Seconds Save Lives.
PURVIS’ Fire Station Alerting SystemTM is an IP-based alerting solution designed to automate the process of alerting fire and rescue personnel to enhance communications and decrease response times.
Its rich features and functionality proactively support the day-to-day operations and environmental health, comfort, and safety of first responders. Our system integrates seamlessly with your community’s computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) and is able to automatically and instantaneously deliver incident details in a way that is tailored to the needs of fire and rescue personnel.
Learn more about system components below: Automated Dispatch, Station Alerting, Radio Alerting, Mobile Alerting.
Alerting Solutions at the 911 Dispatch or Communications Center
The PURVIS Fire Station Alerting System™ interfaces seamlessly with computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems to fully automate the entire alerting process from a dispatch center to fire stations and remote personnel. Voice communication does not require the CAD operator to speak, instead, the system receives data signals from dispatch and provides nearly instantaneous, automated dispatching to fire and EMS personnel over multiple channels. Audible announcements are also delivered via radio to responding units in the field.
The PURVIS FSAS uses proven technology to convert dispatch data to natural-sounding speech that is clear and easily understood. Automated announcements can be automatically broadcast over an existing radio network and simultaneously delivered to specific fire stations needed for a call. Key features include:
- Instantaneous delivery of incident notifications
- Automated Text-to-Speech technology that allows system administrators to quickly and easily modify pronunciations
- Integration with VHF, UHF, 700MHz, 800MHz, and P25 radio systems to provide automated voice, analog tones, digital tones and data transmission via radio
- Messaging and manual back-up alerting capabilities
- Built-in system management and monitoring
- High-availability design and implementation
Alerting Solutions at the Station
PURVIS’ Fire Station Alerting System™ is an IP-based alerting solution designed to automate the process of alerting fire and rescue personnel, enhance communications, and decrease response times. Its rich features and functionality proactively support the day-to-day operations and environmental health, comfort, and safety of first responders. Our system integrates seamlessly with a community’s computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) and is able to automatically and instantaneously deliver incident details in a way that is tailored to the needs of fire and rescue personnel.
All stations required for a specific event are alerted simultaneously via your existing network. Redundant alerting over radio, or a secondary data connection, ensures no loss of station alerting in the event of a network failure.
Key features include:
- Supports integration with legacy station equipment
- Clear Text-to-Speech technology
- Configurable for day/night alert settings
- Configurable alert tones
- Zoning capabilities and ramped audio technology reduce stress on first responders
- Incident data can be delivered to a variety of station devices, including printers, lights, and message boards
- Microphone functionality to support in-station paging operations
- Ability for station to acknowledge alert back to dispatch
Alerting Solutions for Radio Communications
The PURVIS Fire Station Alerting System™ integrates first responders into the alerting process via multiple channels, including radio and pager, cell phone, and/or smartphone leveraging voice, text, and data. When it comes to radio communications specifically, our system can support as many channels or talk groups as your station or department currently uses or requires.
A radio interface allows the PURVIS FSAS to communicate with your radio system for redundant and on-air dispatching purposes. The PURVIS FSAS enhances radio communications via:
- Automated text-to-speech communications that can be multicast over the existing voice network
- Intelligent configuration that directs notifications to remote personnel who need them based on their location, availability, time of day, and the type of incident
PURVIS has three options for connecting the FSAS with radio systems:
- Console Interface
- Radio Interface Unit
- Gateway Interface
Alerting Solutions for Remote Personnel
Situational awareness is critical when responders are on the go. A key, differentiating strength of PURVIS’ Fire Station Alerting SystemTM is its ability to alert emergency personnel no matter where they’re located. The PURVIS FSAS is uniquely sensitive to the communication needs of emergency personnel, taking into account their different roles, potential locations, time of day, and relevance to the incident.
The system can integrate individuals into the alerting process via multiple channels, including radio and pager, cell phone, and/or smartphone leveraging voice, text, and data.
"PURVIS' dynamic station message boards, combined with their ability to connect with our CAD system through a simple yet effective interface, are smart, budget-friendly solutions that have had a significant impact on our response times, situational awareness, and personnel well-being. PURVIS understands our needs and goals and offers the system flexibility to make incremental yet impactful enhancements to our system."
-Michael A DeMello, Chief of Department, Bristol Fire Department
Results We’ve Driven
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Fire and EMS Departments use the PURVIS FSAS
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US population protected by a fire/ems agency using a PURVIS FSAS solution
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Fire station installations of the PURVIS FSAS
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