{"id":1268810,"date":"2023-10-19T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1268810"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:04:35","slug":"whitehouse-isd-tests-out-new-emergency-response-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1268810","title":{"rendered":"Whitehouse ISD tests new emergency response system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1268821\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/WISD-175x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/WISD-175x175.png 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/WISD-174x175.png 174w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/WISD.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>WHITEHOUSE &#8212; On Tuesday, Whitehouse ISD showed off its new emergency response system, called Mutualink, that aims to give officers real-time security. Inside the Smith County Emergency Operations Center, a dispatcher is the first to receive the call that allows law enforcement a live look at everything inside the building, on every floor and every angle. According to our news partner KETK, Mutualink gives the district the ability to relay real time and accurate information to first responders during an emergency. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It puts our eyes immediately inside that building during an incident,\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 said Smith County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office Chief Deputy Jimmy Jackson. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s critical.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Once first responders arrive on the scene, using information provided by Mutualink, they can clear the building of any danger. Jackson said this real-time information officers now have is crucial. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As we all know, time saved [equals lives] saved a lot of times,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jackson. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Being able to get that real-time information in the hands of our first responders first-hand is a big deal.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Director of Whitehouse ISD Security Jeremy Black said parents in the district are thrilled with the changes to security. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all about explaining to our stakeholders, our parents, our students [and] our staff,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Black. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Once they understand what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trying to do and what that looks like, everyone is usually on board with that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHITEHOUSE &#8212; On Tuesday, Whitehouse ISD showed off its new emergency response system, called Mutualink, that aims to give officers real-time security. Inside the Smith County Emergency Operations Center, a dispatcher is the first to receive the call that allows law enforcement a live look at everything inside the building, on every floor and every &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1268810\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Whitehouse ISD tests new emergency response system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1268824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/WISD-175x175.png","fifu_image_alt":"Whitehouse ISD tests new emergency response system","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1268810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 09:35:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/10\/WISD-175x175.png","fifu_image_alt":"Whitehouse ISD tests new emergency response system","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1268810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1268849,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1268810\/revisions\/1268849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1268824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1268810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1268810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1268810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}