[SML] Fire Alarms and Concerts

[Keith Newman]

I would consult with your AHJ but in my space, if an alarm sounds, fire
doors trip, emergency strobes go on and house and work lights come up to
full, unless a patron is blind it is pretty obvious that there is a
situation. If that happened, I would instruct the outside sound crew to cut
audio immediately and issue an evacuation order over the PA. A lot depends
on how your fire control and lighting systems are set up which can be
dictated by the age of your system.  I have no idea if our sound system is
designed to automatically cut out or not. It is worth looking into. I will
run some music in our house during our next drill and see what happens.


On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 1:31 PM Fritz, Barry via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> A discussion arose at a meeting this morning regarding emergency
> alarms/announcements and events with loud sound systems.  The audio system
> in one of our new venues has overrides built in to cut audio when the alarm
> system and emergency announcement are activated.  The question that came up
> is what happens when there is a concert with an outside sound company
> providing audio.
>
> What is the standard industry practice/policy dealing with an external
> concert/loud event audio system and being able to hear the emergency
> alarms?
>
> Barry
>
>
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