Not exactly fire alarm related, but there was a funny scene in this Rugrats episode involving one heck of a car alarm, complete with a Vibratone-like horn!
It occurs three minutes into the video. But I made up an alternate version of that scene if it were a fire alarm system! It’d go like…
Angelica: Could you tell them they have to wear gorilla suits to work?
Charlotte: I could. (on phone) Yes, Jonathan, I’m still here.
Angelica: And make them wear their underwear on their heads?
Charlotte: Honey, mommy has something important to discuss with Jonathan.
Angelica: (walking backwards) And can you tell them they have to walk backwards all day?
She bumps into a fire alarm pull station and the T-handle goes down, setting off the fire alarm; it has a buzzer with a red light flashing underneath and then a male voice goes over the PA system.
PA Voice: Attention. Attention. Attention. An emergency has been reported. All occupants walk to…
Angelica: Hey Mommy, neat! A fire drill!
Charlotte: That’s nice sweetie. (in phone) What? Not you, Jonathan, you know I wouldn’t call one of my employees “sweetie.” At least not since the last Thomas series.
PA Voice: …do not use the elevators. Walk to the nearest stairway.
Suddenly more alarms begin, which includes a loud continuous bell, a siren-like slow whoop repeating, and a pulsing high screeching tone as strobes begin flashing. The building begins violently shaking.
Angelica: COOL!
Tommy: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Charlotte: (yelling into phone) I can’t hear you! A fire alarm just went off!
Tommy: WAAAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Charlotte: It’s a Zone 3 pull station on level 2, Jonathan. Have it reset!
Tommy: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
They get in the elevator and the noise and lights fade away.
Charlotte: (to Tommy) It’s all right. No more bells.
Tommy cheers up.
For those wondering, it’s a huge Simplex fire alarm system powered by three 4100 panels and a 2001. I’ll describe the system in detail on the “Make up a System” thread.