FEATURE — VENUE SAFETY & SECURITY
The new AFG Arena
in St. Gallen,
Switzerland, used
Community
Professional
Loudspeakers
throughout the venue.
IMAGE: COMMUNITY/AFG ARENA
at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Har- AKONA
risburg, PA, which led to a new federal mandate Akona, based in Runcorn, UK, specialises in the securi-
requiring all new power plants to have a ten-mile ty and events industries to provide a wide range of
radius warning system. The recognition of the need for vocational and professional courses to suit clients at all
systems that would not only alarm but inform as well levels.
got us involved with ultra-high power voice range sys- “All of our courses are delivered using a blended
tems that not only could provide tone signalling equal learning approach, requiring the learners to attend
to the level of a pneumatic air siren, but also provide classroom-based lessons and distance learning to gain
voice communication for instruction and information. the qualifications. Teaching is a combination of group
When used together with visual notification this com- work and individual tuition, and the approach requires
bines to provide the most effective systems for saving a mixture of knowledge and practical assessment, with
lives. As an example, when designing a sound system scenario-based training and live assessment at high
for the new 18,000-seat, multi-use AFG Arena in St. profile venues,” explained Steve Ashley, Director of
Gallen, Switzerland, Peter Niederhauser of PolyCon- Operations at Akona.
cept AG said the system had to meet strict safety and Akona delivers training courses for a number of
quality requirements. They used our loudspeakers major venues in the UK and has been responsible for
throughout the venue, installed by Tyco Fire & Integrat- successfully qualifying thousands of stewards and secu- Akona Stewardship
ed Solutions. The sound comes through very loud and rity operatives over the past few years. ➲ Training Session at
Chelsea FC (CFC).clear, according to Niederhauser, who has now worked
IMAGE: AKONA/CFCon sound systems at five different stadiums. Amidst the
panic during a sudden evacuation, intelligibility
becomes critical, and Niederhauser found that Com-
munity’s loudspeakers excel in this respect.”
The issues raised highlight the increasing awareness
of venues in meeting the need for heightened pre-
paredness for safety and security.
Safety & Security Vendors
Leading providers of safety and security goods and ser-
vices from around the world are keeping on top of
technology and innovation, with continuing input from
their stadium and arena clients to meet their needs in
protecting their venues and patrons. Feature writer,
Steve Traiman, provides this sampling of the newest
offerings as a good snapshot of the current industry
focus.
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