There is an increasing number of armed intruder emergency panic button apps for active shooter and crisis notifications available, which is great, but no other company on the market has over 68,000 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers who will get immediate notification and be able to respond instantaneously.
With the touch of a mobile phone screen, Guard911 apps instantly notify all law enforcement officers in the immediate area, notify 911, notify everyone at the emergency location, and notify other Guard911 protected schools, religious buildings or businesses nearby. Our Hero911 app is the only federally approved app of its kind on the market.
With Hero911, an on or off duty officer may be right around the corner where they can be on scene in an instant to take control of the emergency and save lives.
Off-duty officers saved lives in November 2019 at the Santa Clarita, California, school shooting. As hundreds of kids ran for safety, they rushed in to help. They secured the premises, found the shooter (who had shot himself and 5 others in 16 seconds), made sure there were no other shooters, and triaged injured students until medical help could arrive.
Why Hero911 is Critical to Saving Lives
Most shooting incidents are usually over in 5-6 minutes. The average time for a traumatized person to comprehend danger and have the ability to call 911 is called “tactical time,” which is typically 5-7 minutes. Factor in another 4 to 11 minutes for 911 calls to be processed (notification time) and another 4-18 minutes for first responders to arrive (response time). In the meantime, the shooter is taking lives.
– Tactical Time: the time it takes a victim or witness to realize what is happening and call 911 – 5-7 minutes.
– Notification Time: the time it takes a 911 call to be processed and first responders dispatched – 4-11 minutes.
– Response Time: the time it takes for a first responder to be on the scene and act – 4-18 minutes
With the touch of Guard911’s panic button via our mobile apps, the tactical, notification, and response times are significantly reduced, thus saving lives. A law enforcement officer with the Hero911 app can often be on scene and take control of the situation faster than a law enforcement officer that is dispatched through 911. No other panic button app has this life-saving, immediate notification feature.
We have all learned from Columbine that law enforcement officers no longer set up perimeters during active-killer emergencies but rather the first one or two LEOs who arrive on scene rush towards the sound of gunfire.
“Utilizing Guard911 for our rural community hospital has not only offered us a peace of mind but has also been an instrumental part of our active shooter preparations by reducing the response times of our law enforcement agencies. ‘When seconds save lives’ for our local law enforcement means we’ll be there in under two minutes.” — Brady Ring, EMS Director, Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, CO.
The First Step to Stop a Killer – Minimize Notification Time
We can’t stop a person’s intent to harm, but we can be fast when it comes to stopping a killer and minimizing the loss of lives. We all have our cellphones within quick reach and we’re hard-wired to use them immediately when anything good or bad happens. This is a huge benefit to reducing tactical time, and therefore Notification Time – grabbing your cellphone is automatic.
As soon as there is a perceived danger, you simply hit the Guard911 emergency panic button on your screen, and officers from our expansive Hero911 network who are in the immediate vicinity are alerted within seconds! It’s as simple as that. No thinking, no dialing, no explaining – just know that help is on the way.
When waiting on law enforcement to respond to a 911 call and handle a crisis, research shows the average casualty count is 14, but when police are notified right away, casualties average 2.5.
Roughly 1 Shooting Every 15 Days in 2019
In America in 2019, there were 127 people killed in 22 mass shootings. In a decade, mass shootings have taken the lives of 1,280+ children, women, and men while at school, work, church, and in public places. We are now averaging 1 mass shooting and/or killing about every 2 weeks, according to Christopher Combs, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in San Antonio, Texas. The only true defense against an active shooter is faster tactical, notification, and response times.
Help Available 24/7 with Hero911
The only true defense against an active shooter or someone with the intent to kill is a faster notification, and thus response time. That’s where Guard911 and Hero911 work for you, your school, and your business. You can count on us as we constantly continue to update, and fine-tune our technology, so you’re never left without help when you need it.
Contact us today to find out how to get Guard911 active in your community. If you are a law enforcement officer, please help save lives by downloading the free Hero911 app.
