Hi Heather
I support Loretta's and Alan's comments, but have reservations about using
strobe lights in public places, as they have been known to trigger epileptic
fits in people with photo-sensitive epilepsy. (Does anyone else have views on
this?)
We are looking into installing the Deaf Alerter, but use the Connevan's Pager
(with extended range trigger unit) for halls of Residence. Hal Draper in the
Access to Deaf Students Initiative (ASDI) at Bristol University can give you
more information about that, as he first suggested it to me, or contact
Connevans on 01737 247571.
All the best
Clare Davies
Senior Student Guidance Officer
Nene College of Higher Education
Boughton Green Road
Northampton NN2 7AL
>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
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
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