Dear Dorothy.
Pagers-v-Signal Lamps
At this University we have installed a fire-paging sytem to many
buildings. It does involve the hearing impaired person wearing a pager
and it is better therefore if you know who your deaf people are, to be
able to issue pagers to them.
Student are adults and generaly remember to take their pagers with them
when they visit our buildings. Children might not be so good at
remembering or might loose them in the rough and tumble of school life.
I always used to loose things at school but maybe some children are very
careful and look after their things really well.
Strobe lighting (assuming you mean the type that comes with a fire alarm
and is designed not to trigger fits in vulnerable people)is good because
in very noisy places and in places like swimming pools, wearing a pager
is impractical, visual alarms are effective. They can be good in
auditoriums and theatres where there might be amplified noise etc and
maybe dimmed out lighting. Signal lighting can be very effective in
these environments and it does not involve having to issue a pager.
So visual alarms could be easier to manage in places where you get a lot
of unplanned visitors, say like an art gallery or entertainments centre
where it would be more difficult to know who might need to use a pager
and saves the hassle of people going home with their loaned pagers and
forgetting to give them back. Pagers of the special type needed for fire
alerting are usually more expensive than the ordinary type!!
Basically one needs to see where the risk is and pick the most
appropriate system. Pager systems to retro-fit to existing buildings can
be far more economical than lights unless one is re-equipping the
building with a new state of the art fire alarm, in which case the
specification might be upped at reasonable cost to include warning
neons.Some fire alarm companies products can be cheaper than others in
this respect if specifying as original equipment.
Pagers have the advantage that they can also convey simple messages
(text) so can also be used to deliver additional information to staff
(if you pick on a more sphisticated sytem) which of course is not easy
to do with lights. Pagers can if you choose the right system can be
designed to do other things as well, say to alert staff to other
incedents etc if one is prepared to pay the difference to upgrade the
spec'. I hope this helps, feel free to phone me if you wanted to discuss
further. 0114-2229209.
G.D.Williams
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Sent: 23 November 2005 16:24
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Subject: [ACCESSIBUILT] Education
Would anyone have any feedback on the effectiveness of DeafAlerter
system in schools, or other systems tried and tested in school
environments to serve the needs of staff, pupils and visitors. Also
value of strobes in fire detection systems in a school setting. Thanks
in anticipation. Dorothy
Croft Consultants (30/10/2005 11:35):
>http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/
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> Draft Standards for SEN Support and Outreach Services
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> <http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=13
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>This consultation is intended to contribute to the development of
>quality standards for SEN Support and Outreach Services with a strong
>focus on strengthening inclusion. The standards would apply to all SEN
>advisory and support services, however they are provided, including
>outreach provided by special and mainstream schools. The standards
>could also be used for evaluating voluntary sector services.
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>*Launch Date:* 24 Oct 2005
>*Closing Date:* 27 Jan 2006
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> Consultation on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
> (Amendment)(Further and Higher Education) Regulations 2006
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> <http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=13
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>These new regulations are being introduced to update the Disability
>Discrimination Act (1995) and ensure that it is in line with EU
>Directives on Disability Discrimination for employment and Vocational
>Training
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>*Launch Date:* 05 Oct 2005
>*Closing Date:* 30 Dec 2005
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> New Fire Safety Guidance for Schools
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> <http://www.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consultationId=13
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>This guidance covers all schools maintained by local education
>authorities (LEAs) in England and Wales, and also provides useful
>advice for independent schools. It shows how, through good design and
>management, to reduce the risk of fires occurring in schools and, when
>a fire does occur, how to reduce the risk of it spreading. Because a
>fire can have a serious impact on children's education, due to
>disruption and loss of course work, it gives advice on property
>protection as well as on life safety issues.
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>*Launch Date:* 01 Aug 2005
>*Closing Date:* 18 Nov 2005
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