Why Fire Integration Features SHOULD be a MUST for your Two-Way Radio system
With news of fire disasters
extending to every area of the globe, it is impossible to not consider the
precautions we should be taking in our everyday family home and work place.
Since
the horrors of the Grenfell Tower fire on the 14th June, the July
wildfires in Provence and most recently Barcelona’s festival evacuation, there
is every reason to be concerned about fire security. Especially when it comes
to your intelligent communication systems, adapting to the contemporary fire
regulations should be top of your priority. So, if you’re an employer and
standing at a fire safety T-junction, it is understandable that the choice of
installations can become quite overwhelming. However, realising that
integrating these safety features into your two-way radio system is the correct
avenue to venture down, may be slightly complicated but worthwhile! Ask
yourself: would you neglect installing fire alarms in your family home? The
answer is no. Therefore, such a significant aspect of protecting your work
space and employees comes down to the provisions you set in place, which in
turn generates trust, a valued team of employees and your own peace of mind.
Think if you linked your fire
alarm to a communication system that not only alerted you imminently of a
threat, but also everyone in your team. Think if this communication system was
able to automatically dispatch text messages and recognise those that have been
ignored, sending a notification to the back-up personnel in order of priority. This
fire integration system acts as a communicative alarm that efficiently conveys
a fire threat to your staff immediately, reducing chaos and panic in a
controlled procedure. Another advantage is your staff no longer need to put
themselves in danger by returning to the control panel to assess the scale of
the emergency. Instead, the data from the fire panel is ensured as being efficiently
communicated, to your staff, significantly faster than the speed of a control
panel.
At Resound, we have configured
FlashPointer, a highly flexible black box solution that provides effective
connections between radio systems and your fire data source. This fully
configurable software is housed in a specially constructed computer, and
transmits information to predefined handsets. It sounds quite advanced for
analogue systems, but never fear, FlashPointer can be used to integrate digital
and analogue radio systems!
But this isn’t where the
features stop. They extend to encompass all variety of critical communications,
and integrates also with:
·
Building Management
Systems
·
Lift Alarms
·
Computer Room Alarms
·
Intruder Alarms
·
Business Applications
·
Door/Access Control
Rooms
·
Process Control Systems
·
Other "Event
Triggered" Automated Systems
Remembering safety is
paramount before disasters strike; a subject which has been echoing painfully through
our news stories this summer. The systems we offer range from basic to advanced
packages, which helps to eliminate wasted moments of indecision, at those
dubious crossroads of ‘what should I do?’ Instead, choose the ‘must’ path, and
ensure your workers are safe and equally, your business. By ensuring you have a
fast-working safety net helping avoid a possibly critical emergency, you are
inevitably saving lives.
To best discover how this
could work within your organisation, visit our website: http://www.resound.co.uk/solutions/building-management-alarm-systems.
To ask any questions, please contact us via 0333 121 2000 or email us at
support@resound.co.uk
Save those lives ! Over and out.
Victoria Jenner
Resound Limited