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A duress alarm is a small alarm, often the size of a pendant or [identification] tag, which can be carried at all times by at-risk persons to provide immediate assistance in the event of an emergency. Duress alarms are designed for discreet use and come equipped with features to call for help in an instant ...  6, fiche 1, Anglais, - personal%20duress%20alarm

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After being activated by the user, personal duress alarms silently transmit an alert to emergency responders, an alarm system monitoring centre or pre-determined personal contacts. The alert includes the device's location information.  9, fiche 1, Anglais, - personal%20duress%20alarm

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Reset of a tripped alarm from a remote location.  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - remote%20reset

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a signal, transmitted from protected premises to a monitoring location, which informs that an authorized person has disarmed the alarm system.  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - opening%20signal

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a mimic board or CRT display that has special graphics to delineate alarm zones or sensor locations. It presents an overall picture of a system's status on a map or facility outline and depicts the location and current reporting condition of each sensor.  2, fiche 4, Anglais, - graphic%20annunciator

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Rescue transceivers are an efficient method to locate victims, but two problems have limited the number of survivors who were wearing transceivers. First, few who wear transceivers are well practiced in using them instantly and efficiently to save a life; and second, even with a quick pinpointing of the burial location, extricating the victim from deeper burials may take too long to save a life.  2, fiche 5, Anglais, - burial%20location

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An avalanche dog is trained to track a wide area of snow-covered space in a rapid zig-zag pattern, searching for pools of human scent that rise up above the snow. Once he or she has located the scent of humans, she sounds the alarm, typically a high-pitched, excited bark, and digs down to the victim, letting the ever-needed air in for the victim to breathe, until her handler gets to the burial location to assist with first aid.  3, fiche 5, Anglais, - burial%20location

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Dégagement et évacuation [d'une victime d'avalanche]. [...] Sonder avec fermeté mais précaution, pour ne pas blesser la victime d'un coup de sonde éventuellement trop fort et mal placé. Lorsque la victime est définitivement localisée avec précision et la profondeur d'ensevelissement connue grâce à la sonde, il faut laisser la sonde en place (qui marque avec précision le lieu d'ensevelissement) et creuser.  1, fiche 5, Français, - lieu%20d%27ensevelissement

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There is quite a bit of standard equipment, including driver and passenger air bags, proximity alarm system, electric windows, and ABS.  2, fiche 6, Anglais, - proximity%20alarm%20system

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proximity alarm : sensitive device which activates when approached or when movement is made in the vicinity of its location.  3, fiche 6, Anglais, - proximity%20alarm%20system

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Regardless of who responds to the alarms, they must arrive at the alarm location before the intruder-penetrates the physical barriers; otherwise the response force will be totally ineffective.  1, fiche 7, Anglais, - response%20force

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a signal, transmitted from a protected premises to a central station or other monitoring location, which informs that the alarm system has been armed by an authorized person.  1, fiche 8, Anglais, - armed%20signal

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The primary function of a map in to assist the monitoring operator in identifying alarm locations and giving directions to the response force.  1, fiche 9, Anglais, - alarm%20location

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Ainsi, dans le cas d'un réseau électrique contenant plusieurs dizaines de milliers de points d'alarme, (...) l'implantation de tels systèmes constitue (...) une solution peu pratique au problème de la gestion des alarmes.  1, fiche 9, Français, - point%20d%27alarme

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