Durham School Panic Buttons: 7 Factors
LockNow Safety serves schools near Durham by providing panic button technology to School Administrators and Safety Coordinators. The LockNow Safety Appequips schools with the active threat alerts and training needed to develop and implement effective safety mitigation and response practices. This enables school safety teams to ensure an immediate response to active shooter attacks. The safest response to an intruder is the fastest response, and immediate alerts from LockNow Safety bring this to your campus.
Active Shooter Response
Across the Durham 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.jpgWhen an active threat alert is sent, users receive the alert with an alarm to assure they receive the critical information. The app empowers selected personnel to issue an active shooter alert instantly upon recognizing a threat, greatly enhancing overall response time. Its intuitive, minimalistic design supports users in high-stress situations when their abilities may be compromised. The notification arrives and identifies the location of the threat on your campus allowing immediate situational awareness for all school personnel. This alert enables swift decision making based on where the intruder is located and what is the safest course of action for staff and students. Ongoing internal communication is also enabled in the app to update everyone on movement of the intruder, missing students or where a class may be secured. Providing the location of the attacker without using location services is unique to the Locknow Safety App; we customize the app to the locations at your facility.
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
The Locknow Safety App is tailored to meet the unique needs of your campus. You decide who can send alerts, initiate drills, and manage permissions. We recommend giving all staff access to the panic button for active threat situations. During emergencies, the app simplifies communication, allowing users to receive updates, report issues, and share vital infor
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mation. You can also assign specific users to receive text alerts only. You determine each user’s permissions within the app, including who can activate alerts, receive notifications, and access critical communication during a crisis.Whether your school has one campus or several, Locknow gives you full control over user settings.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
Setup was quick with good instructions for our staff to follow, and most importantly, the app will be easy to operate in a high-stress situation, said Ritchie Kracht, Superintendent of Clark County School District.
The LockNow Safety App is committed to providing exceptional support to every school we serve. When technical issues arise, our team responds immediately, allowing administrators to stay focused on their responsibilities. With a founder who understands the pressures of school leadership firsthand, we ensure our service adds relief—not stress. Every user is treated with care because safety is our shared priority.
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Locknow Safety Founder
Randy brings nearly three decades of experience as a school administrator and school protection officer. Locknow Safety grew from his firsthand observations of communication issues and safety weaknesses within school environments. His deep understanding of school vulnerabilities fuels his dedication to strengthening emergency readiness. Randy’s passion for protecting students and staff extends to helping organizations implement effective safety strategies. As a certified instructor in facility safety, he delivers expert safety training and crisis communication guidance to schools, churches, and businesses. His knowledge spans every stage of the security process, including prevention, response, and evaluation.
Safety Is Our Passion
Your school community deserves safety tools that are practical, effective, and easy to implement. We are deeply passionate about supporting schools with no-cost resources such as safety protocol graphics and active shooter response materials. Our mission is to empower your staff with clear guidance and reliable tools that enhance everyday preparedness. If your school is searching for panic button technology to improve emergency communication, reach out at TEAM@LOCKNOWAPP.COM. We understand the obstacles schools face when trying to communicate quickly during a crisis. Our system is designed to eliminate confusion, accelerate response, and help you protect the people who depend on you.
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About Durham
Durham is a city in and the county seat of durham county in the u.s. State of north carolina. Small portions of the city limits extend into orange county and wake county. The u.s. Census bureau estimated the city’s population to be 251,893 as of july 1, 2014, making it the 4th-most populous city in north carolina, and the 78th-most populous city in the united states. The city is located in the east-central part of the piedmont region along the eno river. Durham is the core of the four-county durham-chapel hill metropolitan area, which has a population of 542,710 as of u.s. Census 2014 population estimates. The us office of management and budget also includes durham as a part of the raleigh-durham-chapel hill combined statistical area, commonly known as the research triangle, which has a population of 2,037,430 as of u.s. Census 2014 population estimates. A railway depot was established on land donated by bartlett s. Durham in 1849, the namesake of the city. Following the american civil war, the community of durham station expanded rapidly, in part due to the tobacco industry. The town was incorporated by act of the north carolina general assembly, on april 1869. The establishment of durham county was ratified by the general assembly 12 years later, in 1881. It became known as the founding place and headquarters of the american tobacco company. Textile and electric power industries also played an important role. While these industries have declined, durham underwent revitalization and population growth to become an educational, medical, and research centre. Durham is home to several recognized institutions of higher education, most notably duke university. It is also a national leader in health-related activities, which are focused on the duke university hospital and many private companies. The university and its duke university health system are the largest employers in the city. North carolina central university, part of the university of north carolina system, is also situated in durham. It is one of the vertices of the research triangle area; central to this is the research triangle park south of durham, which encompasses an area of 11 square miles and is devoted to research facilities. On the duke university campus are the neo-gothic duke chapel and the nasher museum of art. Other notable sites in the city include the museum of life and science, durham performing arts center, carolina theatre, and duke homestead and tobacco factory. Bennett place commemorates the location where joseph e. Johnston surrendered to william t. Sherman in the american civil war. The city is served, along with raleigh, by raleigh-durham international airport. Durham is located in the east-central part of the piedmont region at 355919n785426w. Like much of the region, its topography is generally flat with some rolling hills. As of the 2010 census, there were 228,330 people, 93,441 households, and 52,409 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,406.0 people per square mile. The racial composition of the city was: 42.45% white, 40.96% black or african american, 5.07% asian american, 0.51% native american, 0.07% native hawaiian or other pacific islander, 8.28% some other race, and 2.66% two or more races; 14.22% were hispanic or latino of any race. Non-hispanic white comprised 37.9% of the population