Emergency response drills

A method for performing an emergency drill at a campus communication system communicatively coupled to a district server via a district network, wherein the campus communication system comprises:

• a network switch configured to integrate communication equipment associated with the campus communication system;
• a campus controller;
• and room equipment for a plurality of rooms within a campus associated with the campus communication equipment, wherein, for each room of the plurality of rooms, the room equipment comprises a room controller, a speaker, one or more switches, and a status light indicator, wherein the campus communication system is managed by the district server to configure the campus controller to perform the method comprising:
• receiving an emergency drill configuration of a user configurable list of actions in an ordered list of steps from a district server;
• receiving a signal to begin an emergency drill, wherein the emergency drill comprises one or more actions to be performed by the campus communication system, and the one or more actions are defined in the emergency drill configuration;
• controlling the room equipment for each of the plurality of rooms to perform the one or more actions defined in the emergency drill configuration;
• receiving, from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms, data related to the initiation and termination of the one or more actions in the emergency drill configuration;
• recording the data received from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms as flags set in response to the one or more actions being performed when the emergency drill is performed;
• and
• sending a report of the flags to the district server.

A campus communication system communicatively associated with a campus and coupled to a district sever through a district network, the district server controls operation of the campus communication system via signaling through the district network, the campus communication system comprising:

• a network switch configured to integrate communication equipment associated with the campus communication system;
• a campus controller;
• and
• room equipment for a plurality of rooms within a campus associated with the campus communication equipment, wherein, for each room of the plurality of rooms, the room equipment comprises a room controller, a speaker, one or more switches, and a status light indicator;
• wherein the campus controller is configured to:
• receive an emergency drill configuration of a user configurable list of actions in an ordered list of steps from the district server;
• receive a signal to begin an emergency drill defined by the emergency drill configuration;
• control the room equipment for each of the plurality of rooms to perform one or more actions defined in the emergency drill configuration;
• receive, from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms, data related to the initiation and termination of the one or more actions in the emergency drill configuration;
• and
• record the data received from the room equipment for each room of the plurality of rooms as flags set in response to the one or more actions being performed when the emergency drill is performed;
• and
• send a report of the flags to the district server.