850000347 Detection alarm since 1872 US T 8883782329 F 8665033996 Canada ChubbEdwar ds T 519 376 2430 F 519 376 7258 Southeast Asia T 65 6391 9300 F 65 6391 9306 India T 91 80 4344 2000 F 91 80 4344 2050 Australia T 61 3 9239 1200 F 61 3 9239 1299 Eur ope T 32 2 725 11 20 F 32 2 721 86 13 Latin America T 305 593 4301 F 305 593 4300 utcfr eandsecurity com 2010 UTC Fir e Security All rights r eserved 062110 Industr y insight Life safety and mass notifcation draw on the same expertise National Fir e Pr otection Association NFP A 72 National Fire Alarm Code Chapter 6 Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems includes r equir ements for the operation and performance of emergency voicealarm communication systems Chapter 7 Notifcation Appliances for Fire Alarm Systems outlines r equir ements for the performance of notifcation appli ances including minimum sound levels for audible signaling and guidance to ensur e voice intelligibility A n n e x E M a s s N o t i f c a t i o n S y s t e m s e x p l a i n s t h e n e e d t o i n c o r p o r a t e m a s s n o t i f c a t i o n i n t o f r e a l a r m s y s t e m s f o r c e r t a i n o c c u p a n c i e s a n d r e c o m m e n d s m i n i m u m g u i d e l i n e s f o r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f m a s s n o t i f c a t i o n s y s t e m s i n s i d e b u i l d i n g s a s w e l l a s o u t d o o r s Occupational Health and Safety Administration OSHA O S H A 1 9 1 0 1 6 5 E m p l o y e e A l a r m S y s t e m s s t i p u l a t e s t h a t e m p l o y e r s p r o v i d e a n e m e r g e n c y w a r n i n g s y s t e m s o t h a t e m p l o y e e s c a n s a f e l y e s c a p e d a n g e r i n t h e w o r k p l a c e Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA F E M A C P G 1 1 7 O u t d o o r W a r n i n g S y s t e m s G u i d e s e t s g u i d e l i n e s f o r d e s i g n i n g p u b l i c w a r n i n g s y s t e m s a n d d e s c r i b e s t h e b e n e f t s o f u s i n g v o i c e t e c h n o l o g y t o a d d r e s s a l l n a t u r a l a n d m a n m a d e h a z a r d s i n c l u d i n g a c t s o f t e r r o r i s m US Department of Justice DoJ The Americans with Disabilities Act outlines the r equir ements for audible and visible war n ing systems Department of Defense DoD Unifed Facilities Criteria 402101 Design and Operation of Mass Notifcation Sys tems includes r equir ements similar to those of NFP A 72 in or der to take advantage of avail able technologies and manufactur ers Unifed Facilities Criteria 401001 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Build ings is intended to pr ovide a timely means to notify building occupants of thr eats and instruct them what to do in r esponse to those thr eats While gover nment may be driving the mass notifcation activity it s clearly the life safety industry that is best suited to run with it Fir e alarm systems ar e inher ently survivable in the face of a catastr ophe Their stringent testing r equir ements ensur e a level of operational ftness unmatched among building systems And the highly r egulated standar ds they must meet achieves the level of r eliability needed for mass notifcation applications Among these systems only the EST3 event management platform of fers the inher ent advantages of life safety systems plus the audio and communications power demanded by mass notifcation applications See what s possible Contact your EST Strategic Partner today Mass notifcation is quickly emerging on the r egulatory landscape as a new standar d in building design Several organizations ar e jockeying for the leadership position Which one will emerge with the dominant standar d r emains to be seen The following ar e just a few of the federal bodies alr eady issuing r elated standar ds and guidelines