Patent ID: 8610557

Claim:
A system for communicating information to emergency response personnel comprising: an emergency equipment station including a defibrillator, a first sensor capable of detecting a discharge of the defibrillator, a second sensor capable of detecting a removal of the defibrillator from an installed position, a third sensor capable of detecting an obstruction to access to the defibrillator, and communications circuitry; a central station located remotely from the emergency equipment station and in communication with the communications circuitry of the emergency equipment station, the central station configured to receive an alarm from the emergency equipment station, and further configured to create a notification to at least one of the emergency response personnel and building management personnel according to a type of the alarm; and an emergency lighting station coupled in a communicating relationship with the central station and configured to generate the alarm to the central station under one or more predetermined conditions, wherein the one or more predetermined conditions includes an obstruction of illumination of an area intended to be illuminated by the emergency lighting station.