When danger strikes at industrial plants and manufacturing facilities, early warning systems save lives. Protect employees and your surrounding community with safety solutions from OmniWarn.
Industrial Plants Need Emergency Warning Systems
Industrial plants have a responsibility to keep employees, visitors, and surrounding communities safe. When an incident occurs, a comprehensive emergency warning system is critical to getting the situation under control quickly.
Because of the risks present in industrial settings, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), has strict requirements for the installation and maintenance of emergency alert systems on worksites. To remain in compliance with OSHA standards, a comprehensive and well-maintained emergency alert system is a necessity.
Effective warning system designs allow industrial plants to communicate swiftly during facility incidents, inclement weather, and other emergencies. Major industrial disasters such as explosions and gas leaks can cause enormous amounts of damage in just minutes. Without an emergency plan in place, consequences can include severe damage to life, land, and property.
Depending on the industry, a plant may need to handle different types of emergencies, including:
- Weather and climate emergencies such as tornadoes, flooding, and blizzards.
- Natural disasters like wildfires and earthquakes.
- Fires, explosions, chemical spills, gas leaks, and other hazardous material emergencies.
- Infrastructure emergencies, such as collapsed bridges and machinery failures.
- Safety emergencies, such as active shooters, bomb threats, and acts of terrorism.
How Can an Industrial Plant Notify Workers and the Public About Emergencies?
When an emergency happens, industrial plants are responsible for notifying employees onsite, emergency responder teams, and surrounding communities. Some emergencies, like equipment failure or facility blackouts, only affect employees onsite at the facility. Others, like refinery explosions or chemical plant gas leaks, have the potential to affect surrounding communities.
The sooner you know about an emergency, the sooner you can react. Quick, efficient mass notification systems allow for a faster response time in emergency events. There are many different ways to monitor conditions and quickly send out emergency alerts, including:
- Outdoor warning sirens, also known as storm sirens or tornado warning sirens, to convey emergency warnings loud and clear.
- Giant voice sirens to communicate specific information like directions to evacuate, seek shelter, or have designated team members report to a certain area.
- Outdoor cameras to monitor outside weather conditions and suspicious activity around the building.
- Weather stations and sensors to supply real-time weather data about water levels, wind speeds, and more.
- Indoor warning systems installed throughout your facility to warn about severe weather, intruders, equipment malfunction and other immediate dangers.
- Real-time alerts and mass text messages sent to mobile devices through advanced mass notification software.
Custom Designed Emergency Notification Systems for Industrial Plants
OmniWarn offers industrial plants turnkey emergency alert solutions. We design and install emergency notification systems tailored to the needs of you, your employees, and your surrounding community. OmniWarn is factory-trained and certified to design, repair, and install Federal Signal mass notification sirens and systems. We also offer mass notification software that integrates automatic lightning and weather alerts with high-quality equipment and real-time data.
Our Design Process
First, we meet with you to identify your design requirements. During this free consultation, we learn more about your industry, the work you do, and the area you’re seeking coverage for.
Next, we assess the area you want to cover. We use advanced sound propagation software to perform an acoustic study on the target area and create a layered siren map. This provides data on how new sirens can mix with your existing sirens to improve coverage and informs the type of siren you should use (voice vs. tone). We also take terrain factors into account, like how placement of buildings can affect the way sound travels.
Using this information, our engineers design and install a comprehensive emergency alert system for your target area. Our siren system engineering makes sure emergency warnings can be heard loud and clear throughout your plant.
Comprehensive Early Warning Systems
Advanced emergency notification software creates multiple layers of protection for your community. We offer CommanderOne by Federal Signal as a complete mass notification and public warning solution.
CommanderOne cloud based control allows you to:
- Send mass text messages to cell phones.
- Manage alerts and warning sirens.
- Utilize cameras and weather stations to get additional data.
- View real-time alerts from a desktop, laptop, web browser, or mobile app.
- Use dynamic zoning to send messages to select groups or geo targeted areas.
- Lightning warning system lets you set custom alert points and notifications.
Our emergency alert systems can be designed for a range of industrial applications, including:
Service Area
OmniWarn Public Safety is your inside track to Federal Signal. Not only are we a preferred factory-authorized installer and service provider for Federal Signal, but we’re also the sole source for their products across Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico, and Arkansas. Our expertise extends far beyond Federal Signal, though. Across the nation, our highly trained team, backed by a portfolio of glowing references, stands ready to service and repair a full spectrum of siren systems, including brands like American Signal, ATI, Sentry, and Whelen.
Benefits of Early Warning Systems for Industrial Plants
Early warning systems help protect lives, mitigate property damage, and maintain public trust during emergencies. By investing in advanced mass notification technology, industrial plants can respond to crises more effectively and keep employees and the public safe.
- Save Lives: Provide ample time to take life-saving actions during emergencies.
- Damage Mitigation: Reduce property loss with clear, actionable warnings that prompt quick responses.
- Boost Public Trust: Reach more people by combining outdoor sirens, text alerts, phone notifications, and more.
- Streamline Emergency Responses: Coordinate more effectively with emergency management teams, first responders, and other critical staff.
- Tailored Solutions: Customize systems to suit your needs, whether you manage a large chemical processing plant or a small metal fabrication shop.
- Real-Time Insights: Use data from weather sensors, cameras, and other tools for informed decision-making.
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Protect your team and community. Respond to emergencies with confidence. Contact OmniWarn today to learn more about our emergency alert systems for industrial plants.