Disability Awareness, Resource Zone
Imagine an accessible toilet alarm’s been activated in one of your buildings. Now what? Is anyone around to see it? How do you know that someone will respond? The need for accessible toilet alarms Alarms in accessible toilets are critically important. Toilet...
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, Disability Awareness
It’s currently Deaf Awareness Week (1-7 May 2023), and the theme is ‘Access to Communication’. The focus this week is all about: raising awareness of communication needs of people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing advocating for greater access...
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...
Resource Zone, Fire Safety, Laws & Legislation
Amid any drive to reduce expenditure, organisations should ensure that their emergency communications systems continue to be reliable and compliant. Should organisations need to save money, the first step may be to start reassessing expenses as well as looking at...
