Product Showcase

Feb. 4, 2011
Emergency communications, mass notification, fire

TECHNOLOGY HUB

Web site Features ECS and MNS Need-to-Know Information-Honeywell Life Safety designed its Web site, www.emergency-communications-systems.com., to keep building owners, engineers, end-users and other fire and life safety professionals up-to-date with evolving industry codes and standards. Web site visitors will be provided with information on all aspects of ECS, from its roots in military mass notification mandates to the latest solutions that meet communications, signaling and intelligibility requirements for typical applications. Visitors can also tap into the Honeywell Fire Systems Group Services capabilities for design and applications services.

Rail Emergency Wall Mount-Talk-a-Phone's ETP Series Emergency Phone Wall Mount (ETP-WM-SP) features an emergency trip button which can cut power to the train tracks. By pushing the "info" button on the faceplate, the analog or IP phone automatically dials a pre-programmed number connecting the user with an operator.
Fire Alarm Dealers Get Value-Add With Software Tool-The Silent Knight Selection Tool (SKST) by Honeywell is designed for fire alarm dealers and installers to configure a bill of materials for any IntelliKnight(tm) addressable or conventional fire alarm system Silent Knight currently offers through wholesale distributors.
MNS Covers Long-Distance Range-Technomad Modular Military PA systems can form long distance large-area PA systems of 10 square miles or more for mass notification. Optional digital, IP-based "Link Kits" (wireless or Ethernet) can form multiple network PA systems without requiring complex programming to extend coverage.
Security on the Go-Greatcall's 5Star Personal Security Service enables customers to immediately connect to a 24/7-available certified emergency response agent. The emergency operator arranges appropriate assistance, while providing real-time support to the caller.
Alert and Notify-Code Blue's Blue Alert mass communication system combines state-of-the-art amplifiers, speaker arrays and software controls to inform and direct people in emergency situations. NFPA 72, 2010 ECS (Chapter 24)-compliant, Blue Alert delivers announcements through text-to-speech, live broadcast, pre-recorded messages and warning tone options, as well as announcement repeat and scheduling features.
Receive Alerts Your Way-Rapid Notify's self-registration portal is designed so that it can be placed directly into a customer's existing Web site to allow for seamless access. Through the online self-registration portal, visitors can sign up to receive emergency and non-emergency alert notifications issued by Rapid Notify customers via landline or cellular communication, SMS or e-mail.

Fire Alarm and Emergency Communication Functionality-To help building owners and managers meet the latest requirements and simplify their retrofit, Cooper Notification designed the SAFEPATH MNS to interface with a facility's existing fire alarm system. The SPMNS manages all audible and visual notification devices in the emergency communications.

Protects Ancillary Devices Too-The Spartan-25(tm) addressable fire alarm control panel from Notifier by Honeywell is designed to protect small-scale properties and control ancillary systems such as sprinklers and elevator recall. Features include individual point identification; maintenance alerts; and detector drift compensation.

Alert Notification, Inside and Out-The Sygnal Mass Notification System, courtesy of Siemens Industry, Inc. (Building Technologies Division), uses the Sygnal server to receive input from an external source such as a fire panel, weather alert service or administrator initiated action via panic button, phone or other device.