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Safety Messages
Description, Specifications, Installation, and Operation Manual
Federal Signal
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Safety Messages
It is important to follow all instructions shipped with this product. This device is to be installed
by trained personnel who are thoroughly familiar with the country electric codes and will follow
these guidelines as well as local codes and ordinances, including any state or local noise control
ordinances. Listed below are important safety instructions and precautions you should follow:
Planning
• If suitable warning equipment is not selected, the installation site for the Informer is not
selected properly or the Informer is not installed properly, it may not produce the intended
optimum audible warning. If applicable, follow Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) recommendations.
• If the Informer is not activated in a timely manner when an emergency condition exists, it
cannot provide the intended audible warning. It is imperative that knowledgeable people, who
are provided with the necessary information, be available at all times to authorize activation.
• The sound output of the Informer is capable of causing permanent hearing damage. To
prevent excessive exposure, carefully plan placement, post warnings, and restrict access to
areas near sirens.
• Activating the Informer may not result in people taking the desired actions if those to be
warned are not properly trained about the meaning of warning sounds. Users should follow
FEMA recommendations and instruct those to be warned of correct actions to be taken.
After installation, service, or maintenance, test the system to confirm that it is operating properly.
Test the system regularly to confirm that it will be operational in an emergency.
Safety Messages to Installers
People’s lives depend on your safe installation of our products. It is important to follow all
instructions shipped with this product. This device is to be installed by a trained electrician who
is thoroughly familiar with the National Electrical Code and/or Canadian Electrical Code and will
follow the NEC and/or CEC Guidelines as well as all local codes.
The selection of the mounting location for this Informer, its controls and the routing of the wiring
are to be accomplished under the direction of the Facilities Engineer and the Safety Engineer.
Listed below are some other important safety instructions and precautions you should follow:
• Electrocution or severe personal injury can occur when performing various installation and
service functions such as making electrical connections, drilling holes, or lifting equipment.
Therefore, only experienced electricians should install this product in accordance with national,
state and any other electrical codes having jurisdiction. Perform all work under the direction of
the installation or service crew safety foreman.
• Read and understand all instructions before installing, operating, or servicing this equipment.
• All effective warning sounds may, in certain circumstances, cause permanent hearing loss.
Take appropriate precautions such as wearing hearing protection. Maximum sound level
exposure limits specified in OSHA 29 CFR 1910 should not be exceeded. Review and comply
with any local or state noise control ordinances as well as OSHA noise exposure regulations
and guidelines.
• For optimum sound distribution do not install this speaker where objects would block any
portion of the front of the Informer.
• Establish a procedure to routinely check the signal system for proper activation and operation.
