This is at another Hy-Vee store in my area.
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If that’s not lazy I don’t know what is.
I really wonder what the systems at the other stores in my area look like. I am really surprised they haven’t powered down the old panel at the store near me.
Masuk High School, Monroe, CT:
- Panel: EST3 with Voice Evac
- Pulls: SIGA-278s
- Alarms: Integrity Speaker/Strobes
- Smokes: SIGA-PS detectors
New Canaan YMCA: New Canaan, CT:
- Panel: EST3 (?)
- Pulls: SIGA-278s
- Alarms: Genesis/WG4 horn/strobes and Integrity horn/strobes in pool area
- Smokes: SIGAs
This is at the Nebraska Furniture Mart, in the electronics and appliances building. The system is a Johnson Controls branded Notifier system, the NAs are a mixture of SpectrAlert classic white horn strobes, ceiling mount spectralert advance strobes, and in one section there are some ADA MASS alarms as well.
Floor and decor store. System appears to be a silent knight system of some sort. Pulls are BG-12LXs. (No you will not get me to use the silent knight model number). NAs are System Sensor L Series
Duluth Trading Co. System is Fire-Lite. Pulls are unbranded RSG T-Bars. NAs are Spectralert Advance HS. There are also some duct detector key switches from ESL. And there is also one from system sensor, not pictured here.
Location - Mama’s Pizza in La Vista, NE. System is a Gamewell Flex system (rebrand of fire lite ms series it seems). NAs are system sensor SpectrAlert Advance HS ceiling mount. There is an i3 in the vestibule, as well as a StarLink alarm transmitter. There is also an unbranded RSG pullstation.
Nice, I own one of those flex series panels
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One of my local hospitals has a very interesting and diverse Siemens system.
Panel: Unknown Siemens panel
Notification Appliances: Simplex mechanical chimes on the walls and silver versions of the Wheelock cwht-24 strobes on the ceilings in some parts.
Other parts have Wheelock wst-24 strobes on the walls along with Siemens U-HN mechanical horns.
Some replacements seem to be Wheelock CH-70’s.
Pull stations: (no specific model numbers because I have no idea)
They look like this:
Smoke/Heat Detectors: (no specific model numbers because I have no idea)
They look like this:
This building is kind of concerning for many reasons, but here are some of them:
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VERY limited strobe coverage (often only one strobe that is not ADA compliant per 2 fire separated areas)
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Very old and outdated system
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This is a HUGE building (across multiple city blocks). I would expect some sort of voice evac system.
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Man, that system looks like a disaster waiting to happen! (quite literally!)
Those are known under various different models: common ones include MS-151, MS-5, & MS-51 (which usually depend on the brand).
That first one is a Siemens FP-11 multi-criteria smoke detector (photoelectric & thermal), & the second is either a Cerberus Pyrotronics ILI-1 (addressable) or DI-3 (conventional), both of which are ionization: the model all depends on the color of the LED.
Hm. Is it a network system? I know that in my area we have a large hospital that has been built on to a bunch, and I think it has a Siemens networked system. I remember seeing at least one MXL node. Although I don’t think the older areas of the building are voice evac.
It may be a networked system. However, that doesn’t change the fact that none of it is voice evac and it is a very old and outdated system.
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Hm. I don’t think it’s required tho. Another hospital in my area only has UMNT horn strobes, and some ZNS horn strobes as well. Although the hospital isn’t that big. Although the hospital does have a paging system.
It may be grandfathered in, but that still doesn’t mean it’s the best choice for safety.
Actually that’s just a different design that doesn’t have a bulb that sticks out - I’ve seen that design before.
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The building isn’t that old tho, and I think it was renovated recently as well.
I’m meaning the building that I posted about.
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Actually that’s just a different design that doesn’t have a bulb that sticks out - I’ve seen that design before.
How do these sprinkelers work?
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No, those sprinklers are just fine. This is a special type of sprinkler called the “XL Commercial Flush” series that Reliable manufactures. The pic below is their horizontal sidewall model, but they also make a pendent model, which you took a photo of.
They’re meant to be lower-profile than your usual pendent sprinkler, and they sort of do the same thing as a recessed or a concealed pendent.
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