Resource Zone, Case Study, Fire Safety, Refuge Alerter
On both sides of this park in Southampton are clients that have boosted fire safety with Refuge Alerter Emergency Voice Communication (EVC) systems – though their buildings are quite different from each other! On the East side of the park, seen prominently in the...
Resource Zone, Disability Awareness, Fire Safety
Emergency Voice Communication systems (sometimes known as disabled refuge systems) enable people waiting in a disabled refuge area to contact building responders during emergencies. Using an Emergency Voice Communication System – installed in buildings’ disabled...
Resource Zone, Disability Awareness, Fire Safety
Sound-activated vibrating pillow pads can be cheap and easy to install – but by focusing on sound, they fail to put Deafness first. If you’re responsible for Health and Safety in residential buildings or hotels, you may have come across sound-activated pillow pads...
Resource Zone, Fire Safety
Still using a phone line with your refuge system? Now’s an ideal time to update it. Did you know that the UK’s aging system of analogue phone lines is set to be retired? The UK’s getting ready to transition from analogue to digital landlines – for...
Resource Zone, Fire Safety
There are two main types of Emergency Voice Communication Systems (EVCS): hard-wired and wireless. In this blog we are going to talk about some benefits of wireless (also known as ‘radio-based’) systems. Wireless v hard-wired EVC systems – what’s the...
Resource Zone, Fire Safety, Laws & Legislation
Accidental and deliberate fires in UK hotels increased by a fifth in the year 2021-2. Despite this, a 2023 report by IFSEC Global found that some hotels were still not using fire alarm systems suitable for Deaf people. In its article IFSEC Global reported on the...
