Designing Mass Notification Systems: A Pathway to Effective Emergency Communications, 2013 Edition

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Part 1 Mass Notification System (MNS) Needs

Chapter 1 History of Emergency Communications

Chapter 2 The Importance of Mass Notification Systems

Chapter 3 Types of MNS and How They Interrelate

Chapter 4 Risk Analysis

Chapter 5 Security and Vulnerability Analysis

Part 2 Occupancies and Occupant Behavior

Chapter 6 MNS Applications in University and School Campuses

Chapter 7 MNS Applications in Business Occupancy Multi-Building Facilities and Complexes

Chapter 8 MNS Design in DoD Installations

Chapter 9 MNS Applications in Stadiums, Airports, and Areas of Heavily Condensed Populations

Part 3 Developing the Design of an Effective Mass Notification System

Chapter 10 Understanding Basic Sound and Communications Concepts

Chapter 11 Designing the System

Part 4 Messaging

Chapter 12 Determining Message Needs and Development

Chapter 13 Social Media and Its Impact on MNS Design

Part 5 Response

Chapter 14 Emergency Response

Chapter 15 Emergency Response Training

Part 6 Supplements

Supplement 1 Annex D of NFPA 72

Supplement 2 Implementing an Emergency Response Plan for Business

Index