PRODUCT SHOWCASE
Facility Management – Emergency Plans with AARC-EVAC
Managing a facility’s emergency plans requires an effective response to all potential emergencies. There are many
different types of emergency situations, including fire or explosion, dangerous gas release, medical emergencies, natural disasters, bomb threats, threats of violence and robbery.
Most emergency warning systems in the market only address fire and in some cases explosive gasses; many only
sound a siren and flash a warning beacon.
AARC Systems is the first company to develop an emergency warning system that supports the full range of emergency situations including Evacuation, Lockdown, Duress,
First Aid and more.
AARC-EVAC is a wireless linked emergency alert system. It is a smart, simple to use, easy to install audio visual message broadcast system. Messages are totally flexible, tailored to suit the customer’s requirements. The
system employs push button transmitters and a network
of wireless linked, emergency message broadcast units
with battery backup.
Each facility is free to design an AARC-EVAC alert system utilising the range of functions that best matches the
identified and assessed risks for that facility.
For example, not every site needs a Lock Down alert;
many sites will already have a fire service with a siren, the
AARC-EVAC system can enhance this with Voice Message
evacuation instructions (multi-lingual if needed). Have a
system designed to suit your specific needs!
The AARC-EVAC technology has been developed in Aus-
tralia and the systems are being manufactured in Australia
by AARC Systems, an Australian company located in Ballarat, Victoria. Based on an assessment of customer needs,
the developers spent three years on R&D prior to launching
AARC Systems Holding Pty Ltd and commercialising the
AARC-EVAC system. Initially, much of the R&D effort was
centred around the development of the proprietary radio
network that links
Contact:
the system togethAARC Systems Pty Ltd
er, which had to be
7 Ring Road, Alfredton, Vic 3350
extremely reliable
Tel: (03) 5334 2865
and robust.
Web: www.aarcsystems.com.au
TS SERIES
THUMBSTICK:
A SIMPLE &
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JOYSTICK
New levels of
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Control Devices is the official APEM distributor for Australia and NZ and offers APEM’s TS series Thumbstick, a
miniature joystick with the recently added LED backlighting option.
It features contactless Hall-effect technology to provide
long life proportional control. It is similar in size to “gamepad” controls and is easy to install.
With a total current draw no greater than 16mA, the LED
Thumbstick option is ideally suited for high volume, price
sensitive applications including UAV and wireless remotecontrol applications
where visibility is
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tions are critical.
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ther red or blue.
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This Aussie-made modular hearing aid gives you a new
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Their latest innovation is Facett, the world’s first rechargeable modular hearing aid. It’s user programmable too, with
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Australia’s electronics magazine
May 2019 105
