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A brand new soccer complex was just completed pretty much right down the road from me, and it has a pretty unexpected system. The actual soccer fields are all outside, so the indoor area is basically just locker rooms and a concessions area. The building couldn't be more than maybe 15,000 square fee...

How about water? I've never been much of a soda drinker

"Dang, I wonder what fire alarm system that place is gonna have" All of you new construction fire alarm nerds, this topic is for you! Choose a commercial building in your area that's either under construction or planned to be constructed, speculate what sort of fire alarm system will be installed, a...

A medium-sized apartment complex that consists of three buildings was recently built near my house, and when I had the chance to take a quick peak into the lobby a few days ago, I most certainly did, being the weird fire alarm guy that I am :wink: . The building actually has a SIMPLEX system, which ...

Reminds me of a nice conversation my U.S History class had with my teacher earlier this year. I can't remember what exactly started it, but it went something like this: Student: What happens if, like, there's a shooter who comes into the classroom? Teacher: Well, last year they would've announced it...

Fire Drill | October 11th, 2018 (Thursday) | Scheduled Time: 2:15 PM | Actual Drill: 2:40 PM | Period 7, Originally Period 6 Yesterday, my 2nd period teacher told us that there would be a fire drill at 2:15, which for me is just AP US History, so I figured that maybe I'd finally have a nice, normal...

A few fun smaller systems from that past month or so... The Frazee Rest Area along US-10 near Frazee, MN has a tiny Siemens system. So small in fact, that I saw every single system component minus the panel. The restrooms each have a Wheelock RSS strobe,the main entrance has a Wheelock AS horn/strob...

Wow, I didn’t know they still install remote strobes in classrooms! Neither did I. I was expecting the classrooms to each get an HSRC, but I will say because my school is like 50 years old most of the classrooms are smaller than what you'd typically find in a newer building. I'm thinking that maybe...

About fifteen or so classrooms at my school were reopened this past week following a fire (another twenty or so are still under construction). All classrooms in this wing got new paint, flooring, and a new ceiling, but they weren't really remodeled beyond some basic cosmetic stuff. In any case, almo...

When did your school burn down? Was it in the areas that got renovated? Why did it burn down? What kind of system do they have? Sorry for all the questions lol In mid July, workers were replacing some flooring in a classroom and doing some HVAC work in our LA wing and accidentally left a fan runnin...

My school still has a few Simplex 4041 flush-mount horns throughout the hallways and on the exterior of the school that are disconnected. The majority of the horns had Wheelock NS's slapped on them when the system was originally upgraded in the early 2000s, but for whatever reason a few of these hor...

Fire Drill | September 14th, 2018 | 2:15 PM Here's an interesting one for y'all. I'm not even sure if I can technically count this as a true "fire drill" for me since I wasn't technically in school at the time. In any case, because half of my school essentially burned down over the summer we're run...

I'm sure that this has been a topic at some point before, but I'm wondering what kinds of sports other members participate in. I don't care if you participate competitively or recreationally, I'm more just curious. As for me (a junior in high school), I'm a year-round athlete on school teams, with c...

I've stayed at a few hotels that very clearly have "fire alarm sounds like" signage that doesn't match the signals themselves. It seems like the most common sound description in hotels is "a loud siren", even though I've seen that used to describe TrueAlert horn/strobes, Integrities, and Advances. O...

Heh... turns out my "real fire" story from a few weeks ago isn't quite over yet. Turns out, the initial report was waaaayyyy off on the damage to my school. The fire and smoke damaged at least 40 classrooms, plus the library and pretty much destroyed the LA, ELA and social studies wings. Anyways, to...