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 Zest Audio has recently completed the installation of a high power Community sound system for the demonstration facilities of Lightstep Technologies at their Belfast headquarters.
Lightstep produce innovative products to help people escape from life threatening situations. Following many well publicised disasters in recent years, involving major loss of life in high rise buildings, nightclubs, underground stations and at sea, Lightstep has developed systems that represent a significant step forward in Life Safety systems. Much has been done to improve and integrate the response and ability of the fire, ambulance, police and other emergency services but, until now, little progress has been made in developing integrated visual systems to increase the chances of escape from burning buildings, gas leaks, underground black outs, explosions on land or at sea, capsizing vessels or collapsing tunnels. Night clubs continue to be a serious concern around the world, high rise buildings over seven storeys remain out of reach of the rescue services and nothing has previously emerged which can guide the occupants from these environments other than photoluminescent strips on stairwell step treads. But how to find those stairwells? Age old standard signs above doors, quickly obscured by smoke, are incapable of determining whether the exit is actually safe to go through, or if it will lead into a greater risk area; yet these are still specified into the newest, most stunning and architecturally ambitious projects throughout the world. In order to achieve a high probability of escape, Lightstep determined that a system had to be designed which would take advantage of all the development in real time sensors; a system which would use intelligence gathered from sensors throughout areas and entire buildings, no matter how high or complex, to guide people in the building out to safety. |
