Patent ID: 6535121
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
An alert control system for use in an emergency response site having at least two groups of personnel, a first such group designated for responding to a first type of emergency and a second such group designated for responding to a second type of emergency; the system comprising:a master control unit for receiving an alert command from a dispatch communications source and for generating alert control signals in response to each such command; a plurality of remote modules for distribution to various locations through out said site, at least one of said remote modules controlling at least one relay for selectively switching on or switching off an electrical apparatus during an emergency, said plurality of modules being connected to said master control unit; and microprocessors in said master control unit and in said remote modules for responding to said first type of emergency by activating a relay for switching on or switching off an electrical apparatus during an emergency; at least one of said remote modules controlling an audio amplifier for selectively attenuating an audio announcement during an alert depending upon whether said amplifier is located adjacent personnel of said first group or personnel of said second group.