Safety Turtle Commercial System
A Commercial system in a system that needs more than just alarming at a base station or where greater range is required. A commercial system can be wired into the building alarm system or to any thing that can us the open, closed contacts that are built into the Base Station.
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Turtle now have a wrist band that can distinguish between immersion and heavy
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Updated: May 2011
Telephone Dial Out
Call three telephone numbers in sequence if a Base Station alarms. Hear factory recorded message with Base Station alarm sound background.
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Commercial System
What is a Commercial System ?
A Commercial system in a system that needs more than just alarming at a base station or where greater range is required. A commercial system can be wired into the building alarm system or to any thing that can us the open, closed contacts that are built into the Base Station. Safewater Alarms sells two stand alone dual alarming systems:
A wired solution model and a wireless solution model.
See illustrative diagrams below.
Wired Secondary Alarm
NOT weather proof
Supports single Integrator Base Station Up to 1,000 ft. [300 m.] separation
120 decibels
No visual indicators
Requires AC or external 12V battery input
Wireless Secondary Alarm
includes Transmitter with audio plug
NOT weather proof Supports 4 Integrator Base Stations Up to 1,500 ft. [450m.] separation 120 decibels
LEDs display which Transmitter initiated alarm, thereby localizing
LEDs display supervisory and low battery status of individual Transmitters
Requires AC or external 12V battery input
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Swimming Pools
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Play Centres
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Schools with special needs
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Hotels
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Schools with a pool
An Integrator Base Station model B102E shown above, one or more Turtle wristbands [and/or gate alarm sensors and/or panic buttons] and [optionally] a Terrapin supplied Secondary Alarm
The Integrator Base Station has a three contact female jack that contains normally open, normally closed and common contacts. These contacts switch state when the Integrator Base Station begins alarming (almost immediately after Turtle is immersed in water). The ability to use either normally open or normally closed contacts allows for a wide variety of interface solutions.
A Commercial/Extended Range System normally replaces the Standard System in the following circumstances:
1. Desired alarm location is more than 150 feet (45 meters) from immersion location or 50 feet (15 meters) from a salt chlorinated pool.
2. Alarming must occur both poolside and in the residence, as stipulated in ASTM Standard Specification for Pool Alarms F2208-02.
3. Alarm must be louder than 110 decibels, to be heard throughout the residence or outside.
4. The alarm must be communicated electronically, e.g., to home alarm, strobe light indicator, etc.
See illustrative diagrams [Adobe PDF file] Extended Range System Auto Dial Unit
We sell an Auto Dial Unit connected by an audio cable to its Integrator Base
Station.
The Auto Dial Unit has an RJ-11 connection to the telephone line jack.
Connecting to a house alarm
Connecting to Home Alarm System
The Integrator Base Station has a three contact female jack that contains normally open, normally closed and common contacts. These contacts switch state when the Integrator Base Station begins alarming (almost immediately after Turtle is immersed in water).
The external plug for this jack can be used to directly connect the Integrator Base to any standard alarm cabinet. The plug can also be used to connect to a number of different wireless alarm transmitters. The ability to use either normally open or normally closed contacts allows for a wide variety of interface solutions. When connecting to a wireless transmitter, a standard window sensor with external contact facility is utilized. Typically, this type of sensor has a pair of normally open connections (for a window break sensor) and a pair of normally closed connections (for a secondary switch).
The Integrator Base can be pre-wired to either of these connections. Using the normally closed pair allows for an alarm if the Base and transmitter become separated for any reason, a reasonable fail-safe. Some wireless transmitters can be set for a short delay or an instant alarm. The instant setting is preferred. The wireless transmitter is a supervised device, thus allowing the alarm cabinet to monitor the communications with the transmitter. This supervision also affords battery status and indicates when the transmitter battery needs to be replaced.
The Safety Turtle Integrator Base should be connected to a zone in the alarm cabinet that has no other devices attached. This zone should be programmed to be an instant, unlatched, emergency alarm. Thereby, pressing the moon-shaped button on the Integrator Base Station cleans both its alarm state and that of the Home Alarm. The central station should not verify this alarm and they should immediately call the Emergency Services personnel. The contact list should only be notified if the responding agency determines there is a need. This programming is similar to a burglary or panic button central station response.
See illustrative diagrams [Adobe PDF file] of wired and wireless connections to alarm cabinet.
Lifeguards get help from a Turtle
YMCA uses alarm system to signal pool rescues
By Jake Finch, Correspondent
November 28, 2005
Using a scale based on his years of experience as a lifeguard, Jim Carper's rescue of two young boys this summer in the Simi Valley Family YMCA swimming pool during a class was relatively minor.
Minor though it was, Carper said rescuing the boys who became tangled under water while playing was made much simpler by a new alarm system installed this year at the YMCA, which alerted employees to the rescue.
"I went into the water to pull (the boys) apart," said Carper, a longtime guard and fitness instructor at the YMCA.
"By the time I had got them out, I had the aquatics director, head lifeguard and camp director all standing at the top of the stairs. When you're a lifeguard, it's great to know you have that backup and support."
The alarm, called the Safety Turtle Alarm System, sends a signal to the YMCA's front desk when it becomes wet.
Attached to the lifeguards' rescue buoys, which always go with them into the water during a rescue, the alarm supplements the guards' whistles.
The whistles can't always be heard through the walls of the facility.
Aquatics Director Robert Martin purchased the system after realizing the lifeguards' whistles couldn't always be heard.
He wanted something to bring additional help for a lifeguard on a rescue.
"The front desk staff needs to respond to the pool area and see what needs to happen next," he said.
The device was invented to be worn by young children around swimming pools.
Co-inventor Bob Lyons, who is president of the Ontario, Canada-based Terrapin Communications Inc., the Safety Turtle's manufacturer, said this was the first time he's heard of his alarm used in this way: worn by a buoy, not a child.
"I invented this product really for the parent and the home, because this is where the kids are drowning. That's where they need help, but so many more people have picked it up enthusiastically," he said.
Other uses include for ship workers who might fall overboard undetected, seniors working in water therapy programs, and pet owners keeping Fido safe around their pool, Lyons said.
Martin said on the first day the alarm was installed, a little girl at the YMCA taking swim lessons was rescued after falling off the steps into the water while her instructor worked with another child.
"I think what it's done is made the rest of the staff here more aware that we do make rescues. Now everyone hears it," Martin said.
The backup provided by other staff members can be essential to a lifeguard's success during a rescue, Carper said.
"When you go through a rescue situation, there are a dozen things going through your mind," Carper said. "You may have a back injury or a stroke or there may be things with the rescue itself.
Now, when we lifeguard by ourselves, we don't have to worry about clearing the pool, calling the backup guard and calling 911. We can focus on the first aid. I'm very pleased with it."
YMCA uses alarm system to signal pool rescues
By Jake Finch, Correspondent
November 28, 2005
Using a scale based on his years of experience as a lifeguard, Jim Carper's rescue of two young boys this summer in the Simi Valley Family YMCA swimming pool during a class was relatively minor.
Minor though it was, Carper said rescuing the boys who became tangled under water while playing was made much simpler by a new alarm system installed this year at the YMCA, which alerted employees to the rescue.
"I went into the water to pull (the boys) apart," said Carper, a longtime guard and fitness instructor at the YMCA.
"By the time I had got them out, I had the aquatics director, head lifeguard and camp director all standing at the top of the stairs. When you're a lifeguard, it's great to know you have that backup and support."
The alarm, called the Safety Turtle Alarm System, sends a signal to the YMCA's front desk when it becomes wet.
Attached to the lifeguards' rescue buoys, which always go with them into the water during a rescue, the alarm supplements the guards' whistles.
The whistles can't always be heard through the walls of the facility.
Aquatics Director Robert Martin purchased the system after realizing the lifeguards' whistles couldn't always be heard.
He wanted something to bring additional help for a lifeguard on a rescue.
"The front desk staff needs to respond to the pool area and see what needs to happen next," he said.
The device was invented to be worn by young children around swimming pools.
Co-inventor Bob Lyons, who is president of the Ontario, Canada-based Terrapin Communications Inc., the Safety Turtle's manufacturer, said this was the first time he's heard of his alarm used in this way: worn by a buoy, not a child.
"I invented this product really for the parent and the home, because this is where the kids are drowning. That's where they need help, but so many more people have picked it up enthusiastically," he said.
Other uses include for ship workers who might fall overboard undetected, seniors working in water therapy programs, and pet owners keeping Fido safe around their pool, Lyons said.
Martin said on the first day the alarm was installed, a little girl at the YMCA taking swim lessons was rescued after falling off the steps into the water while her instructor worked with another child.
"I think what it's done is made the rest of the staff here more aware that we do make rescues. Now everyone hears it," Martin said.
The backup provided by other staff members can be essential to a lifeguard's success during a rescue, Carper said.
"When you go through a rescue situation, there are a dozen things going through your mind," Carper said. "You may have a back injury or a stroke or there may be things with the rescue itself.
Now, when we lifeguard by ourselves, we don't have to worry about clearing the pool, calling the backup guard and calling 911. We can focus on the first aid. I'm very pleased with it."
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