our philosophy and our ambition to make schools a safer place to learn.”

Carousel Digital Signage will join other exhibitors at the 2024 Raptor SchoolSAFE Conference on November 5-6, taking place at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Texas. Company representatives will share specifics about the collaboration and its benefits to K-12 schools at Booth 34.