<div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">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. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 1:31 PM Fritz, Barry via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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What is the standard industry practice/policy dealing with an external concert/loud event audio system and being able to hear the emergency alarms? <br>
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Barry<br>
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