Valcom® and Kokomo24/7® Partner to Deliver the Industry's Most Comprehensive School Safety and Operations Ecosystem

Partnership combines mission-critical campus communications, wearable panic alerts, visitor management, reunification, attendance, and standardized emergency response into one integrated solution for K-12 schools.

ROANOKE, Va. and NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Valcom®, a leader in IP-based communications, emergency notification, and life-safety solutions, and Kokomo24/7®, the first School Safety Cloud®, today announced a strategic partnership that brings together trusted on-premises communications infrastructure and cloud-based school operations into one unified safety ecosystem.

For years, school districts have relied on separate systems for emergency communications, visitor management, reunification, attendance, incident response, and compliance. The partnership between Valcom and Kokomo24/7® changes that by delivering an integrated platform that connects critical communications with the operational workflows schools depend on every day.

Together, Valcom and Kokomo24/7® provide one of the industry's most comprehensive school safety ecosystems—combining resilient on-premises communications with configurable cloud software that helps districts address all aspects of safety (prevention, mitigation, protection, response, and recovery). The ecosystem provides a single pane of glass to prepare for, respond to, manage, and recover from emergencies while streamlining daily school operations.

Under the partnership, Valcom provides the mission-critical communications infrastructure schools trust, including IP paging, intercom, emergency notification, visual alerting, and the V-Guardian Alert™ wearable panic button solution. Kokomo24/7® provides School Safety Cloud® supporting visitor management, student attendance, reunification, incident management, digital accountability, and operational workflows.

Working together, the two platforms enable schools to immediately communicate during an emergency while simultaneously launching coordinated digital workflows that account for students, staff, and visitors, support incident command, simplify reunification, and accelerate recovery.

"School safety requires more than a panic button or a paging system. It requires every technology to work together," said Ray Butler, president of Valcom. "Our partnership with Kokomo24/7® creates a trusted unified ecosystem functioning as one solution, so schools gain faster response times and streamlined operations every day."

"Districts are looking for less fragmentation and more connected solutions," said Daniel J. Lee, founder and chief executive officer of Kokomo24/7®. "By integrating Kokomo24/7® with Valcom, we're helping schools bridge the gap between physical infrastructure and cloud software. Our partnership combines the versatility of a proven software platform, trusted by the second largest school district in the country, with an industry-leading communications platform. We’re helping schools to address all stages of safety management, operate more efficiently, and increase interoperability across existing infrastructure, and third-party systems and services."

One Platform. One Response. One Mission.

The integrated Valcom and Kokomo24/7® solution supports schools before, during, and after an incident.

Before an Incident

Schools benefit from modern operational tools that improve efficiency while strengthening preparedness and addressing prevention, including:

• Visitor Management
• Student Attendance
• Chronic Absenteeism (Digital Leakage)
• Behavioral Threat Assessment (BTA)
• Daily Communications
• Campus-Wide Paging
• Routine Operational Workflows

During an Incident

Valcom's resilient communications infrastructure works seamlessly with Kokomo24/7®'s cloud platform to enable:

• Instant activation from Valcom V-Guardian Alert™ wearable panic buttons
• Campus-wide voice announcements
• Visual emergency notifications
• Two-way emergency communications
• Automated incident workflows
• Real-time accountability for students, staff, and visitors
• Digital incident documentation
• Coordinated emergency response

After an Incident

The integrated solution helps districts recover quickly through:

• Digital student reunification
• Attendance reconciliation
• Visitor accountability
• Parent communication workflows
• Incident reporting and documentation
• Operational continuity

Supporting the Standard Response Protocol

Valcom is a longtime Mission Partner of The "I Love U Guys" Foundation, whose Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and Standard Reunification Method (SRM) have become the nation's most widely adopted emergency response frameworks for K-12 schools.

Valcom's communications hardware and software are fully integrated with SRP and SRM, enabling schools to activate standardized emergency responses quickly and consistently. Through this partnership, those communications are seamlessly connected to Kokomo24/7®'s cloud-based workflows for visitor management, accountability, attendance, reunification, and incident management—providing schools with an end-to-end response aligned with nationally recognized best practices.

Built for Open Integration

Rather than requiring schools to replace existing investments, the Valcom and Kokomo24/7® partnership is built on an open, interoperable architecture that integrates physical security, communications, and operational technologies into a cohesive ecosystem.

The combined solution gives districts the flexibility to modernize at their own pace while ensuring that critical systems work together when seconds matter most.

"As schools continue to invest in safer, smarter campuses, they need technology partners committed to collaboration rather than closed ecosystems," said Todd Alford, VP of Marketing at Valcom. "This partnership reflects a shared vision of giving educators a comprehensive platform that improves everyday operations while strengthening emergency preparedness and response."

The integrated Valcom and Kokomo24/7® solution is available immediately through authorized partners and systems integrators across North America.

About Valcom

Valcom is a leading provider of IP-based paging, emergency notification, intercom, visual messaging, and life-safety communications solutions serving education, healthcare, government, and commercial organizations. For more than four decades, Valcom has helped organizations protect people through reliable communications technology that performs when it matters most.

About Kokomo24/7®

Kokomo24/7® is the first School Safety Cloud® that unifies safety, operations, and administrative workflows into a holistic cloud platform. Kokomo24/7® is trusted by K-12 schools nationwide, including the second-largest school district in the country. Kokomo24/7® helps districts consolidate fragmented systems while enhancing preparedness through visitor management, attendance, reunification, behavioral threat assessment, incident management, emergency operations, and integrated school safety solutions.