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I don't see a ton of voice evac. systems, as it's only required in Canada if your building is 14 stories or higher. I have seen a few mixed systems, where they have horns/bells throughout, and a paging system as well.

Welcome back, glad to hear that life is treating you very well! I have been working as a full license fire alarm tech for almost 2 years now, for a small company that has an abundance of buildings. Love it though, have been getting tons of experience on many fire alarm systems out there! Still live ...

Wow, that is very neat indeed! Never seen anything like that before, very nice!

From a personal standpoint, I have no least favourite panel as I have zero experience with actual fire alarm systems. However, based on what I’ve read online, the Edwards ESA2000 seems to be almost universally disliked by technicians. I’m not exactly sure why this panel is considered to be so loath...

I've heard that the door close button in some elevators won't work unless it's in firefighter mode (or whatever it's called). I've seen some work on newer elevators, but I think there is a set amount of time before the doors are allowed to close. Elevators with Fire Service need to have door open a...

High volume horns in a hospital, doesn't seem too bad, must give people a jump though! The one hospital we service has the EST Genesis horns all over the place, all run by an EST quickstart, which replaced an Edwards 8500 2 stage system (that had single stroke bells/chimes). Signals: Faraday 6140 (h...

For example, in the IBC chapter 9 where it tells when fire alarms are required, you'll see this little clause under most occupancy types: Exception: Manual fire alarm boxes are not required where the building is equipped throughout with an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with Sec...

Lol nope not at all :lol: still hoping to find them somewhere else, we only do the one building with them so far and I can't really record much in there because its a youth home. But here's one I just did the other day: bG1b_K65NtE BDMEo_mnA9s This was a bell test at a reconstructed apartment buildi...

Been a while, had a technician quit our company (nothing bad, he just wanted a change) so it's been one busy summer with only me and my other coworker as the only licensed fire alarm techs in our company. But here are some vids I took in that time: _wYqPWtAV90 -Bell test in a small community center,...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48777600351_d49ccd4d84_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48777786662_41887bea25_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48777791347_cbf1fd1f90_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48777247663_31443cd501_c.jpg -From Boston/Salem, some of the old Gam...

I recently Took a trip out to eastern Canada, and the States (Mass. & New Hampshire). Here are some of the fire alarms I saw throughout: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48777243003_5562d717f2_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48777242913_970c8de425_c.jpg -From St John, New Brunswick. The...

I just got a brand new Edwards 881D-AW, flush mount adaptahorn, and this thing is very very very loud! Tried it out and my ears were ringing for a minute after

The panel you’re specifying, I highly doubt is an AM-2020 because it’s been discontinued for at least a decade or two and the protocol is outdated, like BGX-101l and Windows XP outdated. The AM2020 was discontinued in 2000 when the NFS-3030 came out. The NFS-3030 was then discontinued in 2007 when ...

My high school has one pull station, the AHJ allows only one pull station necessary. The previous system (Notifier AM-2020+NFS-640) had many stations located across the school, until replaced by an EST3 system with only one pull station in the main office. They already replaced the AM-2020? That's ...

Nice! I was in the states recently, going through good wills and antique stores hoping to find some old alarms, but came up empty handed.