Purpose
1.2. Automated capturing, categorizing, notifying, and escalating incidents (e.g., injuries, bullying, emergencies) to appropriate personnel and authorities.
1.3. Supports compliance with special education regulations and safeguarding policies.
1.4. Reduces manual errors and ensures consistent logging for analysis and future prevention.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Staff-initiated input from communication devices (speech-to-text, sign-to-text).
2.3. SMS or app notification received about a health & safety concern.
2.4. IoT sensors detect emergency triggers (e.g., fire alarms, access breach).
2.5. Scheduled or routine health & safety checks discover an issue.
Platform Variants
3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Configure Flow to automate incident form intake and alerts; connect to SharePoint or Teams for escalation.
3.2. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Automate incident ticket creation using REST API; map category and urgency fields for automated routing.
3.3. Salesforce Service Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Use Case/Incident object triggers to automate case escalation; enable notifications via process builder.
3.4. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticket API automates incident logging and workflow escalation; configure triggers and SLA rules.
3.5. Jira Service Management
• Feature/Setting: Automate issue creation via REST API; custom escalation rules in automation panel.
3.6. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: API automates SMS-based alerts to staff and guardians; configure SMS webhook for inbound reports.
3.7. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API automates outbound incident notifications; automated templates for escalation.
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Slackbot or webhook automates team notifications; automate channel posting for urgent incidents.
3.9. Google Forms
• Feature/Setting: Form submission triggers Google Apps Script automation for incident intake and reporting.
3.10. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Use API or rule-based automation to create tasks and escalate them to health & safety leads.
3.11. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automate incident record creation; webhook triggers automation for notification flows.
3.12. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Use Incident Event API for health and safety escalation automation; configure auto-escalation policies.
3.13. Freshservice
• Feature/Setting: Ticket automation rules initiate and escalate health & safety incidents; configure API for integrations.
3.14. BambooHR
• Feature/Setting: Webhook automates HR alert generation for staff-related incidents; automate notifications to HR.
3.15. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Use workflow automation to log, tag, and escalate incident tickets within case management.
3.16. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Automate incident database updates and notification via API or Zapier integration.
3.17. Intercom
• Feature/Setting: Automated messages and ticket creation based on incident triggers; configure escalation paths.
3.18. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow recipes to log incidents and initiate escalation sequences.
3.19. Webex Teams
• Feature/Setting: Webhook-based automated reporting of incidents to crisis channels and escalation teams.
3.20. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Butler automation moves incident cards to escalation lists; automated assignment rules.
3.21. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: Automated e-sign workflows for incident reports needing signoff and official escalation.
3.22. G Suite (Google Workspace)
• Feature/Setting: Automate document generation, emailing, and calendar scheduling for incident follow-up.
Benefits
4.2. Automated reporting and escalation streamline documentation and compliance.
4.3. Improves visibility and real-time awareness among staff and leadership.
4.4. Reduces routine admin workload by automating repetitive escalation logic.
4.5. Enhances safety outcomes for deaf students and ensures their unique needs are automatically prioritized in workflows.