Emergency Notification Service – 609.071

Questar III’s Health, Safety and Risk Management Services Emergency Notification Service enables school districts to enhance their communications with parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, Board of Education members and other key populations.

 

Contact Information

Name: Craig Hansen
Address: Questar III Health, Safety and Risk Management Services, 10 Empire State Boulevard, Castleton NY 12033
Phone: 518.479-6974
Fax: 518.477-9833
Email: chansen@questar.org

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Product Description

Questar III’s Health, Safety and Risk Management Services Emergency Notification Service enables school districts to enhance their communications with parents, students, teachers, staff, administrators, Board of Education members and other key populations. The Emergency Notification Service is a communication service available to districts using both telephone and email. The service allows for 60,000 calls per hour and instantaneous email release. Districts may use this comprehensive, cost – effective Emergency Notification Service for a variety of communications, including notice of:

  • school emergencies;
  • school absences;
  • school, building or event closings;
  • meeting cancellations or postponements;
  • school trips;
  • bus route changes or delays;
  • exam test dates;
  • surveys; ;
  • budget votes and,
  • unreturned books or equipment.

 

Cost Methodology
The Emergency Notification Service offers four service options: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and Unlimited. Tier 1 is 1 minute of calling per student per year. The average call is 30 seconds. This means that in the case of an emergency your district would be able to make two phone calls for each student. Unlimited calling is an unlimited number of calls and minutes for each student. All service levels include email notification as well. Service Only Pricing:

Bundled
Messages
Initial (One – time)
Annual Account
*Annual
Tier One 1 Min Plan (e.g. 2×30 – second messages per student) Per district Per school Per district Per school Per student
$0 $0 $400 $0 $.30
Tier Two 2 Min Plan (e.g. 4×30 – second messages per student) Per district Per school Per district Per school Per student
$0 $0 $400 $0 $0.50
Tier Three 5 Min Plan (e.g. 10×30 – second messages per student) Per district Per school Per district Per school Per student
$0 $0 $400 $0 $1.25
Unlimited Unlimitedmessages Per district Per school Per district Per school Per student
$0 $0 $400 $0 $2.30

To find out how much this service would cost your district, please go to the FSR Web site and fill in the data for your district or contact Health and Safety. *NEW for 2011-12, all set up fees and annual school building fees have been waived. The new overage rate has been reduced to $0.40 per minute.

Additional Information

How To Add This Service
Cost Methodology

See Description

Additional Services
Participating District(s)

Averill Park, Berlin, Brunswick, Chatham, Coxsackie-Athens, East Greenbush, Hoosic Valley, Hoosick Falls, Lansingburgh, New Lebanon, Schodack, Troy, Wynantskill

Type of Aid