Omnigo Community, Campus Safety Awareness App, Provides Easy and Anonymous Way for Students and Faculty to Communicate with Campus Safety Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tulsa, OK, MAY 3, 2018 - The Mid-America Region of HUB International, a leading North American insurance brokerage, today announced it has partnered with Omnigo Software, a top provider of public safety, incident and security management solutions for law enforcement, education, healthcare and other enterprise markets, to offer the Omnigo Community campus safety awareness mobile app to all K-12 schools and higher education institutions in Oklahoma free of charge for the remainder of 2018. This offering will extend into the first half of 2019, for all K-12 schools, both public and private. Click HERE to view the Omnigo Community Product Sheet.
“I am proud to partner with Omnigo Software to deliver Omnigo Community to school campuses across Oklahoma,” said Travis Biggert, Chief Sales Officer of HUB International Mid-America. “This app will be a vital tool for school, college and university officials to help educate and protect students, faculty and staff on their campuses, helping to promote healthier and safer environments across the state.”
As a leading provider for risk management services, HUB International partners with companies to reduce their risk profile and make their organization more resilient. With experts in over 100 industries, HUB’s team has the proven knowledge and experience to identify risks and to implement controls that reduce a business owners’ exposure to loss. HUB's Risk Services Division is committed to Omnigo Community as an easy-to-use campus safety awareness app that gives students and faculty a simple, anonymous and efficient way to communicate with their campus safety departments. The app provides users a way to quickly report on active shooter situations, suspicious activity, violence, harassment, mental health, property damage or theft, and substance abuse on campus.
“Omnigo and HUB International have a mutual vested interest in the critical issue of school safety,” said Bobby Robertson, CEO of Omnigo Software. “We’re thrilled to help give school and university campuses in Oklahoma the tools they need to adequately protect their students, faculty and communities today and into the future. We look forward to continuing our mission of securing the safest possible environment on school campuses.”
Using its mass notification feature, app users with proper permissions are able to send Mass Alerts to alert a group of users in a custom geo-fence area. The app also gives users the ability to allow anonymous communication, send photos and videos, easily access safety policies and documents and begin case reports from Omnigo Community. These features, combined with GPS location transmission and custom branding, demonstrate Omnigo Community’s comprehensive approach to keeping schools and communities safe through an open line of communication with relevant public safety officials.
The Omnigo Community app is available now for K-12 schools and higher education institutions in Oklahoma. To learn more about implementing Omnigo Community at your school, please email jerry.wilkins@omnigo.com or HUB Risk Services Consultant bernardo.estradajr@hubinternational.com.