Part 5 (This is a long one, so enjoy!)
This post will take a look at the Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, FL, the Hibiscus Street Parking Garage in West Palm Beach, FL, Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY, and El Camino in CityPlace, Downtown West Palm Beach, FL.
Our first system is the Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. I already covered this system, but it was vague. However, I now have photos of the notification appliances here!
The panel here is a Notifier NFS2-3030. However, there is a Mirtone rebranded EST3 in Macy’s, an EST3 in Nordstrom, an older Simplex panel in Bloomingdale’s, a smaller GE/EST panel in Tommy Bahama, and an ADT Unimode rebadged Fire-Lite panel in Saks Fifth Avenue.
I- Main Mall (all stores, except Anthropologie, Tommy Bahama, and anchors):
Pulls: Simplex 4251-20s:
N/As: Mainly 2901-9833s on 2903 strobe plates:
There are also some L-Series ceiling and wall mount horn/strobes:
There are even SpectrAlert Classic ceiling mounts!
The bathrooms have 4903 horn/strobes:
Smokes: Mainly Simplex 2098-9636 “Wiffle-Ball” detectors:
There are even some Simplex 2098-9130 detectors:
There are also some Notifier FSP-851s:
There are even some System Sensor i3s!
II- Macy’s
Panel: Mirtone rebranded EST3
Pulls: Mirtone rebranded EST SIGA-270s:
N/As: EST Genesis ceiling mount speaker/strobes:
III- Bloomingdale’s:
Panel: An older Simplex panel, maybe a larger 4002 or a 4005
Pulls: None noticed, maybe 4251-20s
N/As: Mainly Simplex 2902-9833s on Simplex 4903-9101 plates:
There are also Simplex 2901-9806 (Federal Vibratone 450) with a Federal Signal ceiling-mounted VALS strobe:
There is also a Gentex Commander 4:
There is also a random 4903 horn/strobe:
Detectors: Mainly Simplex 2098-9577 ion detectors (rebranded System Sensor 1400s:)
The other detectors are also ancient Simplex detectors. However, I don’t know the model number:
IV- Nordstrom
Panel: EST3
Pulls: EST SIGA-278s:
N/As: Ceiling mount Genesis horn/strobes:
Detectors: EST SIGA-PSes:
V- Tommy Bahama
Panel: GE/EST smaller panel (maybe Fireworx series??) and an Edwards ANS-series panel:
Pulls: SIGA-278s
N/As: Edwards GCSWVF speaker/strobes:
VI- Anthropologie/Saks Fifth Avenue
Panel: Fire-Lite MS-9200UDLS/MS-9600UDLS
Pulls: BG-12s (ADT or Fire-Lite:)
N/As: SpectrAlert Advances:
Our next system is Palm Beach International Airport in the Westgate-Beldevere Homes region of West Palm Beach, Florida. The panel here is a NFS2-3030, and there are no pulls that are seen, but they are most likely BG-12s.
The N/As are quite varied!
Firstly, we have Wheelock ET90 speakers with Wheelock WS-115 strobes:
Some of them have been replaced with L-Series remote strobes and speaker strobes:
Some have ceiling-mounted Wheelock RS or RSS strobes:
Next, we have L-Series strobes with Atlas Soundolier ceiling speakers:
Some have the old Wheelock strobes removed:
Meanwhile, others have the old Wheelock strobes:
The bathrooms and shops have Wheelock RSS strobes:
Some of the strobes are rebranded by Kidde!
There are Wheelock ET70 and E70 speaker strobes around the gates:
On the ceiling, there are Wheelock ET90 speaker/strobes:
The detectors here are FSP-851s:
Hibiscus Street Parking Garage, Downtown West Palm Beach, FL:
Panel: Notifier unknown panel (maybe a NFS-320 or NFS2-640)
Pulls: Notifier NBG-12LXes:
N/As: SpectrAlert Advances:
Detectors: FSP-951s
El Camino (CityPlace), West Palm Beach, FL:
Panel: This is tied into the mall’s NFS2-3030
Pulls: Fire-Lite BG-12s:
N/As: L-Series on the ceiling and wall:
Detectors: None- as the building is sprinklered
Westchester County Airport, White Plains, NY:
This airport is quite interesting! It was built in 1995 with a Cerberus Pyrotronics MXL, but all the old Cerberus initiating devices and Wheelock notification appliances are still in the airport!
The panel is a Siemens FireFinder XLS (located by front entrance of airport- I do not have pictures)
The pulls are Cerberus Pyrotronics MSI-10Bs:
The notification appliances are Wheelock ET-1070 speaker/strobes:
There are also Wheelock E50 speaker/strobes near the jetbridges!
The detectors are Cerberus DI-3s: