Hi Heather
Yes Loretto's advice is right on, there are some other avenues that
might be of interest.
1) One of the main difficulties in the past has been the limited
ability of existing fire alarm circuits to activate more than a few
light/strobe beacons. This has been overcome by Chubb Fire in that
overlay circuits can be added with unlimited numbers of beacons. I
am not sure that they can be added to existing non-Chubb systems but
the technology, is not I think, exclusive. This would mean that
beacons could be put in to the most remote places.
2) Vibrating Pagers are another route but should not be exclusive!
The Personal Pager System by Conevans is a very good egsample but
there are many others to choose from.
3) There IS a responsibility on students with a disability to take a
level of action in that they should be aware of the need to keep
staff informed of their presance. This should be part of a PEP
(Personal Evacuation Plan) which should be developed with each known
student or staff with a disability. We are very slowly beginning to
develop these and they are time consuming and difficult but very
enlightening when undertaken.
The RNID produce some very good publications re Fire warning systems
and are very worth while talking to.
Very good luck in your new position.
Alan. ([log in to unmask])
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 11:31:08 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Heather Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: fire alarms & Deaf library users
> Reply-to: [log in to unmask]
> I have just taken on the role of Librarian with special responsibilities
> for disabled readers and have been asked as a matter of some urgency to
> look into ways of alerting deaf users when there is a fire alarm. One of
> our students is using a study room so would be totally unaware if the
> alarm sounded as she would not even see people leaving the floor in
> droves. I have been told about Deaf Alerter which seems like a good idea
> (and for which I might be able to get some money) but would be grateful
> for any other suggestions and/or feedback about the effectiveness of the
> Deaf Alerter system. The Library is on 4 floors and always very busy so
> it would be quite impractical for someone to go round all the study rooms.
> Thanks for any help you can give
> Heather Bailey
> Bristol University Library
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