What is MNS?

Mass Notification Systems (MNS) are designed to protect, alert, and inform your most critical resources, your people, by providing the right message, to the right people, at the right time.

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The Right Message

Concise, accurate, timely and well-directed messages that communicate what to do in response to a threat or emergency.

To the Right People

Directing live or recorded messages to the entire community or to specific floor of a building. For example, building occupants in Building 1 may need to evacuate, whereas in Building 2, they made need to begin lock down procedures.

At the Right Time

Efficiently managing people before, during and after a disaster.

Delivering critical alerts when it matters most

From catastrophic natural disasters to the threats college students face, there has been a heightened demand for Mass Notification Systems (MNS) to protect, alert and inform people in an emergency. That’s why our MNS are the perfect solution for delivering critical alerts when it matters most. Through concise, timely and event-specific voice and visual messages, the Eaton's SAFEPATH provides real-time information to people in a building, site, communicating what to do in response to the threat.

SD&I article: "Designing for Intelligibility"

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Key considerations when creating a mass notification system

Brochure: SAFEPATH

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SAFEPATH SP40S mass notification systems brochure

Provide real-time information and instructions to people in a building, area, site, or installation using intelligible voice communications along with visible signals, text, and graphics, and possibly including tactile or other communication methods

Department of Defense, Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC 04-021-01), Mass Notification definition

Eaton's mass notification solutions

In-building MNS: SAFEPATH

High fidelity speakers: Eluxa

High fidelity speaker strobes: Eluxa

... protection of life by indicating the existence of an emergency situation and communicating information necessary to facilitate an appropriate response and action

National Fire Alarm & Signaling Code, NFPA 72, Chapter 24, Purpose of Emergency Communications System

Training

Educational resources to assist with your application needs. Our self-paced, e-learning modules, provide training at your finger tips.

Design tools

To assist with projects and product related selections and applications, Eaton provides a library of product drawings, sound clips and software tools.

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What is MNS?