A safety alarm system that signals an emergency condition, comprising: a notification server with a network interface; a wireless station server configured to enable communication with communication devices (102, 122, 124); a database associated with the wireless station server, wherein the database contains identifiers for the communication devices (102, 122, 124) and a language identifier; and a control panel configured to push a text-based alert message to a cloud gateway that is able to send the alert message to the notification server, where the notification server is arranged for receiving the alert message at the network interface and for converting the alert message into a first audio alert message and a second audio alert message being formatted for transmission to communication devices (102, 122, 124) and where the first audio alert message and the second audio alert message provide notice of the emergency condition, where the first audio alert message having a first language is converted in a cloud gateway from a text message via a text-to-speech translation module in the notification server, where the second audio alert message having a second language is converted by a multilingual speech translation module (306, 506) in the notification server, where the wireless station server identifies the communication devices (102, 122, 124) to receive one of the first audio alert message or the second audio alert message based on the language of the alert message identified by part of the database, and wherein the notification server and the cloud gateway are implemented as a single device or co-located device. a notification server with a network interface; a wireless station server configured to enable communication with communication devices (102, 122, 124); a database associated with the wireless station server, wherein the database contains identifiers for the communication devices (102, 122, 124) and a language identifier; and a control panel configured to push a text-based alert message to a cloud gateway that is able to send the alert message to the notification server, where the notification server is arranged for receiving the alert message at the network interface and for converting the alert message into a first audio alert message and a second audio alert message being formatted for transmission to communication devices (102, 122, 124) and where the first audio alert message and the second audio alert message provide notice of the emergency condition, where the first audio alert message having a first language is converted in a cloud gateway from a text message via a text-to-speech translation module in the notification server, where the second audio alert message having a second language is converted by a multilingual speech translation module (306, 506) in the notification server, where the wireless station server identifies the communication devices (102, 122, 124) to receive one of the first audio alert message or the second audio alert message based on the language of the alert message identified by part of the database, and wherein the notification server and the cloud gateway are implemented as a single device or co-located device.