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ExitPoint™ by Honeywell's System Sensor Division

From System Sensor, an InterTECH Security Fire Alarms Supply Partner:

Traditional fire alarms alert building occupants to a fire, but the systems are not designed to guide people out of a fire. Honeywell has introduced a new fire safety concept – the audible exit sign – that can reduce building evacuation times up to 75 percent. ExitPoint™ uses directional sound technology to mark paths to safety. Varying tones and intensities from the devices, which are placed along escape routes, help lead occupants toward exits.

Directional sound clearly communicates the location of exits using broadband noise. ExitPoint™ incorporates four different field selectable sound pulse patterns. The patterns consist of broadband noise, which makes it possible to locate where the sound is coming from. The four pulse patterns are used to create a pathway out of the building and mark its perimeter exits. The sound pattern becomes faster as the building occupant approaches the perimeter exit. Additional tone pulses can be added to the patterns to alert occupants that they are approaching a stairway and need to proceed either up or down.

InterTECH has Supply Partnerships with both System Sensor, and its parent company, Honeywell. For more information on fire alarm system technology, contact InterTECH Security.

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