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Strategies and Tools for Planning, Design, and Use of Emergency Communications Systems
Track(s): Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity, Detection & Notification

Robert Schifiliti, RPSA INC

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Emergency communications systems (ECSs), which include mass notification systems (MNSs), continue to rely on the use of voice as the primary messaging and communication strategy. However, there are other communications channels that can be effectively used during various stages of an event and to target different audiences. There has been tremendous advancement and evolution in communications needs, strategies, codes, standards, and delivery platforms. It's no wonder that planners, designers, authorities, installers, and users are struggling to understand and apply these changes. Learn more about the tools, options, and requirements in the 2010 edition of NFPA 72®: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, that are available to planners, designers, authorities, and users.

Robert Schifiliti is a licensed Fire Protection Engineer and holds a Master of Science degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Mr. Schifiliti is the chair of the NFPA Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property Technical Correlating Committee. He is a member of the Notification Appliances chapter committee for the National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72) and chaired that committee from 1993 to 2003. Bob is also the Chair of the NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation's Detection and Alarm Research Council.