I saw that episode of American Pickers this afternoon, I can’t believe they were stumped on that one. They say it could sell for about $300, but I bet they could get even more if they offered it to the right person.
My brother was watching “Clean House” this morning and I just happened to glimpse at the TV at the right moment. One of the co-hosts was going through a room full of “junk” and he came across a BG-10 pull station. With the look of excitement in his face, he eagerly pulled it and a 10" bell sound effect went off.
In Resident Evil Afterlife, the intruder alarms were prerecorded Faraday horns.
Well, I got a surprise on my evening news tonight. They were running this story on this new supermarket that opened in a local area. They mentioned that yesterday was a “soft opening”, meaning people getting a chance to utilize the store, and see what they think and for the staff to “work out the kinks”. Just then, you hear the shriek of SpectrAlert Advances and people going “What’s that?”. As you’ll see, the news station called the alarm “jumpy”:
http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?videoId=627077078001&lineupId=1143371293
It goes off at :34. I kinda like it that they thanked everyone as they went back in. 
I have it and the strobes are what look like Pyrotronics units, either the S15-S style (see Ben’s S15-S alarms) or the ones that have the bubble on the strobe, either way mounted upside-down,
seen clearly in the behind the scenes featurette, and an Über strobe for the main flash. The 2 FA strobes are synchronized.
As far as the main movie:
00:15:19 - A http://www.firexsafety.com/NR/rdonlyres/B0ABEF57-BF87-49DD-AB06-5B339140D952/0/40642841216406C418C428C_1501360D.pdf FireX 0406 can be seen in a room, with a green LED added in the center.
They deactivate it, so they can smoke, and a quick burst of a SpectrAlert Classic can be heard, and the green LED goes off.
Then @ 15:30 smoke can be seen drifting by the disabled unit.
This is a setup for…
0:33:08 - The lead investigator interrogating Ben Afleck’s character lights a cig, blows the smoke out, and it drifts towards a detector that has a slight resemblance to an ESL 429/449.
He realizes what’s going to happen, and frantically waves the smoke away. Too late. It activates!
This triggers a 3000Hz rapid pulse, a 3300Hz/3200Hz Hi-Lo, and the strobes. Also some kind of Halon-style agent.
0:34:08 - What looks like a pull station can be seen in the hallway outside of the interrogation room, then a split second later, a strobe.
0:51:44 - A Canadian Simplex 2099 can be seen. Evidently shot in a building in Vancouver.
http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?videoId=660842397001&lineupId=1143371293
- Local news story about how kids don’t wake up to the sound of smoke alarms. Of course, their recommendation for that fix is the KidSmart smoke alarm. One thing that disappointed me was that they never tested the KidSmart alarm out, the story was soley made to make parents aware of the fact that kids don’t wake up to traditional alarms and to question the consumer agency why warnings about this aren’t printed on smoke alarm boxes.
BTW, I checked the website they suggested, and the alarm was regularly priced at $73.49 but seemed to be on sale for only $37.79. IDK if the news station chose $50 because it’s in the middle of the two, but $50 isn’t listed anywhere on the site.
One thing that disappointed me was they didn’t use the family’s alarms, just the unit the reporter brought in. It may be that the kids are a little more used to their own alarms. But that still wouldn’t have woke them up.
The movie “RED” has a couple scenes where a fire alarm is pulled. Both pulls are Edwards 270-SPOs. The first alarm sound is a pulsing tone over the PA, the second one is a continuous bell. The actual alarms visible on the sets do not appear to be sounding, and the second set had a different type of pull for its main pulls than the one that was actually pulled.
Last night’s Storm Chasers episode (Behind the Storms) featured a really dirty 6th generation First Alert smoke cover and Rayovac battery on a hotel room bed. The alarm itself is on the wall at face level. For those wondering, when I say 6th Generation, I’m talking about this unit/cover:
- Kenan & Kel alarm scene (skip to 7:30). I remember the bell, emergency lights, sprinkler, and red becon activating, but I don’t remember the strobe light…
I’m not sure if this deserves its own topic, but since they can be found on the tube, it most likely goes here. Hopefully, I don’t go off topic…
If any of you have heard of or seen the NBC program, “School Pride”, which premiered in October of 2010, there is an interesting segment of the show where a cast member pulls a fire alarm in the school they are going to upgrade in order to get all the students outside and get their attention. So far, a total of 7 episodes have aired for its first season, and the fire alarms go a little something like this:
Episode 1: The pull station is a Fire-Lite BG-12LX, and the alarms are ceiling-mounted Wheelock AS’s and Gentex Commanders coded to pulse. Something I should point out is that in the episode itself, the alarm sounds are dubbed over with a “yelping” sound effect, but for about 3 seconds, you can hear the alarms. On the website, this scene is shown as a preview clip without the sound effect.
Episode 2: Because of rain, the alarms were not set off in this episode, but if you watch carefully, you can find Simplex t-bars behind Stoppers, along with a 270-SPO at one point. The alarms are Simplex 4903- horn/strobes of some sort, but there are 4904-9138 strobes in a couple of scenes.
Episode 3: The original school was damaged by floodwaters, rendering the alarms inoperable, but there is an alarm scene where the students are staying; the pull station is a MS-51, and the alarm shown is vertically-mounted Wheelock AS on a backplate coded to 30 BPM march time. Later, when the school was rebuilt, you can see what look like Wheelock horn/strobes in some scenes.
Episode 4: The pull is an ancient break-glass pull station of some sort, and the alarm is flush-mounted National Time 411F (similar to what Firefly has) in 30 BPM march time.
Episode 5: The pull is a dual-action Faraday model behind a Stopper, and the alarms are presumed Siemens strobes and a U-HNH at one point. In one scene, you can also see a BG-10. Strangely, however, the 411F sound from episode 4 was carried over into this one!
Episode 6: The pull is something you may not find elsewhere; a Notifier NBG-1! One of the classrooms also has a 270-SPO. The alarms are Edwards Integrities and what looks like a Genesis at one point. But, for the second time in the row, the 411F sound is carried over into this episode!
Episode 7 (season finale): The pull shown is a 270-SPO, and the alarms are Integrities in code-3. One scene has what looks a gray pull station behind a stopper, possibly an NBG-1!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFeZC6709s - MadTV skit. Psychologist pulls Potter/Fike T-bar at about 3:00.
The Littles episode “A Little Drunk.” The fire alarm scene starts at 21:20 into the video and features an unusual pull station that resembles an upside-down Simplex 4251-30 that has a break-glass panel and the handle needs to be pushed in to trigger the alarm. The character Grandpa Little activates the pull station and sets off alarm bells in Continuous.
There is this 1990s educational program called “The Reppies”, and in some of their scenes on the performing stage, a gray Edwards Adaptahorn can be seen.
The Rugrats episode “Grandpa Moves Out” has a scene towards the end where Didi accidentally slips on marbles and pulls a fire alarm, setting off a bell in continuous; the exit sign is also flashing.
I remember that; what she actually did was open a fire exit door that managed to set off the alarm system.
Another Dexter’s Laboratory episode “Chubby Cheese” has either an 8" or 10" bell sound briefly when Dee Dee opens a protected door to rescue Dexter (there is even a brief shot of the bell).
Several episodes of The Powerpuff Girls have robbery scenes with 8" or 10" bells heard in continuous.
An episode of Bobby’s World has a scene where an “invisible Bobby” scared someone which caused them to pull a fire alarm, setting off bells in march time (between 60BPM-120BPM).
By the way, wiley209, thank you for the correction on that Rugrats episode.
An episode of The Amanda Show (Nickelodeon) has a sketch where two children seek humor from Mr. Gullible by faking a fire drill. They use a megaphone attached to a platform with a red incandescent light on top; when they flip the switch to set off the “alarm”, it sounds like a yelping sort of sound.
The television series “Glee” on Fox has some scenes at McKinley High School (the school the cast members attend) with System Sensor Spectralert horn/strobes (2nd generation). There is also a fire alarm scene towards the end of the episode “Britney/Brittany” when Sue Sylvester, an antagonist of the show, pulls down on a t-bar in order to stop inappropriate dancing by the Glee club, setting off a 10" bell in continuous in the process.
In last night’s season premiere of Kitchen Nightmares on Fox, just before Gordon Ramsay allows the employees to see the renovated restaurant, you can see a Gentex Commander on a wall.