An effective alarm management system is critical to minimizing the impact of incidents and maximizing the efficiency of site processes. Equally ineffective alarm management systems can drain resources and actually increase failure and incident rates due to alarm bombardment and the inability to manage them.

Adopting a consistent alarm management philosophy is a key element of abnormal situation management since abnormal situations frequently inundate operators with alarms, thereby complicating their daily duties of operating the plant. Operators must deal daily with a real-time, highly complex, dynamic environment. A good alarm system quickly provides appropriate information to operators helping them identify the cause and restore the plant to normal operations.

Sensor Access’ Alarm management solutions enable security personnel to view, acknowledge and respond to alarms, such as a door being forced open, an alarm sensor being triggered, or a card reader being used at an unauthorized time. All alarms are displayed in a logical graphical user interface. A unique set of instructions can be set up for each alarm that clearly explains the actions administrator should take when an alarm occurs. Comments can also be entered or selected during alarm acknowledgement. These features speed up and simplify the process of acknowledging alarms and enable full recording of important information.