Title

A Fire and Emergency Services (FES) or evacuation paging system must be installed and implemented for life safety or security announcements. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

A Fire and Emergency Services (FES) or evacuation paging system must be installed to provide emergency announcements and messages in accordance with public law in response to 11 September 2001 and local building codes. Local building codes have for years required facilities to provide evacuation and life safety sound systems. These systems may be required by federal or public law in the wake of 9/11/2001. In addition to life safety announcements about an evacuation or emergency condition within a facility, these systems may be used for security alerts; for example, instruct site personnel to be on the lookout for an intruder or other unauthorized person.

Check Content

Review site documentation to confirm a policy and procedure requires FES or evacuation paging systems are installed and implemented for life safety or security announcements. If an FES or evacuation paging systems is not installed and implemented, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Implement an FES or evacuation paging system for life safety or security announcements.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-9034r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-8537

Group Title: Emergency announcement system

Expert Comments

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