The Differentiation Between A Voice Evacuation System and a Mass Notification System
The Differentiation Between A Voice Evacuation System and a Mass Notification System
What’s the distinction between the voice evacuation system and the mass notification system? Many people tend to employ these terms similarly, but they’re in reality, different systems.
Although mass notification systems and fire alarm voice evac systems both employ audible (speakers) as well as visual (strobes) to warn people living in the building, the main difference between the two systems is in the actions that they instruct the users to do. Mass notification systems can be even more precise and can cover more terrain and conditions than a voice evac system.
Since mass notification systems are classified as wide-area and in-building systems, they go more than the inside of a structure. Wide-area systems offer outdoor notifications with high-power speaker arrays. Wide-area systems also can use distributed mass notification systems (DRMNS) like email, text messaging, as well as reverse 911. This is something that a traditional fire alarm system that has a voice evacuation system simply cannot perform. Facilities that require voice evacuation according to the building code and must notify the masses also will typically set up a hybrid MNS/voice evacuation system that allows the two functions of a system to be accomplished in a single method.
If you’re an owner of a building, a campus manager, or a facility manager. It’s crucial to determine which notification system will make your tenants safe and what kind of system will provide the most coverage in terms of communicating in case of emergency.
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