EVANS Consoles Blog

When it comes to consoles and office furniture, the number one question asked: Is there really a difference between office furniture and consoles?

With the recent launch of EvansCare, we have been inundated with questions on what exactly is EvansCare.

Without proper cleaning and maintenance your consoles are at risk. From debris to dust and mold, dirty consoles become harmful to your employees’ health and safety, work environment, and equipment performance, not to mention being less durable over time. Your consoles, chairs, accessories, AV systems, and other equipment are an investment in your operations center – don’t you want it to stand the test of time?

Most people do not realize the important role acoustics play in a control room. It can have a humongous impact on employees and their performance.

Dispatchers are an integral part of the 9-1-1 system – they are who the public turns to during some of their most distressing times. Dispatchers are the bridge between the public and emergency services; while they often fly under the radar, it is the dispatcher community who deal some of the toughest phone calls and situations. There is a lot resting on the shoulders of dispatchers. They are the unsung hero of the day.

Control rooms and their consoles are built to last decades. Given that they are not updated on frequent basis maintenance of these rooms can be the last thing on anyone’s mind.

Simple: both need to be flexible to support high-demanding, constant changing environments.

While technologies are evaluated for their flexibility options in incremental modularity, enhanced visibility to security status reporting, faster start times, lower starts costs, high ramp rates and improvement for overall operational efficiencies – shouldn’t your control room consoles be looked at with the same presets?

Does your job require a rotation between daytime, afternoon and night shifts?

Can you believe January has come to a close? What are your plans for 2018? How about 2019 or 2020? If a new or remodeled communication center is in your future, the time to plan is now!

Do you have a cluttered work surface?

We are all guilty of letting our work surface accumulate ‘things’ that aren’t necessarily an ‘essential’ to our everyday productivity.