EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS A FAST EXIT


Naz Dossa, CEO of Peoplesafe and BSIA Chair of the Lone Worker Group, explains how technology is enabling organisations to respond more effectively during emergency evacuations.


A clear evacuation plan with designated escape routes and assembly points is a statutory requirement for incidents including fire alarms – real or false – gas leaks, chemical spills, security threats and evacuation where there may be a building deemed unsafe.


The provision and testing of sufficient fire safety measures along with appropriate staff training is also a legal requirement. If you’re doing all this, you’ve ticked all the boxes around what needs to happen in an emergency. But how foolproof is your ‘how’?


Getting people to safety the fastest, most surefire way possible is where technology can play an increasingly crucial role.


MASS NOTIFICATION


Emergency evacuations are a low frequency, high impact incident. As such, it’s imperative to have easy- to-follow processes and clearly defined roles in these situations.


Mass notification technology, like Team Broadcast from Peoplesafe, adds a simple-to-use system that can communicate in real-time to an entire workforce en masse.


Messages can only be sent by Administrators, from the award-winning Nexus management platform. They have the option to send notifications to specific teams, groups or everyone with a Peoplesafe app.


In addition, Admins can select if the message is ‘Critical’ – which enables the push notification to override silent settings – and whether users need to acknowledge receipt of the message.


When coordinating an emergency evacuation, having a tool that can inform you who has seen your message and who may still be unaware of the situation could be vital to ensuring a successful outcome.


EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS A push notification on an app might not be enough in certain evacuation scenarios. In these instances, multichannel notifications distributed from a central system are far more effective.


Peoplesafe Alert is a simple and dedicated emergency alert system that enables organisations to send and track thousands of notifications to employees via app, SMS and desktop alerts simultaneously to ensure the


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message is disseminated effectively. No-one gets missed. Everyone is safe.


Due to the infrequent usage level, this technology cannot be complicated. Unlike other mass notification software that can be difficult to navigate, sending a message via Peoplesafe Alert can be done from a single page and in less than a minute.


Administrators can make use of the tool’s groups and templates to pre-empt an emergency evacuation. Pre-determined messages can be created in the event of a fire or terror attack so that the organisation can respond swiftly and decisively. If necessary, the platform’s geofencing capabilities can be used to only communicate with those in a certain location.


Designed to be used in any crisis situation, it can be operated in real-time and messages cannot be edited or forwarded to protect the credibility of the organisation and guarantee that the information is current, correct and constantly controlled.


With its own dedicated platform, priority messages are guaranteed to cut through any other conflicting or distracting messages from Outlook, Teams, Slack, or other


messaging platforms at the time of an emergency. EXTRA LAYER OF SAFETY


Mass notification technology enables organisations to respond smarter and more effectively during emergency evacuations.


It can work in tandem with evacuation plans to communicate the correct processes and procedures and also record who has received the warning and will be making their way to a place of safety.


Peoplesafe offers impressively fast-implemented, scalable solutions that flex with the requirements of any organisation.


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