To help emergency response to incidents on construction sites, Siemens Building Technologies has developed Safety Man, a brightly coloured, near life size model which is fitted with wireless break-glass call points, a sounder and a strobe. It is designed to be highly noticeable and memorable, so that site workers know exactly where to find it in an emergency.
A key feature is wireless operation, which means it can be sited wherever needed – typically one on each floor in large construction projects – with additional units in areas where workers need extra protection. Signals from the units are transmitted to a central location, usually the security desk, from where all necessary responses are directed and co-ordinated.
“Conventional safety call systems are not well suited to building sites,” said Derrick Hall of Siemens, who came up with the original Safety Man concept. “Their cabling adds to site clutter, and then there’s the problem of ensuring that everyone knows exactly where the call points are located. Although it is, in reality, a very simple solution, Safety Man completely eliminates both of these problems and therefore makes a real contribution to site safety.”
To help emergency response to incidents on construction sites, Siemens Building Technologies has developed Safety Man, a brightly coloured, near life size model which is fitted with wireless break-glass call points, a sounder and a strobe. It is designed to be highly noticeable and memorable, so that site workers know exactly where to find it in an emergency.
A key feature is wireless operation, which means it can be sited wherever needed – typically one on each floor in large construction projects – with additional units in areas where workers need extra protection. Signals from the units are transmitted to a central location, usually the security desk, from where all necessary responses are directed and co-ordinated.
"Conventional safety call systems are not well suited to building sites," said Derrick Hall of Siemens, who came up with the original Safety Man concept. "Their cabling adds to site clutter, and then there’s the problem of ensuring that everyone knows exactly where the call points are located. Although it is, in reality, a very simple solution, Safety Man completely eliminates both of these problems and therefore makes a real contribution to site safety."
