An Emergency Assist Alarm is defined in Building Regulations Approved Document M, and must be provided at all disabled toilets within non domestic premises, if the toilet is in a non permanently occupied space, remote indication must be provided at a central control or monitoring point.
An Emergency Assist Alarm can only be reset by attending the location of the call, so the reset point is within the cubical, also allowing accidental calls to be cancelled by the toilet occupier.
The Emergency Assist Alarm System can be powered from the local exchange or compact unit, and is fully monitored over and above the specification described in C4A-4.
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