Twenty years of Fire Safety for Deaf people, a perspective.
Twenty years ago I started my career in the provision of fire safety and alerting systems for Deaf and hard of hearing people.
Twenty years ago I started my career in the provision of fire safety and alerting systems for Deaf and hard of hearing people.
We are delighted to announce that our ‘Everybody Deserves to be Safe’ CPD presentation is now CIBSE accredited. All attendees receive certification. The panel at CIBSE describes the hour-long CPD as informative, thought-provoking and balanced. We provide certification for all attendees. We have received universal approval from everyone who has attended our presentation. …
Working in radio, we spend a lot of time worrying about two things: coverage and overspill. Getting coverage of a building is the core objective of the DeafWatch™ system and achieving coverage can often be a challenge. Concrete buildings reinforced with meshed rebar steel and metre thick floor or walls can cause several difficulties. We’ve…
In short, yes. Very much so. Introduction to EN54 Part 23 For several decades, visual alarm devices (VADs), mainly beacons and incorporated ceiling light systems have been integrated as part of the standard fire alarm system to ensure that hearing-impaired people were aware of the fire alarm, too. In December 2013, a new product standard, EN…
DeafWatch™ have set out to change the culture of fire alarms for deaf people. For far too long, making sure that everyone is safe in every location has proven to be expensive. Rather than do the right thing, organisations have determined that the cost has been too high and have either done very little, nothing…
Fire alarm systems for deaf students have a reputation for being extremely expensive. So it’s no surprise that many universities have little or no coverage. Those that do still have the worry of meeting high maintenance costs to ensure the safety of a small number of students. DeafWatch™ ends that culture of overcharging. …
DeafWatch™ and RefugeWatch™ were on display at the AUE conference at Trent University 6-8 September 2017. The conference was a huge success with considerable interest in the value and quality of DeafWatch™ in particular.
Yesterday I visited three sites. A University campus, a school and two council offices, to complete radio site surveys. This is something that we do for the DeafWatch™ system on a regular basis. In some ways it the simplest of tests, simply to walk around and ensure that the signal arrives without corruption everywhere. However,…