One of our clients is a large corporation with many remote manufacturing facilities. Because of this they have a unique emergency communications system. This client adopted a hub and spoke model for emergency communications. They have a centrally located command center connecting the facilities. If there is an emergency, the procedure is to call the command center. The command center personnel assess the level of emergency and take the appropriate action needed. It may be a call to 911 and/or issue their own alerts that are sent out to the entire building network. The system runs on a supervised redundant network so that all the facilities are connected with emergency overhead.

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In loud environments, visual communication for emergency notification is needed. Many facilities choose strobes for emergency communication. Some schools install amber and blue strobes in the hallways which indicate severe weather or emergencies. In very loud in spaces such as gymnasiums or band rooms, overhead paging can get masked. Strobes can notify students and staff to quiet down and listen to the emergency page. These notifications can be triggered by the Carehawk paging system through programming. The combination of visual and audible messaging increases the possibility of people reacting to the emergency more quickly. Visual messaging also benefits students or staff with hearing impairments. The same type of notifications can.

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Emergency notification systems are vital to life safety in schools. There are emergency pages, strobes, alarm systems and emergency texts. But what else can you do? One option is adding digital signage in schools to convey emergency notifications. New school designs might include an all IP-based system. This will allow for the integration of audio pages with visual messaging on digital signage. Digital displays in schools can have several kinds of messages. The display can inform staff and students about school events, lunch menus etc. But it can also be used for emergency notification in the event of a lockdown..

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Assisted listening has changed in venues such as Houses of Worship (HOW). In the past, patrons used a headset provided by the House of Worship. However, that meant they needed to have many on hand, they had to make sure they were charged or had batteries and patrons might not be familiar with the device. And let’s not mention the cleanliness of the device. Now there is technology where users can receive audio directly to their smartphone using a free app. They use their own smartphone and their own headphones and connect right over the venues wifi. This assisted listening.

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An (ALS) Hearing Induction Loop transmits the spoken word into a user’s hearing aid. This allows the hearing impaired to receive emergency notifications and the auditory pages made every day at MSP Airport, making the space easier to navigate for people who wear hearing aids.  

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Technology just doesn’t last as long as it used to. Everything is going to computer-based technology. 20-30+ years old analog systems can cause some major problems with clients. Their systems are so old they can’t accomplish all of their goals. 30 year old systems are not compatible with current technology and can mean that parts are no longer available when an upgrade is needed. But there is a DSP based solution that is updated with new software. The new system can do so much more and allows end users to do their jobs well. The benefits can include: wireless, bring.

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The IT Crowd asks: did you turn it on and off again? And we all laugh. But when it comes to really solving the problem, there is so much more than that. We have a client who had call stations in their intercom system that were not working. They needed a solution right away. The easy thing to do is power cycling. Sometimes it works and sometimes you need more. We had to find a solution to this problem that wasn’t a quick fix. We got to site right away, in this frigid and snowy winter. We removed all of.

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Schools are struggling to figure out the best way to communicate emergency information when it comes to school safety. Many schools are installing strobes in their emergency notification systems. Some schools have multiple strobes and train students and staff. They run drills for the appropriate response to each strobe’s event. Amber strobes can indicate a severe weather alert situation. Blue strobes can indicate a lock down situation. These visual messages are accompanied with an audio page. The strobes are also ideal for high noise areas. The strobes can heighten the urgency of the emergency, when an audio page might not be enough. Systems can be installed with buttons for designated staff to trigger the strobes. This gives a visual indication that students, staff and visitors should go to Areas.

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Let’s say you are a facility with a large IP based system with many zones. How are you going to control all of that in an easy and efficient way? Some facilities, such as large airports, have so many zones in such an expansive space that it is difficult to control the overall system and each of its components. Large facilities sometimes have thousands of pages and messages a day that need to be accessed and controlled. There is a solution for these clients that can give a view of the overall system status with easy system operation and a.

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