Also in france when i was there for holiday a few years back, no idea what it was used for but i saw a potter horn strobe with green lense.
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here is an image of an EST integrity speaker strobe with system sensor 2251 smoke detectors in a Westin hotel in zagreb croatia. This system is most likely an EST irc-3. EST is not common at all in croatia so is voice evac a part of the fire alarm system. Usually it is a PA system connected to the fire alarm.
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In El Salvador, I saw System Sensor masses with the older strobes with Spanish lettering on them at the airport.
There’s EST systems in Egypt.
This was listed on an EST3 brochure on the EST website.
I don’t remember exactly what video it was, but I recall watching a video on YouTube at some point where they stayed at a prestigious hotel in India. It had an EST voice evac system (likely EST3).
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EST3 panel in Malaysia. I also found another Malaysian unit on YouTube, but for some reason it’s age-restricted to some people, despite the video having no inappropriate content.
Siemens strobes at Incheon International Airport in South Korea. I also found Simplex smoke detectors at a mall in Seoul.
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In many McDonalds I go to I have seen fake spectralert classics labeled CO2 they are probably agent release systems.
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Those devices are used for a Co2 detection system, which is usually in place near fountain drink machines since Co2 can asphyxiate you.
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Not agent release, those need to use proper UL listed alarms. It is probably a CO2 detection system for refrigeration or like what Notifier said, drink fountains
Late reply I know, but I’ve looked in my files and found something that might be of interest to the topic.
TL;DR: The European counterpart of the Simplex 4207 might actually be the 4209
That German “4207” actually may be its own thing, I found some old Simplex France/ATSE docs I had saved eons ago, and in one of them there is mention of a “Simplex/ATSE 4209”, including diagrams which, surprise surprise, shows an eerily identical layout!
Unfortunately, no “Simplex France/ATS/ATSE” 4209s are known to exist… then came the A321 which… my other ATSE documents say that the A321 is called the 4209-A321 (!) with the older one being called “4209-A1”.
I have the schematics (for the A1 version) and some other manuals for the A321 but since they’re technically in intellectual property limbo (ATSE has gone the way of the dodo, Chubb doesn’t probably know and Simplex is still around through JCI and probably doesn’t even have records…) I’m not sure if I can share the whole thing… though given the age of the schematics, I doubt nobody would bat an eye at this but I’d rather err on the side of caution for now.
I did see another 4209-A321 (dated circa 1992) in person, in another hospital pending demolition, we’re gonna try and save it before it’s too late! It’s coincidentally like the 1st one I found, A321 with the jet black cabinet, however the 2nd one I (well, my friend did and me and my other friend just didn’t even catch on it) looks to be complete, though the door got bent and forced open… so we’ll see, if I can preserve this… I will be sure to document it as much as I can.
Edit: Typos
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Wow, thanks for sharing this new information! What a neat find.
I found some EST Integrities and EST SIGA smoke detectors at a Courtyard Marriott Sharq in Kuwait City on Google Maps.
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These were all replaced with Maple Armor FW982 remote strobes a few years back, the Mircom and EST Genesis remote strobes remain however.
Interestingly enough, Siemens offers Maple Armor strobes alongside their Desigo system in Korea which probably explains why all of the old Siemens strobes in Incheon were replaced.
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Are you sure its maple armor? Maple armour only sells in N/A
Excerpt from the Korean Siemens Desigo brochure I have
Installed in Incheon International Airport Terminal 1:
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Probably Maple Armor’s (Chinese) parent, Jade Bird
Seen some Jade Bird fire alarm devices during my vacation to China last summer.
Their Chinese name is 青鸟消防
The new Istanbul Airport (opened 2018) has white EST horn strobes without the “Fire” lettering, both wall and ceiling mount, and EST smokes. The old Ataturk Airport which the new Istanbul Aiport replaced had Simplex 4904-9176 Remote Strobes, along with Simplex Smokes and 4099-9005 pull stations in the International Terminal, the domestic looked to have some foreign smoke and strobe devices that I am unfamiliar with. These airports may be the only places outside of Croatia and US embassies/military bases that have American devices.
Most of the US embassies and military bases in Europe have American fire alarm devices, the US Embassy in London has Specralert Advance horn strobes, both wall and ceiling mounted.
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