A Commercial Power Failure extinguishes the tower lights in addition
to removing power from the tenant's equipment and the Remote Monitoring
Services Control Panel. The standby battery, however, provides power
to the control panel for at least 48 hours to continue to report conditions
at the site to the two Central Stations. Restoration of commercial
power is reported and recharges the standby battery.
Strobe
Conditions
--- day, night, red, white, failures, and restorations --- are reported
to the Central Stations as they occur.
Beacon
Status ---
on / off, flashing / steady --- are reported as they occur.
Marker
Status ---
failures and restorations --- are reported as they occur.
The reports received
by the two Central Stations are routed to the RMS computer program
where the reports are prioritized according to the severity of the
incident. They are then displayed on the computer screens and activate
an audible alarm.
Priority 1 incidents
require NOTAMs within 30 minutes of occurrence and generate an immediate
notification to the responsible party.