Fire alarm and emergency system integration

Why sites want it

In an emergency the first minutes matter. Screens in the building should not keep playing a promotional video; they should show the evacuation route, the assembly point and short instructions. Hospitals, malls, hotels, factories and schools therefore want screens to work together with the alarm system.

What exists today

In MIA you prepare a separate emergency program. With one click it replaces normal playback instantly on all or chosen screens, and when you switch it off normal playback returns. Emergency changes never wait in the deployment queue. Today the program is started by hand from the panel.

An integration built on request

An integration that starts the emergency program on a signal from your alarm system can be built for your installation. Depending on what your alarm panel offers, this could be a dry contact output, a message over the network or an event from the building management system. Showing different instructions on different screens depending on the alarm zone can also be discussed. Screens do not replace a fire alarm system; they are an extra information channel that supports the audible and visual alarms. For that reason we design it together with the person responsible for fire safety in your building.

What we need to know to scope it

• The make and model of the alarm panel and the outputs it offers
• Whether different zones or floors need different messages
• How playback should return to normal after the alarm
• The number of screens and where they are

With this we would suggest testing the setup during an evacuation drill. Scope, timing and price are agreed for each project.