COMMUNITY CENTER EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

The JCC of Greater New Haven, located in Woodbridge, Connecticut, is a busy community center serving the local Jewish community with a wide range of recreational, cultural, and educational programs. The facility executive director sought a reliable, facility-wide emergency notification system to improve safety, enhance communication, and streamline operations across both indoor and outdoor spaces. The community center emergency notification system key requirements included:

Visiplex designed a scalable, fully wireless emergency alert system tailored to the center’s needs. The solution featured: a wireless paging base station for the main office, a high-power transmitter for complete building RF coverage, multiple wireless, audio-visual PA speakers for the indoor areas, wireless ceiling PA speakers for the office area, and wireless PA horn speakers with beacon lights for the outdoor areas. In addition the system include wall-mounted wireless panic buttons, and portable wireless panic buttons that can instantly initiate pre-programmed voice messages through the PA speakers. A telephone line interface was also included, allowing overhead paging and instant voice message activation from any landline or mobile phone.

The entire community center emergency notification system was fully wireless, requiring only standard AC power—eliminating the need for disruptive and costly cabling throughout the building.

The new community center emergency notification system provided the JCC with a significant improvement in both emergency readiness and day-to-day communication: