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Is there a way to be proactive when an earthquake strikes? You bet your life. ImagineA 6.5 quake is imminent. Automatically the lights
go on, an alarm sounds to wake your sleeping family, a voice says Duck and cover!...Is your residence Earthquake Intelligent?
7.0 Hector Mine Amtrak train derailed, oil main burst, gas lines ruptured Kobe, Japan 5,500 fatalities, 35,000 injuries, $100 billion damage 6.9 6.7 Northridge 72 fatalities, 1500 injuries, $40 billion damage Loma Prieta 67 fatalities, 3700 injuries, $7 billion damage 7.1 Mexico City 10,000 fatalities, 50,000 injuries, $5 billion damage 8.1 Morgan Hill 27 injuries, 500 homes 6.2 & 43 commercial buildings damaged 6.7 Coalinga 200 injuries, 59 commercial buildings heavily damaged, $30 million damage
Introducing QuakeGuard
QuakeGuard is an extraordinary technological developmenta system that detects and warns of an imminent earthquake. QuakeGuard initiates alarms and automatic response systems in the home: Triggers an audible and/or visual alarm to wake sleepers. Plays programmable audio reminders to duck and cover. Turns on house lights for safety. Shuts off gas valves, preventing fires. QuakeGuard is an important part of any SmartHome. It integrates smoothly with home automation technology such as: Security and video systems. Communications systems and telephony through VoIP, Broadband, 802.16, WIFI, cable, and microwave technologies.
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Proven Performance
QuakeGuard is uniquely reliable, triggering only in the event of a damaging earthquake, typically 5.0 or greater. The system employs multiple sensors and patented DSP (digital signal processing) algorithms to accurately detect the vibrations associated with a seismic event. QuakeGuard is not triggered by smaller, nondamaging earthquakes or other sources of vibration such as machinery, vehicles, and construction equipment. QuakeGuard technology is real: it has proven reliable and accurate, detecting earthquakes in installations across the state of California. QuakeGuard correctly detected the 5.1 Anza quake in October 2001 and the 6.5 San Simeon quake in December 2003. In both instances, QuakeGuard responded by sounding an audible alarm and automatically controlling equipment. Moreover, QuakeGuard gave no false positive triggering from smaller quakes such as the 3.7 quake that struck near Temecula, CA on Sept 17, 2002.
Industry Leaders
"Every second of advance warning can, with adequate pre-earthquake preparedness training, translate directly into the reduction of lives lost, injuries, and property damage." Richard McCarthy Executive Director CA Seismic Safety Commission QuakeGuard is sensitive enough to detect small vertical ground motions, thereby providing a warning time before the arrival of more damaging horizontal motions produced by earthquakes. Warning time will allow users enough time to take precautionary action in the event of an upcoming seismic shaking. Dr. Carlos E. Ventura UBC Earthquake Research Labs
Seismic Warning Systems, Inc. 5619 Scotts Valley Drive, Suite 180, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Tel: 831 440 1122 Fax: 831 440 1131 www.seismicwarning.com