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Trinity College Dublin implements communications technology that can pinpoint the exact location of an incident

Photo courtesy of SafeZone — Photo courtesy of Trinity College Dublin / CriticalArc

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland's oldest University was founded in 1592. It provides a liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and all are encouraged to achieve their potential. Trinity promotes a diverse, interdisciplinary, inclusive environment which nurtures ground-breaking research, innovation, and creativity through engaging with issues of global significance.

Located in a beautiful campus in the heart of Dublin’s city center, Trinity is Ireland’s highest ranked university. It is home to 17,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all the major disciplines in the arts and humanities, and in business, law, engineering, science, and health sciences. Photo courtesy of SafeZone

Photo courtesy of CriticalArc

As part of an initiative to enhance safety and security as well as support for staff and students, Trinity College Dublin implemented a technology from CriticalArc called SafeZone, which helps first responders better pinpoint the location of calls for help, emergencies and other incidents. Through this implementation, the university aims to deliver more rapid response to calls for assistance across all campus facilities, and to better assist students and staff working remotely, including those on placement overseas.

When individuals call for assistance - in a wide range of situations including those working alone out of hours, those with particular vulnerabilities and those with medical emergencies - the technology can pinpoint the precise location of the event.

Students and staff can check-in and use the service with a SafeZone mobile app which puts them in immediate contact with the university’s support infrastructure.

“During this challenging time for our students and staff, Trinity is doing everything it can to ensure both the physical and mental wellbeing of everyone in our community. We are delighted to be introducing this advanced technology as part of our support actions,” stated Trinity’s Head of Safety, Dr Katharine Murray.