Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0)

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Hobby Lobby- Bismarck, ND
This building was originally opened in the early 80’s as a grocery store and was renovated in the early 2000’s and turned into the Hobby Lovby it is now. The fire alarm system was fully replaced during that renovation and it remains the same to this day.

Panel: Seemingly some kind of older Amseco security based “fire alarm” panel with a keypad at the front door

Notification Appliances: White Amseco ceiling mount Select-A-Horn/Stobes and wall mount remote strobes

Pull Stations: Potter P32-1T pull stations

Detectors: I didn’t see any

This system likely only has a few years left in service, as Hobby Lobby is moving and a clinic will take over the building and renovate it.

I made a post about that:

Make Up a System (2.0)

This post will actually consist of two systems in two separate buildings. In short, my local Hobby Lobby is moving into and renovating a Kmart building that has been vacant for 5 years. The existing Hobby Lobby building (which was built in the 80’s and was overhauled and moved into by Hobby Lobby in the early 2000’s) will be turned into a clinic. Here is a local news story with more information about the situation: (New) Hobby Lobby- Bismarck, ND (Opened in 2026): Panel: Potter AFC-100 addre…