VIGILANT® QE20 Emergency Warning System (EWS)

The Vigilant QE20 Emergency Warning System (EWS) is designed to facilitate the orderly evacuation of occupants in a building in the event of an emergency.

The QE20 is a Grade 1 EWS with a wide range of functions and optional modules. It provides a cost-effective evacuation solution for medium to large buildings and multi-building infrastructure such as commercial buildings, office blocks, hospitals, shopping centers, airports and educational campuses. The QE20 allows fire wardens or emergency services personnel to easily control and coordinate an orderly building evacuation.

The QE20 as an Emergency Warning Control and Indicating Equipment (EWCIE) generates and controls audible warning signals via dedicated amplifiers and loudspeakers covering each level or zone of a building.

The QE20 is usually connected to the fire alarm system, so that when a fire is detected it can be automaticallytriggered and the building evacuated. Manual call points, inputs or user keys may be used to trigger non-fire emergencies (e.g., gas leaks, extreme weather events, active shooters) so that different emergency tones and messages may be given to the occupants.

For high-rise and other special types of buildings, the QE20 offers automatic evacuation phasing. This ensures the areas in immediate danger are evacuated first, followed by other areas at predetermined time intervals, until the whole building is evacuated in an orderly manner.

Authorised fire wardens or fire-fighting personnel may take manual control of the system. An emergency public address microphone allows the broadcast of verbal instructions to building occupants in all, or selected areas. Under non-emergency conditions the QE20 an also be used to distribute background music (BGM) and/or routine public address announcements.

Features:

• • Clear, easy-to-use, intuitive operation
  • Modular, easy-to-wire system
  • High cabinet density
  • 25W, 60W, 120W and 240W
  • D class amplifiers
  • High level alarm inputs from compatible fire alarm panels
  • Fibre-networked systems for site-wide interconnection
  • Touchscreen LCD for time-saving service operations
  • Up to 120 minutes of digital audio storage, with flexible playback options
  • On-site programmable for configuration
  • Silence/Evacuation/Alert bulging key switch options
  • Approved to AS 4428.16:2020 and AS 4428.4.2016
  • NZS 4512 2021 approved (listing number VF/446)