Assure parents their children are safe

OnCall EmergencyContact (OCEC) can notify school staff, parents, and students in a moments notice. Be prepared in the event of an emergency by keeping people informed and reducing panic. OCEC can call 1000 parents within the first 10 minutes.

Some of our competitors use SMS for emergency notifications - we don't. Unlike phone calls, SMS is a "best effort" service. Once a message is released onto the mobile network there is no telling if it has been successfully delivered. OCEC has the capability to determine with near perfect probability that a human received the message. SMS as a delivery technology is also known to crash in heavy load situations. One well-known example of this occurs almost yearly shortly after midnight on New Years day.

OCEC is an extremely cost effective solution. You will never appreciate its value until the day you need it.

Be sure the notice made it home

FirstContact has been successfully used by a number of schools to contact parents about issues concerning their children.

Here are some examples of how OnCall can assist education institutions.

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A survey gauging the interest of parent to attend focus groups in their local area.

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An example of an emergency notification from a school to parents.

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A school advising parents of sporting cancellations due to wet weather.

Whether it's a survey about a new subject, notifying parents about upcoming parent-teacher interviews or just a general notification about pupil free days, OCFC is fast, flexible and cost effective. Be 100% sure the notice made it home and wasn't left in the bottom of the school bag.

Schools can use FirstContact to:

• Send emergency class cancellation messages to parents and students.
• Announce upcoming teacher/parent interview dates.
• Notify parents of absences.
• Create parent polls to receive feedback on school performance.
• Remind students of upcoming workshops, activities or due dates.
• Wet weather cancellation notifications
• Other information dissemination

Schools can manage multiple campaigns and statistics. FirstContact allows your school or organization to create and run multiple campaigns simultaneously. The interface is very intuitive and makes it easy to see your active campaigns and view detailed statistics.