CrisisGo vs QuickSecure
CrisisGo and QuickSecure both help K-12 staff get help fast, but they are different kinds of product. CrisisGo is a safety software platform that started in K-12 and now also serves colleges, healthcare, businesses and public safety: staff alert from its app, a web browser or its ECHO badge, which runs on a LoRaWAN network of its own. QuickSecure is one school safety system: it tells staff what to do next in an emergency, shows administrators every room as it happens, and runs the safety work in between, from drills to repair tickets, on the same map.
By QuickSecure · Last verified October 27, 2026
What is CrisisGo?
CrisisGo is a safety software platform. Its emergency product, Safety iResponse, lets staff send an alert from a phone, a web browser or a connected safety tool, then notifies people by app, text, email, voice, PA, strobes and digital signage. Schools can create their own alert types, and a command dashboard shows live floor plans and who has checked in.
For staff who want a button, CrisisGo sells the ECHO Badge: three clicks call for Staff Assist, seven clicks start a Lockdown that notifies 911. The badge runs on CrisisGo's own LoRaWAN network and finds rooms with Bluetooth beacons, so it works when Wi-Fi or cell service is down. Around it, CrisisGo sells visitor management, a tip line, reunification, intervention planning and CrisisGo Connect for 911 centers, and it serves higher education, healthcare, businesses and government as well as schools.
What is QuickSecure?
QuickSecure is one school safety platform, built entirely for pre-K through 12, and it is made of modules. Each module does its job on its own, and each one you add connects to the others, so the whole system knows more. Together they link the emergency response to the work of every other day (drills, procedures, tips, repair tickets, connected devices, cameras and safety equipment) through the same campus, staff and schedules. That is what lets QuickSecure tell staff what to do next and show administrators what is happening, live.
CrisisGo offers a set of named products. QuickSecure is one platform where every module shares the same campus, staff and schedules, which is what lets an Alert know where each teacher is: a fire Alert sends each one to the assembly zone for the room their schedule puts them in and checks their roster, and administrators watch every room turn locked, unlocked or empty.
Drills run on the real Alert flow and become compliance reports showing which required drills are done and which are due. Repair tickets go to the right team, and every camera, door controller and panic button is monitored, with a ticket opened when one goes offline. Dispatch reaches 911 through RapidSOS, and responders can join the Alert's thread.
How do CrisisGo and QuickSecure compare?
| CrisisGo | QuickSecure | |
|---|---|---|
| Raising an alert | ||
| How staff raise one | From the CrisisGo app on a phone, a web browser or a connected safety tool, or by clicking the ECHO Badge: three clicks for Staff Assist, seven for a Lockdown. Schools can create custom alert types with their own tones, icons, recipients and escalation rules | Tap any of your school's Alert types in Panic, preset or custom, each with its own workflow, or press a physical panic button. Every Alert asks for a confirmation, the buttons you choose need a press-and-hold, and an Alert raised far from campus is refused |
| What staff carry | A phone for the app, plus the ECHO wearable badge where the school uses it | The phone they already carry (iPhone or Android). No wearable |
| What gets installed | For the ECHO Badge: CrisisGo's own LoRaWAN network, plus Bluetooth beacons (standalone, or the Bluetooth in your Wi-Fi access points) that place the sender to the room, within about 9 feet | No wall hardware. A small on-site bridge connects the cameras and door controllers you already own; physical panic buttons are optional |
| Silent or announced | CrisisGo says it supports silent panic alerts; escalation can also sound through PA, strobes and digital signage | Your school chooses whether an Alert goes out silently or announced |
| During the emergency | ||
| What each staff member does | Role-based safety checklists give each role its steps, and digital emergency plans open by role, online or offline | Gets the steps on their phone. Lockdown: a checklist, then "I'm secured." Fire: their assembly zone on a map, worked out from their schedule, then a roster check that flags any missing student |
| What administrators see | A SmartEOC command dashboard with live floor plans, location data and real-time student and staff check-in | Every room on the floor plan turns locked, unlocked or empty as teachers check in. Who has secured, who hasn't, and a one-tap re-send to anyone who hasn't answered |
| Updates and responders | Two-way messaging. CrisisGo Connect gives police, fire, EMS and 911 centers a browser console, with no app to install | One thread per Alert that police, fire and EMS can join, plus a running summary for anyone joining late |
| Reaching 911 | Direct 911 escalation with floor plans and location data; a seven-click badge Lockdown notifies 911. CrisisGo has announced an integration that routes its alerts to 911 call takers through RapidDeploy | Dispatch sends Fire, Medical and Lockdown Alerts to 911 through RapidSOS. Switched on for each school with two people signing off |
| Drills | ||
| Planning the year | Plan, schedule and customize drill types | An annual planner built from your state's drill requirements, with prep briefs and NIMS-aligned roles for each drill |
| Running a drill | Drill-marked alerts, so staff practise real protocols without involving emergency services | On the same phone flow as a real Alert, marked as a drill: fire, lockdown, weather, earthquake and AED drills, announced or unannounced |
| Proof for compliance | Not on CrisisGo's public pages* | Compliance reports show which required drills are done and which are still due |
| Every other day | ||
| Procedures (SOPs) | Digital Emergency Operations Plans by role, online or offline. EOP Builder is free for schools that connect with an eligible public safety agency | On every staff phone, with read acknowledgments, version history and review reminders |
| Anonymous tip line | Tipline, with two-way chat between the reporter and the safety team, and Safe2SpeakUP, a student app (18 and under) for anonymous reports with photos and video | A web page in the reporter's own language. Each tip is scored 0–100 for urgency; the most urgent go to staff phones as a critical alert |
| Messages | You set who is notified, in what order and through which channels: app, text, email, voice, PA, strobes and digital signage | You choose who gets it (everyone, a campus, a group or one person), what kind of message it is, and how it's delivered, from a routine notice to a critical alert |
| Repair requests | Not on CrisisGo's public pages* | Ticketing: IT, facilities, nurse-supply and safety requests from the Panic app or Nexus, routed to the right team |
| Device monitoring | Not on CrisisGo's public pages* | System health: a camera offline for five minutes opens a ticket, which closes itself when the camera comes back |
| Cameras | Connects to Avigilon, Verkada, Milestone and Cisco Meraki video through Safety Forge; through RapidDeploy, 911 call takers can see live camera feeds | Up to four live cameras at once, picked from the floor plan. Threat detection (Beta) runs on the same cameras |
| Safety equipment | Safety Audit: digital inspection checklists on mobile or web, corrective actions with due dates, and compliance-ready PDF reports | AEDs, extinguishers, alarms and exits as points on the floor plan, with inspection schedules emailed to the person who does them |
| Visitors | GateKeeper: sign-in at a kiosk, tablet or front desk, badge printing, and screening against watchlists | Visitor management: kiosk sign-in |
| Setup and buying | ||
| Built for | K-12 first, its "original and primary market," and also higher education, healthcare, businesses, government and public safety | Pre-K through 12 schools only |
| Floor plans | Live floor plans in the command dashboard; schools upload their own, and CrisisGo maps sync to connected agencies | QuickSecure draws them from your architectural drawings and updates them whenever you ask |
| Connects to | Safety Forge and an open API: PA, access control, video, digital signage, gunshot detection and other panic button systems. Reunification syncs with major student information systems | Your student information system, single sign-on, Axis, Avigilon, UniFi and RTSP cameras, Ubiquiti and Axis door control |
| How it's sold | One platform of named products: Safety iResponse, ECHO, Connect, GateKeeper, Tipline, Reunification Manager, Intervention Manager and Safety Audit. How they are bundled is not on CrisisGo's public pages* | One module at a time, so you start with what you need and add the rest later |
* Checked against CrisisGo's public website on October 27, 2026. CrisisGo may offer it without describing it there; ask them, and tell us if we've missed something.
Where CrisisGo is the stronger fit
Your state law or district policy calls for a wearable
ECHO is a badge; a phone app is not a wearable device. Check your state's wording.
You want a button that works when Wi-Fi and cell service fail
The ECHO Badge runs on CrisisGo's own LoRaWAN network, so alerts send and arrive even when Wi-Fi or cell service is down or overloaded.
Your 911 center wants its own view of your schools
CrisisGo Connect gives dispatch a browser console that works alongside its existing CAD system, with no app install and no integration to start.
You want visitors screened against watchlists
GateKeeper checks each visitor against watchlists or your own criteria at sign-in.
Where QuickSecure is the stronger fit
You want one platform, not a set of products
Alerts, drills, procedures, tips, tickets and device health share the same campus and staff, and every module works with the others.
You want steps that follow where each teacher is right now
Fire assembly zones come from each teacher's schedule, roster checks flag any missing student, and administrators watch every room turn locked.
You want drill compliance on record
Compliance reports show which required drills are done and which are still due.
You want a repair ticket when a device drops
Every camera, door controller and panic button is watched. A camera offline for five minutes opens a repair ticket, which closes itself when the camera is back.
Questions to ask any vendor
- After a teacher presses the button, what does the system tell them to do?
- Can administrators see which rooms are locked right now?
- During a fire evacuation, how do teachers account for every student?
- What stops a drill from ever reaching 911?
- Who builds our floor plans, and who updates them when a room changes?
- What happens when Wi-Fi, cellular or building power goes down?
- What hardware gets installed, and who maintains it?
See QuickSecure with your own campus
We set up your floor plans and maps, and walk your team through an Alert and a Drill.