Patent ID: 9711023
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G07C,G08B,G09B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A lockdown apparatus for facilitating initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility that is configured for occupation by facility occupants and that includes a fire alarm, the fire alarm including a fire alarm actuator and a fire alarm communicator configured to produce a fire alarm communication for communicating actuation of the fire alarm actuator, the lockdown apparatus comprising: a lockdown actuator disposed at the facility and configured to transmit a lockdown initiation signal upon being actuated, the lockdown actuator being configured to be recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm actuator; a lockdown communicator configured to produce a lockdown initiation communication for communicating initiation of lockdown procedures to the facility occupants and individuals not disposed proximate the facility upon transmission of the lockdown initiation signal, the lockdown initiation communication being recognizably distinguishable from the fire alarm communication, the lockdown communicator including: an override actuator that is manually actuable to override the lockdown initiation communication communicated to facility occupants subsequent to transmission of the lockdown initiation signal so as to cease communication of both the audible lockdown initiation annunciation and the visual indication.