The PEARS Project Enabling building safety & security systems for public alert

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1 The PEARS Project Enabling building safety & security systems for public alert Enzo Peduzzi / Vice President Euralarm and Chairman Services Section / June 2014

2 What's a crisis situation? 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 2

3 The Community is concerned about Business Continuity Management Top 6 motivations to implement business continuity managment In 2012 Estimated cost of business disruption (total average ) Source: Weathering_the_Storm_CMI_BCM /10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 3

4 What has changes in alerting the population? How shall the population be informed in the case of an acute danger? A question which is troubling civil protection authorities and first responders in many European countries! Sirens have been a proven method in the past But are they able to perform also today? Many sirens have been dismounted in the last years! Radio & TV could be an alternative, however How is listening to the local radio station today? If yes, to which station? 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 4

5 The demographic challenge Trends Needs Growing Urbanization Urban areas are growing In % of the total population will live in Megacities Mobile Population Many of the population is on the move Multicultural, multilingual population communicating on social medias Large and complex Buildings Non familiar building complexes Unknown evacuation routes Changing building structures New alerting strategies: Include the new global trends Respect the mobility and multicultural structure of the population Adapt to the new commutation behavior of the populations using Internet, Twitter, facebook, sms. 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 5

6 FP7 - Project Alert4All The FP7 project Alert4All has the goal to investigate new possibilities to alert the population in crisis situations taking into account the global trends. Communication via internet & social media Multicultural populations Using satellite communication to reach terrestrial users Use multichannel for distribution of the message Multilingual communication Screening social media for impact of the alert messages 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 6

7 How good can GMS signals be received in buildings? In commercial building, shopping centers, entertainment facilities, factories, office buildings, industrial complexes, the reception of GMS signals (e.g. cell broadcast) often not possible The resilience of GMS based systems is limited, they have a relative short autonomy on back-up power Some companies do not allow the use of social media during office hours. Many persons switch off their mobile phone at night, or do not keep the device at their bedside table. Many private homes in Europe are not anymore connected via land telephone lines - The occupants relay upon GSM or other connections 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 7

8 Life Safety and Security Systems A perfect complementary channel Simultaneous push through any wired and non-wired network Building Safety Systems with proven built-in warning and notification capabilities Service provider(s) GPS Mobile MARC Private Commercial Media devices Civil protection agencies Other Alerting server PEARS CAP/future protocols Management systems Fire detection Voice Alarm Mass notification 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 8

9 Why to use fire safety & security systems? Ten thousands of systems are already installed in commercial buildings and millions in private homes The systems are resilient against power failures EN norms require battery back-up of 24h and more Many systems are already connected to public an private alarm monitoring stations (MARCS) MARCS employ personnel trained in crisis management which are used to reacting in crisis situation Commercial, public or industrial building sites have an onsite emergency organization trained for crisis management. 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 9

10 Use of existing infrastructure Voice Alarm Systems convert public alert text messages directly to clear voice messages. Mass Notification Systems allow in addition, to voice alarms, the realtime display of alert messages on PC screens at the workplace or on any other monitor or TV screens Evacuation alarm, no immediate danger Please leave the aera and follow the green arrows and lights Leave your baggage behind Turn Around Nearest exit behind you 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 10

11 The learning's of the project and the demonstration with Alert4All 1. Fire Safety & Security systems can and should be an integral part of any public alert system 2. The extensive installed base could be upgraded to receive alert signals which activate the internal alarm infrastructure 3. Integrating existing fire safety & security systems in a public alert scenarios could be a cost effective and rapid alternative to reach a wide part of the population 4. More sophisticated fire safety and security systems can convert public alert messages into unambiguous voice messages or as a text message on a display on the PC-screen or any other existing monitor 5. The safety & security industry is an important contributor towards achieving reliable public alert communication 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 11

12 The way forward to an European Public Alert Systems Lobbying for holistic, standardized Public Alert principles and regulations in Europe which are able to uses all available channels to reach the vast majority of the population Authorities Standards Based on international standards, the industry will develop systems and interfaces to facilitate secure and reliable connections to safety and security systems Standardization of the communication protocol and the alert messages Industry 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 12

13 Standardization as the key CEN TC 391 principles of societal security Put principles of strong cooperation between civil protection & civil security onto the agenda of new 391WG Supporting the emergency communication data model TR22351 to be ratified in 391 and might become TS in future CLC TC 79 process roles in emergency management Define and implement a safe and secure interface for bi-directional emergency information in fire alarm, voice evac, MNS and DMS Define and implement additional applications and a classification model to ensure safe & efficient emergency management on system level ETSI EMTEL tools for telecommunication in emergency management Define and implement an bi-directional emergency communication protocol based upon TR22351 and A4A the A4A pub alert approach is one single use case other use cases to be evaluated 30/10/2014 Enzo Peduzzi / Euralarm PEARS Project Slide 16

14 June 2014 / Enzo Peduzzi enzo.peduzzi@euralarm.org Thank you!