Notification Of Emergency Calls - Avaya definity Operation Manual

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Notification of emergency calls

Your system manager decides whether one or more attendant consoles, one or
more digital telephones, and up to 3 pagers will receive notification of emergency
calls. When system users dial an emergency service agency telephone number (for
example, 911), these devices are notified that an emergency call was made.
Example
Edward Murrow, Widgets, Inc. salesman, just fell down a flight of stairs breaking
his leg. Tom Bronaw, who was nearby, calls the emergency service agency
telephone number (for example, 911). As soon as the call is made, all consoles and
digital telephones with an assigned
are notified that an emergency call has been placed. The following information
appears on Pat's display:
E=Tom Bronaw 3041
Feature name
Crisis Alert — Every User Responds
Procedures
If you work for a company that has more than one console or digital telephone that
has been designated to respond to emergency calls, the following occurs:
1. The
CRSS-ALERT
consoles and digital telephones. The display shows the current crisis alert,
overwriting any current display.
2. Because each console and digital telephone user must acknowledge each
alert, each user pushes the
CRSS-ALERT
3. Each user records the crisis alert information.
4. Each user pushes the
5. Each user pushes the
and the display clears.
Feature name
Crisis Alert — Single User Responds
CRSS-ALERT
EMERGENCY
button flashes and a continuous ring alerts the designated
CRSS-ALERT
button continues to flash.
button again and the lamp lights steady.
CRSS-ALERT
button a third time and the lamp turns off
CRSS-ALERT
button, and all assigned pagers,
button, turning off the ringing. The
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