Category: Evacuations

In every workplace, someone is responsible for the people inside. It could be a school where teachers are accountable for their classrooms, a manufacturing plant spread across thousands of square feet, or an admin building where people come and go throughout the day. Someone needs to know who’s where, so that if an earthquake, gas […]

RTLS, or Real-Time Location Systems, provide live locations for people and/or equipment. As a company with DNA rooted in the world of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), RTLS is one of many technologies we use in our solutions. Specifically, because one of Telaeris’ core capabilities is to ensure people are safely mustered during emergencies, RTLS is […]

In today’s uncertain world, where natural disasters, industrial accidents, and other emergencies can strike at any moment, having a well-thought-out evacuation action plan (EAP) is critical. An effective building evacuation plan not only ensures the safety of employees and visitors, but also minimizes panic and confusion. No evacuation story is more compelling than that of […]

My sales team approached me with a great question from a potential client today: Why should I choose your handheld device over a fixed reader in our parking lot for emergency mustering? My answer was, “That is too easy!  Let me list out the top reasons.” After I had quickly come up with a dozen […]

If you are a Safety Professional and in charge of emergency evacuation management (a.k.a Evacuation Warden, Fire Warden, Floor Warden, Emergency Manager, Evacuation Manager, Evacuation Officer, Crisis Manager, etc.), you know exactly what comes next… The United States Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires companies with ten (10) or […]

Since 2005, XPressEntry has enhanced physical security, emergency readiness, and evacuation procedures, among other capabilities, and has been deployed at government buildings, factories, oil refineries, mines, airports, hospitals, and construction sites worldwide. XPressEntry integrates with over twenty-five industry-leading access control systems, and the handheld badge readers offer tremendous flexibility, making XPressEntry an ideal solution for […]

Should You Consider Badge-Out? We’ve been living in a COVID-19 world for more than five months now. As lockdowns have eased in some locations and businesses cautiously re-open, working from home remains encouraged because it reduces worker density inside office spaces. However, there are real benefits to returning to the workplace for some in-person meetings […]

David Carta, our company CEO, recently gave a presentation on the Top 10 Uses for Handheld Badge Readers. Check out the video below to watch the presentation discussing the top 10 uses for handheld badge verification.   Click on any item below to jump to that topic in the video presentation. (Ex. Clicking on the […]

There is nothing like real-world feedback to allow you to find ways that your product might be improved. One of our customers sent us this feedback regarding mustering using our old Windows mobile-based handheld system: “Our biggest issue was the inability to see anything on the device screen. It was a very sunny day out […]