1. Designing an effective ECS.
- Author
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Libby, Robert J. and Evenson, Jon M.
- Subjects
ELECTRIC alarms ,EMERGENCY communication systems ,FIRE alarms - Abstract
The article offers information regarding the new Emergency Communication System (ECS) that has the ability to override pre-recorded messages and provide a live voice broadcast through a handheld microphone located at fire alarm control panel. As mentioned, catastrophic events have changed after the landscape for ECSs 1996 attack on Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. The 2007 edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)72 included some milestone revisions related to ECS is also discussed.
- Published
- 2012