PEL Services Ltd - Take refuge with PEL!
PEL PROVIDES DISABLED REFUGE CALL SYSTEM
PEL Services Ltd - a leading UK systems company that
designs, supplies, installs, commissions and maintains
sound, fire, security & communications systems - has
announced its new Refuge Call System to help building
occupiers comply with British Standards and the
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).
Details on this simple but highly effective system,
including a 'build you own' specification, can be found
in a dedicated DDA section at www.pel.co.uk.
Under BS5588 part 8, all buildings over a single storey
must provide a 'refuge' for disabled persons in an
emergency situation. The refuge has specific build
requirements and must also have two way communication
with fire marshals or emergency services.
Furthermore, under the DDA, service providers that allow
public access to their premises may have to make
reasonable adjustments to their premises to overcome
physical barriers to disabled people, including
emergency escape routes.
However, undertaking expensive major building work to
make emergency escape routes accessible to everybody can
be unnecessary because the PEL Refuge Call System has
been designed to enable the safe evacuation of those in
need of special assistance,
A specialised intercom, the PEL Refuge Call System
consists of a modular control panel (containing the
master telephone, control switching and indicators),
which is installed at a control point in the building,
connected by an independent telephone link to remote
slave units located at each refuge point. The slave
units are available in handset style or 'hands free'
operation and can be
surface or flush mounted.
In its simplest configuration, lifting a handset or
activating the 'hands free' unit will cause the relevant
button on the control panel to light up and the master
telephone to ring. When the master telephone is
answered, normal two way conversation takes place,
enabling the disabled person to alert the central
station to their predicament and allow for appropriate
action to be taken.
The PEL Refuge Call control panels are available in four
standard sizes, linking to 16, 32, 48 or 64 remote
locations and this modular system can accommodate up to
256 lines. If required, the control panel can be
manufactured to allow remote locations to be indicated
on a graphic of the building layout to simplify visual
identification.
Exceptionally reliable, the PEL Refuge Call System comes
with emergency battery back-up supply and the telephone
cable is self-monitoring for faults. It is compliant
with the BS5839:part 9 code of practice for emergency
voice communication systems.
Email:
julie@publicityoverload.co.uk
Arundel Jones Associates Ltd
Hill Farm, Linton Hill, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AL
Tel : 01622 745333
news@buildingdesign.co.uk
Registered in England and Wales No. 07334149
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