During an emergency situation, emergency personnel need to be able to communicate with the occupants of a facility in a fast, efficient, and most importantly, intelligible manner. This is easier said than done. Intelligibility of voice communications over a loudspeaker… Read More
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New Emergency Messaging Guidelines Released
The sound of alarm alerts occupants that there is an emergency in the building, but it can’t tell them what the nature of the emergency is. It may be a fire, but it could also be a security threat or… Read More
Getting the word out when it counts
Recent events at Discovery Communications and Johns Hopkins Hospital have called attention to the benefits of Mass Notification Systems (sometimes called Mass Notification & Emergency Communications Systems) and have prompted businesses to consider how they would respond in similar situations. The development of Mass Notification systems has drawn heavily on established life safety and fire alarm technology. While fire alarm and MNEC address different kinds of dangers, they share similar objectives