3 Essential tools to keep your workplace safe

Time & People provides implementation and training services to customers across Australia and around the world to assist set up and go live with the visitor management solution. One of those included training sessions is for Evacuation Management. Evacuation Management can be simple and manual with paper PDF reports to manage the evacuation. Evacuation Management can be simple and digital with technology-based evacuations allowing multiple fire wardens to connect at the same time no matter the size of the location. Manual paper evacuations with multiple evacuation points need all the […]

When an emergency unfolds, the reaction time and sending out a clear and brief message can save lives. One of the fastest ways to send a message today is via SMS. Any effective emergency communication system (ECS) needs to include an effective way to communicate with everyone on-site and even those that may be due on-site. Buildings such as hotels, high-rise, and college campuses in the US are required to have an Emergency Communication System (ECS) under the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 and the International Building Code. Visitor […]

One of the more popular requests these days for integrations is to integrate the visitor management system with access control systems. When asked we always share that integration to an access control system really only works if you have turnstiles or speed gates. Why integrate your visitor management system with access control? Number 1 reason is to have all the employee on site registered in the evacuation module. Problem is one person can swipe and open a door and 3 people can walk through the door behind the person that […]

When it comes to emergencies, nothing beats being prepared! No-one can predict when an emergency will arise such as a medical emergency, intruder, explosion or one of many natural disasters frequent today; flood, fire or earthquakes. To be prepared and keep your people safe in an event of an emergency, you must know where they should be and then be able to quickly verify their Safety. An automated visitor, contractor, employee management system helps you to do this. The first step is to capture the information on arrival for everyone […]

Every building has an evacuation drill process, after talking to hundreds of customers over the past few months about evacuation drills I can see the level of process, accountability and systems vary dramatically from one building to another. Multiple location companies have different systems for individual locations creating no consistency with the process. Some companies completely outsource the process. What is the difference between a Floor Warden and a Chief Warden? and who is a Deputy Floor Warden? Many companies have multiple Floor Wardens and Chief Wardens, you need to […]

Evacuation Management is one of the most asked about aspects of our visitor management software. Quickly and easily accounting for all of the people present in your building can take considerable time with mixed results when running a paper based system. How would you like to know how you were travelling during your evacuation process on the safety of all of the visitors in your building? What reports do you have in place for your annual evacuation drill? How long does your evacuation drill take? Once you have your visitor […]