Lockdown alert system · Public address · Staff panic alarms
Everyone warned. Everyone found. Everyone informed.
Tempus is a lockdown alert system and much more. It brings public address, timekeeping and wayfinding, staff panic alarms with Bluetooth live positioning, and communication to every screen together in one affordable safety system. Built for schools, healthcare, care settings and public venues, and designed around the procedures Martyn’s Law asks for.
MAIN BUILDING · ALL SYSTEMS RESPONDING
Illustrative figures.
Expected in force spring 2027
Martyn’s Law asks premises for 200+ people to be able to evacuate, invacuate, lock down and communicate. Tempus gives each of those procedures speed, reach and a record.
The Tempus safety system
Four systems you’d normally buy separately. One that works as a whole.
Choose the parts your site needs today. Each one works on its own, and each one makes the others stronger.
Public address
SchoolSafe PA for bells, zoned paging, spoken alerts and lockdown tones. Keep your existing 100V speakers, go fully IP, or mix both.
Timekeeping & wayfinding
Bright displays with accurate time, timetables and exam timers, direction and safety signs, and messages. In an emergency they become the instruction on every wall.
Staff & asset positioning
Bluetooth-powered live positioning shows where every member of staff is, room by room, on your floor plans. Alert buttons say who needs help and where, and private areas always stay private.
Communication
Lockdown that takes over every staff computer, hall screen and reception TV, plus an alerts dashboard and email. It’s also the quickest place to start.
TIED TOGETHER BY
Looking at app-based lockdown?
Start with lockdown on every staff computer, then grow into the full system.
Tempus Manager with Tempus Agent takes over staff screens in a lockdown. It runs on your premises and works without the internet, and everything you set up carries forward as you add PA, displays and panic alarms.
Martyn’s Law public protection procedures
Lockdown, evacuation, invacuation and communication. Everyone gets the same instruction at the same moment.
Lockdown
A lockdown alarm that sounds nothing like your fire alarm. Start it from a break glass point, a keypad, a staff button or the Manager, for one room, one building or the whole site. Voice messages, signs and screens all follow together.
Evacuation
Spoken evacuation messages, exit signs on every display, and a live roll call showing who is still on site.
Invacuation
Bring people in from outside with zoned announcements to playgrounds, car parks and grounds, and “stay inside” instructions everywhere indoors.
Communication
Updates to displays, computers, speakers and inboxes, with a full record of what was sent, by whom, and what happened.
Joined up, not bolted on
A break glass in reception. Every speaker, sign and screen on site, together.
01 · RAISE
Break glass, keyswitch, keypad, staff button or the Manager
02 · FOLLOW YOUR PLAN
Tempus carries out the steps you’ve agreed, in order, every time
03 · EVERYWHERE AT ONCE
Because every part belongs to the same system, there are no gaps between them to fail. And if the on-site server is ever unavailable, displays keep running and can still be put into lockdown locally.
Every day, not just emergencies
Lesson changes and scheduled messages, everywhere at once.
The system that protects people in an emergency also runs the day. Because staff use it every day, it’s familiar when it really matters.
How scheduling works →Lesson change bells
Timetabled bells by zone over SchoolSafe PA, with period countdowns on every display. Week A/B timetables and holidays are built in.
One message, every channel
A scheduled message can be announced over the PA, shown on displays and put on staff computers, all at the same moment.
Scheduled wayfinding
Signs change for lunch, events or open evenings at set times, then go back to normal on their own.
Run from your calendar
Add an event to your Microsoft 365 calendar and Tempus schedules the message, sign or day change for you.
Bluetooth live positioning & staff panic alarms
“Who needs help, and where are they?” Answered before anyone asks.
A teacher in a corridor, a nurse on a night shift, a carer alone with a resident. One press on a lanyard button raises an alert with their name and the room they’re in. It appears on screen, by email and, if you choose, as a spoken announcement over the PA.
- Bluetooth live positioning shows where staff are, room by room, at any moment, so you can send the nearest colleague
- Assistance, Urgent and Medical levels that look and sound different
- Press again to escalate, or triple press to cancel your own call
- Private areas: nobody is ever shown in a bathroom, but help still goes to the right door
- Live roll call, lone-worker checks and equipment location from the same system
Who it’s for
Born in schools. Built for anywhere people need to be found, warned or kept safe.
Education
Schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges and universities.
Healthcare
Clinics, outpatient units, mental health and community settings.
Care
Care homes, supported living and day centres.
Public venues
Leisure centres, libraries, places of worship and events.
Workplaces
Offices, councils, and sites with lone or front-line workers.
Why it costs less
Safety that fits a real budget.
Buying PA, clocks, panic alarms and messaging from four suppliers means four installations, four contracts and four systems that don’t talk to each other. Tempus is one.
Keep the speakers you have
SchoolSafe PA works with existing 100V speaker systems, fully IP systems, or a hybrid, so you only replace what you need to.
Runs on your network
Displays, triggers and speakers connect to the network you already have, with no separate alarm cabling between rooms.
Pay for what you switch on
Start with the parts you need most and add more later with a licence key, with nothing to reinstall.
Earns its keep every day
The same system rings bells, runs exams, shows signs, monitors air quality and checks the building at lock-up.
Quick to install
Devices are set up on site in minutes, which keeps installation days and disruption to a minimum.
No lock-in
Tempus is built on open standards and connects to Microsoft 365 and the building systems you already use.
See a lockdown, a call for help and a roll call, live, in 30 minutes.
We can bring a working Tempus system to your site, or show it to you online from our demonstration site.