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Mass Notification (Emergency Communications System)
Codes and Requirements
Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) - UFC mandates the installation of mass notification systems in all Department of Defense (DoD) buildings. Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) documents provide planning, design, construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and apply to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD(AT&L) Memorandum.
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Mass Notification / ECS Capabilities
Mandated Survivability
Fire alarm and Mass Notification systems appear to serve different purposes, but they share a common goal – to warn people of danger and provide them with information they need to stay safe. More importantly, fire alarm and emergency communications share a need for the same basic equipment and requirements including: recorded and live messages, HVAC control, integrity monitoring, routine maintenance, and agency listings.
These common requirements permit leveraging the mandated survivability and inherent reliability of fire alarm systems for emergency communications purposes. Backup power supplies, supervised wiring, and fail-safe peer-to-peer networks – time-tested features of fire alarm systems – are also essential to well-designed emergency communications systems. Meanwhile, code-driven development and stringent standards-driven testing provide the built-in quality that makes fire alarm panels and devices among the most reliable electronic equipment available today.
Emergency communications requires the system to manage information and provide a coordinated response that takes in the full spectrum of an unfolding event. Information needs to be gathered – and processed intelligently – in order for an effective response strategy to be executed. Leveraging existing FA system command and control interfaces, speakers and strobes, helps provide an effective means of response. more >>
