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Unless there is a lot of blind workers in the room, much better, yep.

Blind people at least should have a way to be able to evacuate a building with sound clues instead the traditional lights that turn up if there is a fire and are useless for them. The emergency lights are mandatory by law, but including emergency blips could be also useful for everybody in some areas where a lot of blind people are expected (or live).

Blind people should be given the opportunity to evacuate a building or a school just by their own means, even if is alone or left behind in a emergency. You can't always rely on touching to orientate yourself if there is a fire. Specially metallic things.



Where do you live that the fire alarm doesn’t have any sound?


Could you find the exit currently following that sound?

Can those alarms redirect you on real time to a secondary route to escape if the main is burning or blocked?


Oh I see what you are saying. My bad




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