COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A communication system for disseminating alarm messages comprises a control facility accessible by at least one communication channel and operable to receive and alarm signal via the at least one communication channel signifying the occurrence of an alarm event; identification means operably connected to the control facility and operable automatically to identify the source of the alarm signal; an information database of authorized sources of alarm signals, the information database accessible by the control facility and containing, for each authorized source, contact details of at least one recipient to whom at least one predetermined alarm message is to be disseminated in response to receipt of the alarm signal; and dissemination means operably connected to the control means and operable, in response to receipt of an alarm signal by the control means from an authorized source, automatically to transmit the at least one predetermined alarm message to the at least one recipient. The invention extends to a method of disseminating an alarm message.