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Feature · Emergency alerts
Every parent notified in 90 seconds.
Weather closures, early dismissals, security situations, bus delays — when minutes matter, 613OS reaches every family simultaneously by text, voice call, and email, with delivery confirmation your office can see.
The problem
Sound familiar?
The phone tree eraClass parents calling class parents calling families — an hour later, a third of the school still doesn't know about the early dismissal.
Email in an emergencyA snow closure sent by email at 6am reaches whoever happens to check email at 6am. That's not a notification system; it's a hope.
No delivery confirmationYou sent the alert — but did the Cohen family get it? Without delivery reporting, you're guessing about the thing you can least afford to guess about.
What 613OS does
Built to make this disappear
Simultaneous multi-channel blastOne alert fires SMS, voice call, and email to every family at once. Parents get it wherever they are, on whatever they check.
Pre-built templatesSnow closure, early dismissal, delayed opening, shelter-in-place, all-clear — written in advance and approved, so a crisis send takes seconds, not composition.
Targeted or school-wideAlert the whole school, one campus, one grade, or one bus route. The 3rd grade trip delay doesn't need to wake the high school.
Delivery reportingSee exactly which families received, opened, and read the alert — and re-send by voice call to anyone unreached.
Two-way confirmationFor pickup changes and emergencies, request a reply confirmation — and see the live list of families who've acknowledged.
Staff-only channelsSeparate instant channels for faculty and staff coordination during any situation.
A mass-communication tool, stated plainly. Throughput is subject to carrier limits, and delivery status is visible per message. 613OS is not, and should not replace, a life-safety or lockdown system.
90 secfor an alert to reach every family by text, voice, and email
Secondsto send a pre-written, pre-approved template from any authorized phone
Per familydelivery status in real time — unreached contacts surfaced for a voice re-send
Works together with
Related features
Family communicationsThe everyday channel — WhatsApp, SMS and email from one inbox, segmented by grade, class or bus route.Learn more →School marketingOpen houses, enrollment campaigns and the newsletter — from the same place.Learn more →Document automationPickup authorizations and emergency contacts re-confirmed each year with pre-filled forms.Learn more →
Frequently asked questions
What is school emergency alert software?
Urgent broadcast software reaches your whole parent body fast across WhatsApp, SMS, email, and voice — weather closures, early dismissals, and urgent notices, with per-message delivery status. 613OS sends segmented or school-wide alerts from any authorized phone.
How fast can an alert reach every family?
Typically within minutes for a full school. One message fans out across WhatsApp, SMS, email, and optional voice simultaneously; throughput is subject to carrier limits, and delivery status is visible per message. 613OS is a mass-communication tool — it is not, and should not replace, a life-safety or lockdown system.
Can alerts go to just the affected group?
Yes. A bus delay alerts one route; an early dismissal alerts the whole school; a grade-level issue alerts those parents — segmentation means urgent messages stay urgent because families only get the ones that apply.
Who is authorized to send an emergency alert?
Roles you designate — typically the menahel, executive director, and office lead. Authorized senders can trigger pre-written templates from a phone in seconds, because emergencies don't wait for someone to reach a desktop.
Does it confirm delivery?
Yes. Per-family delivery status shows in real time, undelivered contacts surface immediately for follow-up, and the log records what was sent, when, and to whom — a clear record of what was sent and when.
See emergency alerts in action
Book a 30-minute demo and we'll show you exactly how this would run at your school.
613os.com/demo · 305-954-7362 · yoni@613os.com