Plano Fire Department adopts new alert system at stations, city says

Plano is updating alarm and alerting equipment at its fire stations, the city said. Steve Stoler, Plano’s media relations director, said the city has installed a U.S. digital design alert system in many stations. The system uses less jarring alert tones, red lights in bunk rooms designed to be easier on the eyes, and can alert multiple stations simultaneously in less than one second.

Stoler said alerts can be programmed for specific bunk rooms or crews and that more than half of the city’s stations are now running the new system. The broadcast did not provide vendor contract terms, total cost, or a deployment schedule for remaining stations.