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Dynamic or Condenser Microphones - what is the difference?
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What is voice alarm and how does it fare against traditional bell sounder systems?
We have all done it! – heard an alarm bell going off and not responded until somebody physically comes to tell us to leave the building. Statistics indicate that people respond 75% more to instructions delivered by voice than the traditional bell sounder systems.
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Understanding Emergency Voice Communication Systems (EVCS)
TOA are helping, in more ways than one, to get people safely from a building, in case of an emergency, using Emergency Voice Communication Systems (EVCS) VoCALL 5 and VoCALL 16. In this article we look at what EVCS systems are designed for, what problems they solve and what regulations apply to installing and operating these life safety…
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Case Study: Castell Alun School
The use of the word lockdown is new terminology in education so, what does ‘lockdown’ mean? Unlike evacuation where people leave the building, lockdown is an emergency action where people are prevented from entering or leaving an area for a certain period.