7 Benefits of School Panic Buttons in Athens
LockNow Safety provides schools near Athens with real-time active threat alerts and expert-led training to build effective school safety protocols. By streamlining emergency emergency alerts, we enable school safety teams to act swiftly during active shooter incidents. Immediate alerts mean faster decisions — and The LockNow Safety App delivers that speed when it matters most. Our mobile-friendly application provides panic buttons to staff throughout your campus.
Active Shooter Response
Across the Athens area, LockNow Safety equips schools with tools for immediate crisis or intruder response.Our panic button technology enables any educator or staff member to alert the entire school within seconds of identifying a threat. Designed with insights from safety professionals and educators, the LockNow Safety App helps prevent the breakdowns in communication that contributed to incidents in Parkland, Florida and Uvalde, Texas. In emergencies, speed and shared awareness save lives.
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Active Shooter Alert Details
<img src=https://locknowapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Alert-Details.jpgThe LockNow Safety App ensures that when an active threat alert is sent, users receive both an audible alarm and a detailed notification. The alert identifies the threat’s location, enabling fast, informed decisions by school personnel. The app enables any staff you select to activate the active shooter alert the instant a threat is observed, drastically improving response time. The simplistic design is created for stressful situations when user capabilites are compromized. Built-in communication tools allow staff to report intruder movement, missing students, and secure areas in real time. This system delivers location-specific alerts without relying on GPS, customized to your facility’s structure to enhance safety and coordination.
Preparation and Communication for an Intruder Event
- Immediate alerts to your campus or campuses.
- Active threat alerts or text alerts to your staff.
- Location of the active threat provided with alert for immediate situational awareness and the safest decisions.
- Simple communication for your entire staff to share critical information during an attack.
- The ability to activate drills with the app so your practice communication matches a real crisis.
- Include cooperating authorities, police and first responders in alerts.
- Customized set up for each user and campus.
- Personalized service for your staff. We communicate with troubled users directly removing admin from the process so they can focus on their job.
- The fastest response possible when used in conjunction with other communication methods
- Safety protocol resources for your campus to mirror protocol in the Locknow App.
- Run, Hide, Fight active shooter response resources for your school or campus.
- Free active threat response video training for your staff.
- Free physical security assessment.
- Discounted on site active shooter response training
Customizable
Locknow Safety App offers full customization to support your campus’s safety protocols. You control who can activate alerts, drills, and other features. We recommend enabling panic button access for all staff to ensure rapid response during active threats. The app supports real-time communication, allowing users to stay informed, report concerns, and share updates. You can configure text-only alerts for select users and manage multiple campuses from a single dashboard. You are in control of what each user can do in the app from activating alerts, receiving alerts and viewing critical communication in a crisis.
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Authorities
The LockNow Safety App enables cooperating authorities and first responders to receive notification alerts or text alerts during an active shooter event. These essential members of the active threat response team can be registered to receive real active shooter alerts only, avoiding interruptions from practice drills. Registered authorities receive alerts simultaneously with school personnel when a panic button is activated, helping improve response times for emergency responders.
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What Are People Saying
LockNow has features that are easy to use and can help deliver critical information when time is of the essence, said Josh Angel, Superintendent of the Marion C. Early School District.
At LockNow Safety, we understand the demands placed on school leaders. That’s why our team handles all technology-related concerns, allowing principals and administrators to concentrate on their core duties. Founded by a former principal, our approach is built on empathy and efficiency. We serve each individual with the attention they deserve, because safety matters to everyone.
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Locknow Safety Founder
Randy’s 29-year background as a school administrator and school protection officer has positioned him as an expert in school safety. Locknow Safety was launched after he identified critical weaknesses in school emergency processes and communication systems. He is passionate about equipping staff and students with the tools they need to stay protected. As a certified facility safety instructor, Randy provides practical safety training and crisis communication support to organizations across the country. His experience covers all areas of the safety ecosystem, from preventive measures to active threat response and operational assessment.
Safety Is Our Passion
Your school community deserves tools that strengthen both safety and confidence. Our commitment to school safety means we offer extensive free resources, including safety protocol graphics and active shooter response materials, to help your team stay informed. We work closely with schools to ensure they have everything needed to maintain a secure and prepared environment. If your school is considering panic button technology, feel free to reach out at TEAM@LOCKNOWAPP.COM. We recognize how quickly communication can break down during a crisis. That’s why our system focuses on clarity, speed, and reliable emergency coordination to support the people who need it most.
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About Athens
Athens is a city and the county seat of athens county, ohio, united states. Athens is most widely known as the home of ohio university, a large public research university with an enrollment of more than 36,800 students across all campuses. Located along the hocking river in the southeastern part of ohio about 65 miles southeast of columbus, athens is the principal city of the athens, ohio micropolitan statistical area. The official population of athens in the 2010 u.s. Census was 23,832, with a daytime population of over 40,000 athens is a qualified tree city usa as recognized by the national arbor day foundation. Athens is located in the unglaciated allegheny plateau about 47 miles from chillicothe and 35 miles west of marietta. Athens is surrounded by hills that rise about three hundred feet from river valley to the narrow ridge tops. The county extends west from the ohio river, mostly centered around the lower hocking river watershed. According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 10.05 square miles, of which 9.83 square miles is water. Large sections of athens and ohio university are located in the floodplain of the hocking river. Over the last two centuries the town suffered from many destructive floods, including notable floods in 1832, 1873, 1907, 1937, 1949, 1964 and 1968. In 1969 the army corps of engineers completed a major work that rerouted and expanded the channel of the hocking river, for a stretch of several miles around the town, moving the river hundreds of feet to the south. That project and the ongoing efforts to maintain the channel have greatly reduced the negative effects of seasonally high river levels. As of the census of 2010, there were 23,832 people, 6,903 households, and 1,842 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,424.4 inhabitants per square mile. There were 7,391 housing units at an average density of 751.9 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 86.4% white, 4.4% african american, 0.2% native american, 6.1% asian, 0.6% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or latino of any race were 2.4% of the population.