Category: Evacuations

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 […]

Many employees tend to overlook physical security measures and lack awareness of the facility’s access control system. Upon starting a new job, workers are provided with a badge, accompanied by instructions from the security staff to keep it visible at all times during work hours. They are shown to expect that secure doors and vehicle […]

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 mustering? My answer was, “That is too easy!  Let me list out the top reasons.” After I had quickly come up with a dozen reasons, […]

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 evacuations, and more, and has been deployed at government buildings, factories, oil refineries, mines, airports, hospitals, and construction sites around the world. XPressEntry integrates with over twenty-five industry leading access control systems, and the handheld badge readers offer tremendous flexibility, making XPressEntry an ideal solution […]

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 […]

Having procedures in place for workplace evacuations is part of what employers should do to keep their employees safe in case of emergencies. “Accounting for all employees after an emergency evacuation has been completed” is one of the Department of Labor’s minimum requirements for an emergency action plan (EAP). However, the manner in which an employer should perform ..