Universal emergency alarm system
View Patent ↗The disclosed universal emergency alarm system is capable of alerting occupants of one or more emergencies through one universal alarm system with the use of one or more decentralized alarm panels and one or more alarms. Certain embodiments of the alarm system also comprise one or more centralized alarm panels and emergency dispatch. Emergencies can include weather or natural disaster emergencies, manmade or criminal activity emergencies, dangerous situation emergencies, Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) from state or local government authorities, or the like. A mobile app can be used to create and communicate with one or more connectivity zones, zone members, connectivity communities, community members, and emergency dispatch authorities.
1 . A universal emergency alarm system, comprising:
a. one or more decentralized alarm panels, wherein each panel is located in a non-controlled area and able to be activated by a non-administrative occupant, and wherein each panel comprises a housing and at least one coded emergency pull lever; and
b. one or more alarms, wherein each alarm comprises a housing, a light source, and an audio signal;
wherein each coded emergency pull lever corresponds with a different alarm profile, and wherein, upon activation of a first coded emergency pull lever, a first alarm profile is executed by one or more alarms.
2 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein each coded emergency pull lever of the one or more decentralized alarm panels can be a button or a touchscreen activated display.
3 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more centralized alarm panels, wherein each centralized alarm panel is located in a controlled area and able to be activated by an administrative occupant, and wherein each centralized alarm panel comprises a housing and at least one coded emergency pull lever.
4 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 3 , wherein each coded emergency pull lever of the one or more centralized alarm panels can be a button or a touchscreen activated display.
5 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more decentralized alarm panel pull levers are coded the same as the one or more centralized alarm panel pull levers.
6 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more centralized alarm panels comprises one or more differently-coded pull levers than the one or more decentralized alarm panel pull levers.
7 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more centralized alarm panels comprises at least one more pull levers than the one or more decentralized alarm panel pull levers.
8 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , communicates to emergency dispatch, activates one or more alarms, communicates to mobile application, or combinations thereof.
9 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein the system is capable of alerting one or more interested parties of an emergency.
10 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more interested parties are selected from the group consisting of administrative occupants, non-administrative occupants, non-occupants, emergency dispatch, zone members, community members, and combinations thereof.
11 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 3 , further comprising a mobile application that can be used to alert and communicate with zone members in one or more connectivity zones.
12 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , further comprising a mobile application that can be used to alert and communicate with community members in one or more connectivity communities.
13 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , further comprising a mobile application that can be used to activate one or more alarms.
14 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein the light source is capable of generating one or more different colors of light.
15 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein the light source is capable of generating one or more different strobe patterns of light.
16 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein the audio signal is capable of generating one or more different patterns of audio.
17 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein each alarm profile is customizable by one or more of the following features: alarm lever color, alarm type, strobe light color, strobe flash pattern, audio signal, sprayer instructions, and notification instructions.
18 . The universal emergency alarm system of claim 1 , wherein each alarm comprises a sprayer.