New Canaan-based DefenCall Inc. recently was selected as a “2013 Tech Company to Watch” by the Connecticut Technology Council for its cutting-edge StaySafe Smartphone Panic Button app solutions and will be featured at the Connecticut Innovation Summit, Nov. 7, at the Toyota Presents Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
Selected summit companies were culled from a broader base of hundreds of startups and emerging tech companies.
“DefenCall is dramatically improving the response to emergencies at schools, colleges and hospitals by empowering people to more effectively ”˜call for help” and providing greatly enhanced situational awareness to first responders and administrators,” said James C. Ackerly, CEO of DefenCall.
DefenCall”™s apps increase the safety of students, employees and others. The company”™s StaySafe line of Smartphone apps enables “panic button” alerting to 911, supported by simultaneous text message and email alerts to first responders and administrators. These alerts include enhanced caller information including name and GPS location that can be viewed on a map from the Internet or on a Smartphone.
StaySafe apps also provide emergency information with specific procedures to follow in a variety of serious situations. This information is customized to include the organization”™s own emergency protocols. Examples of “what to do in an emergency” information include active shooter protection, tornado procedures, power outages and protocols for other serious incidents.
More information on Campus StaySafe, K-12 StaySafe and Healtcare StaySafe can be found at www.defencall.com.
The Connecticut Technology Council is a statewide association of technology-oriented companies and institutions.
