Power Rangers Turbo, season 5 episode 11, Alarmed and Dangerous, has a plot revolving around false fire alarms occurring. Since I feel that this is suitable for the topic, I have posted a video link here:
Part 1: At 1:03, a BG-12 can be seen, and the alarm first goes off at 1:59; it’s a 6" bell in continuous (Canadian sounding), which will be heard several more times in the video, and at 9:51, Katherine goes over to an open Gamewell Fire Box to turn off the alarm, although ironically, she pushes down on the lever, which would be the way to set off an alarm from there! http://www.youtube.com/user/GuruJoshPR#p/u/1/wPnE_zz9CmA
There is a part 2, but it’s really nothing new worth posting.
The Kitchen Nightmares episode, PJ’s Steakhouse, has an annuciator (shown at 2:45) and a mix of Integrity horn/strobes w/ 4-10" fire bells. The pulls stations appear to be of the “Lift & Pull” variety, with a diagonal white stripe on the pull station to comply with fire codes in the area.
On last night’s episode of Kitchen Nightmares, there appears to be a Spectralert Classic horn/strobe at the main entrance, along with a silver 4" bell in the kitchen, possibly an Edwards model. There also appears to be a BG-12 in one shot.
The Charter commercial for their On Demand service features a SpectrAlert Classic.
This guy is in his company’s break room, 2 female co-workers talk about this fictional show called “Lola’s Life”. He wants in on the conversation so he uses the On Demand to watch episodes of the show, accompanied by the show’s theme song. The next scene has him in the room again, and one of the ladies walks in, he hums the theme song and they strike up a conversation about the show.
The “Kitty Tree Houses and the Cat Guys” episode of Must Love Cats on Animal Planet has what is probably the TV debut of…
Yes, an Exceder! (HSW to be exact)
Also a ZNS thrown in for good measure. There is also an Ademco Wave2 outside the left of the screen. The camera’s pan showed a view of it in the BG a split second after I took this pic.
I know there are hard to make out from these screen-grabs. These are in the http://www.orthopets.com/ OrthoPets clinic in Denver, CO.
There was an earlier ep that had an Edwards 792 mini-horn/strobe in a hotel room.
From ABC’s “Liason”; Carly pulls the fire alarm (270-SPO) at the end of this video, setting off a muffled 10" bell in continuous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxI1GVlXpWs
On last night’s new episode of “The Simpsons,” when Bart is causing shenanigans in the school gymnasium, Principal Skinner says “Abandon gym!” Then he goes over to a pull station with a break-glass cover and “ABANDON GYM” over it instead of “FIRE ALARM.” He smashes the glass with one of those attached hammer-bars then pulls the lever (it looks like a Simplex T-bar, complete with “PULL DOWN” on it), setting off the school bell as the kids evacuate the gym.
Is it just me, or have the sound effects people on the Simpsons gotten a bit lazy? In the older pre-2003 episodes, they always used a different bell sound for the fire alarm, now they just use the school bell if some kind of alarm goes off there (in fact, they once did a fire department episode that had a town fire siren, but they used the sound of a bell for it!)
On last night’s new episode of “The Looney Tunes Show,” Daffy Duck sets he and Bugs Bunny’s house ablaze when he tries lighting chainsaws on fire (don’t ask!) Once the fire spreads more, you can hear a smoke alarm beeping in that 5/6 code.
In the animated movie “Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Phantosaur,” around 49 minutes into the movie, a huge monster dinosaur attacks a burning building, and during a close-up you can hear 10-inch bells ringing in Continuous as people evacuate in a panic. (Could this be the first Scooby-Doo cartoon to feature a fire alarm in it? )
From the series “Ashes to Ashes”; a call point is pressed, which sets off a burglar-like alarm in fast yelp and a 10" bell in continuous (stock). A red, rotating overhead beacon can also be seen when you view the clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCt37NBUzEc - (4:32-5:22) From this India television series; a fire alarm coded to fast whoop (stock SFX) goes off w/ red incandescent lights blinking and a sprinkler system being set off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0S5l6BGaEA - (skip to 7:11) From the British series “Luton Airport”; a hi-lo sounder w/ voice evacuation message is accidentally set off by a contractor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMVPDIRn5A - (mild language, skip to 2:36) From “All My Children”; a fast, descending fire alarm whoop is set off, and at the end of the scene, the alarm is silenced by a 270-SPO pull station.
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