Patlite Signal Towers Improve
Emergency Response At
Layton City Fire Department
Responding to fire and medical emergencies is a race against time with response time performance being one of the most important indicators of how well emergency personnel are doing their jobs.
Response time performance is measured through a combination of something called “turnout time” and “travel time”. Turnout time is measured from the time a 911 dispatcher receives a call to the time emergency personnel actually leave the station en-route to the incident. Travel time is the time it takes for emergency personnel to actually arrive on the scene. An 8 minute response time is recognized to be the absolute minimum level of acceptability.
The Layton City Fire Department (Layton, Utah) takes response time performance very seriously and they are always looking for ways to improve quality of service to the community they serve. Under the leadership of Chief Kevin Ward, the Layton City Fire Department discovered an innovative and cost effective way to improve emergency response time performance through installation of bright LED signal towers from Patlite Corporation. The signal towers are installed at strategic points throughout the station house allowing emergency personnel to respond to alarms by sight as well as sound.
Before the Patlite LED signal towers were installed,
fire station personnel responded to alarm conditions
by listening to a series of pre-programmed audible
tones. When an emergency call arrived at the station
house a notification signal passed through the
station’s main controller before the audible alarm was
activated. The playback time for each audible tone
alarm and messages
lasted from 25 to 30
seconds. If the
audible tone was not
understood during
the first broadcast,
the emergency staff
had to wait for the
message portion
before they could
begin responding to
the call. After the
installation of the
Patlite LED signal
towers, the Layton
City Fire Department
has been able to
reduce response time
by at least 10 to 15
seconds, or
approximately a 30%
to 50% reduction in response time. A time delay of
just a few extra seconds can make the difference
between life and death in an emergency situation.
Selecting the proper signal towers was the
responsibility of Station Captain, Scott Maughan.
Captain Maughan assembled a team from various
departments throughout the city to assist him in
making the final decision. The team investigated
signal towers from several vendors. Eventually the Corporation because of its use of energy efficient
LED technology, variety of size and mounting
configurations, and ease of installation.
The Patlite signal towers have been installed
throughout the station house at strategic locations
such as training rooms, sleeping quarters, fire
trucks bays, recreation rooms, hallways, and
kitchen areas.
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 Patlite LED Signal Tower in Sleeping Quarters |
The signal towers are connected to the main
controller inside the station house that operates
the paging and alarm system. The station control
system is in turn connected to the city’s 911
dispatch system. When a call is received by the
911 dispatcher, the dispatcher will send a
notification message to the station house
indicating the type of alarm and the location of the
emergency. When the call arrives at the station
house, the emergency control system will
immediately activate an audible alarm and
specific LED module on the Patlite LED signal
tower.
Each color module on the signal tower is programmed to indicate a specific alarm condition such as fire or paramedic alarm (red), Battalion chief alarm (white), ambulance alarm (blue), non emergency alarm (green), hazardous spill alarm (yellow), and all hands, & all station (all colors).
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