PEL Disabled Refuge Call


range expanded


The highly popular Refuge Call System available from PEL Services has received a welcome addition to the range in the form of a new single zone version designed specifically for smaller premises, including retail outlets.


It is an economical, simple yet highly effective means of helping building occupiers to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act and relevant standards BS9999 and BS5839 part 9. Instead of engaging in significant building restructuring to accommodate safe gradient evacuation slopes between floors for those unable to use stairs, these systems provide two way communication between identified refuge locations and the central station upon the ground floor. Using a PEL Refuge Call System, disabled persons can alert the central station to their predicament by simply lifting the Refuge Call handset or activating the 'hands free' unit, which are placed at key points throughout the building. This causes the relevant button on the control


panel to light up and the master telephone to ring. When the master telephone is answered, normal two way conversation takes place and appropriate action can be identified and taken.


In addition to the new single zone 'one to one' system, PEL Refuge Call control panels are available in four standard sizes, serving 16, 32, 48 or 64 remote locations. In fact this modular system can accommodate up to 256 lines without the need for signal boosters on the line. If required, the control panel can be manufactured to allow remote locations to be indicated on a graphic of the building layout to simplify visual identification.


Installation is very simple and cost- effective as all PEL Refuge Call Systems can be used with radial wiring and loop wiring in the one system.


Exceptionally reliable, the PEL Refuge Call System comes with emergency battery back-up supply and the telephone cable is self-monitoring for faults. It is compliant with the BS5839:part 9 code of practice for emergency voice communication systems.


Details on this simple but highly effective system can be found in a dedicated Disabled Refuge section within 'Sound and Communications' at www.pel.co.uk


‘Changing places’ — what it means


For designers and specifiers of public environments, compliance with latest Codes of Practice is being simplified, with a new CPD on specific aspects of accessible building design.


Under the revised BS8300:2009, most buildings to which the public have access, from civic buildings through hotels to leisure facilities, should include a ‘Changing Places’ facility- a toilet for the disabled which goes beyond the established Document M regulations. Total Hygiene, the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of disabled toileting solutions and sponsor of the ‘Changing Places Changing Lives’ campaign, is continuing its pioneering by the development of a bespoke Changing Places CPD seminar. The presentation addresses exactly what Changing Places are, the rationale behind them, the considerations for creating them, and the equipment and services needed to comply, helping the industry understand what is required, and how it can be achieved.


Robin Tuffley, Total Hygiene marketing manager, elaborates, “We know from our experience as market leader in disabled toileting that specifiers are increasingly aware of the concept of ‘Changing Places’


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but unsure how to


comply with the Standard. That


compliance is only going to become more important over the next few years as it is likely the Standard will be


incorporated into the revised Approved Document M due for implementation in 2013. It is therefore logical for us to give decision makers the knowledge they need. “BS8300 is devised for disabled people, but acknowledges the growing number of elderly who also benefit from easier accessibility when ‘out and about’. Research by numerous organizations also shows many disabled or elderly people make a conscious decision NOT to visit


somewhere if they feel they cannot ‘go to the loo’ in a clean, suitable environment. There are 10m registered disabled people in the UK. Suitable toilet provision is therefore vital to help create equality in our society.”


The Total Hygiene Changing Places CPD can be booked by emailing info@clos-o-mat.com or telephoning Total Hygiene on 0161 969 1199. www.clos-o-mat.com


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Facilities for the Disabled/DDA


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