I was recently asked whether a designer that wanted to use a voice message as a general alarm announcement for a fire alarm system that would not by code require an emergency voice system, be required to have a microphone installed as well. I hadn’t run into that situation before, but it makes sense to [Read More]
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Can I Install an Emergency Voice System Without a Microphone?
Filed Under: Audibility, Code Requirements, Electrical Installation, Installation Requirements, Life Safety Articles, Notification Requirements, Uncategorized, Voice Sysytems Tagged With: Emergency Voice Requirements, EVAC Microphone Requirements, EVAC systems, Fire Alarm Annunciation, Fire Alarm Non-emergency Use, Fire Alarm Voice System
Combining an Existing PA System with a Fire Alarm Voice System
In our last post, we discussed how more campus administrators are combining fire alarm notification and general paging functions by using the fire alarm system for both. This is being applied to new installations. In this post we’ll explore whether integrating an existing PA system with a fire alarm voice system is a viable solution [Read More]
Filed Under: Audibility, Code Requirements, Health Care, Life Safety Articles, Uncategorized, Voice Sysytems Tagged With: Achieving Fire Alarm Audiblity, Achieving Intelligibility, Combining Fire Alarm and PA Systems, EVAC systems, Existing EVAC Systems, Existing PA Systems, Integrating Fire Alarm and PA Systems, Intelligibility, Intelligibilty and sound loss, NFPA 72, NFPA 72 Sound Requirements, NFPA 72 testing requirements
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