Loading ...The Virginia Tech tragedy served as a wake-up call for most U.S. campuses. In August 2008, the government provided support in terms of a new public law: the College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008, an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965, which is required of schools that receive federal funds.
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Proper Measures Avoid Having Too Few or Too Many Devices
Measuring intelligibility for fire and emergency communications systems (ECSs) will become more commonplace as local jurisdictions adopt the 2010 version of NFPA 72. Taking proper measures can be complex, and most fire and life safety system designers have to work around existing building features that affect intelligibility.
Got Intelligibility? Be Heard and Understood
Emergency communications systems have amplified the need for effective voice communications systems. NFPA 72-2010 formally addresses measuring voice intelligibility to ensure what is said is heard properly.
Product – SpectrAlert® Advance Accessories Increase Product Versatility
SpectrAlert® Advance accessories increase device versatility in a much wider range of applications. This increased flexibility enables distributors to reduce product SKUs and free up valuable shelf space. It also simplifies the specification process for designers.
Product – SpectrAlert® Advance: The First Plug-In Speaker Line
With its new SpectrAlert Advance Speakers and Speaker Strobes, System Sensor has combined input from customers with the ingenuity of a dedicated engineering team to design the industry’s first plug-in speaker line.
Q&A: Campus Strategy for Life Safety
Rick Sadlier, fire and life safety officer for Mercyhurst, is responsible for campus life safety protection in addition to being the liaison with contractors for maintaining codes and standards. Sadlier’s experience includes career firefighter for the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, fire inspector, fire prevention specialist, certified origin/cause of fire investigator, certified EMT and NFPA certified fire inspector.
Editorial: Always Ready…Just in Case
It’s a bit strange sometimes to be in an industry where you sell products that no one hopes to ever use. Of course, people understand the value in being prepared.
What people do have difficulty understanding at times is how to prepare for events that threaten people and property. The problem often lies in being creative enough to conceive of the possible emergencies: If you don’t know what you could face, it’s harder to plan.
Cover: Northern Illinois University Refines Mass Notification in Wake of Fatal Shooting
Quick action on campus saved lives, and university officials are now examining how they can improve disaster response and upgrade life safety systems to better protect students and faculty.
A tragedy that occurred hundreds of miles away prepared officials at Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb for the possibility of a crisis on their own campus. [...]
Mass Notification on Campuses
In the wake of last spring’s tragic Virginia Tech shootings when 32 students and faculty members lost their lives, LifeSafety reached out for the latest thinking about mass notification system (MNS) improvements.
Mass Notification: Are You Ready?
Towering high-rises, sprawling college campuses, mass transit hubs…all can have hundreds or thousands of people occupying them at any given moment.When a crisis emerges, it’s critical to protect lives, and that job becomes difficult when people are located throughout a facility or across a wide area.