Disabled people’s safety in the event of a building’s emergency evacuation should be paramount. Many disabled people with mobility difficulties use passenger lifts day-to-day to access various floors in a typical multi-storey building. However, non-fire rated lifts should not be used in an emergency, potentially leaving people stranded on upper floors.

This is where Emergency Voice Communication systems (EVC systems) become important.

Alerter Group's EVC system, Refuge Alerter, is designed to be installed in building refuge areas – to support safe evacuation of people from these areas in the event of an emergency.

This innovative, radio-based disabled refuge system allows two-way voice communication at all times through Alerter Group's advanced Refuge Outstations,  touchscreen Master Station and hand-held Portable Refuge Communicators (PRCs).

Benefits of a radio-based disabled refuge system

Installing a radio-based disabled refuge system (EVC system):

• eliminates the need for costly and disruptive cabling
• is perfect for retrofitting projects (such as listed buildings or busy workplaces)
• provides the unique ability to add a portable, hand-held refuge communicator into the system (this allows building management and fire marshalls to communicate with disabled refuge locations on the move, or when locations are potentially compromised.)

Discover more about our Refuge Alerter product at www.alertergroup.com.