VOICE EVACUATION SYSTEMS

WHY HAVE VOICE EVACUATION

SYSTEM?

• Research has proven that in an emergency people will

react without confusion or panic if they receive a clear,
intelligible message.

• Bells and sounders only give a warning, they do not

indicate the nature of the emergency.

• Phased evacuation using clear, easily understood, pre-

recorded messages ensures that even untrained
personnel are evacuated speedily and efficiently.
TYPICAL VES Schematic
 Voice Alarm system categorize
• V1 : Automatic evacuation (No microphone)
• V2 : Live emergency messages
– (Automatic plus All Call Emergency microphone)
• V3 : Zonal live emergency messages
– (Automatic plus Zonal Emergency microphone)
• V4 : Manual controls
– (Automatic plus Zonal Emergency microphone &
message control)
• V5 : Engineered systems
– (e.g. Wembley Stadium, Ascot Racecourse)
 Voice alarm standards
• Design, Installation, Commissioning and
Maintenance
– BS 5839-8: 2008
• System can be link with PA/BGM system then
cable should be fire rated as fire authority
requirement
 Acoustic Design
• When selecting loudspeakers for a particular
application, there are two basic requirements to
take into account.
– 1) Sound Pressure Level (SPL) – How loud!
– 2) Intelligibility – How clear!
• Output level should be such that messages can be
comfortably heard by all people with normal
hearing in 95% of the area.
• The information must be intelligible (understood)
 Acoustic Design
• ACOUSTICALLY EASY (LESS than 75dBA Ambient /
RT60 1.5 Sec - Little Echo)
– •Shop units
– •Office blocks
– •Hotels
• ACOUSTICALLY DIFFICULT (MORE than 75dBA
Ambient / RT60 1.5 Sec - More Echo) Public areas
of:
– •Shopping malls
– •Cinemas, theatres
– •Airports, railway stations
– •Swimming pools and leisure centres
Evacuation Method
 Sample Fire Evacuation Methods
• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/estates/maintenance/fir
e/documents/UCLFire_TN_103.pdf
• http://www.uq.edu.au/hupp/attachments/wo
rkplace-
hs/Fire__Emergency_Evacuation_Procedures.
pdf
• http://www.scdhec.gov/health/licen/hleepsta
tement.pdf