Volusia Mall - Daytona Beach, FL
Panel: Simplex Addressable Panel (Likely a 4100 or 4005 with 4003 voice evac panel)
Pulls: None (some places don’t seem to have any in this area)
Detectors: 4908-9784s (Early TrueAlarms) and 4908-9714s (Current TrueAlarms)
AVs: 4903-9148 speaker/strobes
(This is complete guesswork as I couldn’t tell if this was a voice system or not, but it seemed like the AVs had speakers in them so this is my reasoning for saying it’s a voice evac system.)
Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen - Daytona Beach, FL
Panel: FireLite addressable panel (Likely an MS-9200UDLS or MS-9050UD) tied to a Potter Evax voice evac panel.
Pulls: BG-12LXes
Detectors: None as most restaurants don’t
AVs: System Sensor SPSRs and SRs
(Odd to have a voice evac system in such a small setting)
Unknown Shopping Plaza, Stamford, CT:
Quick Facts:
I- Donut Delight:
II- Mathnasium
They actually might be horn/strobes.
The Home Depot, Stamford, CT:
My local Home Depot was built in 2018 on a site that was formerly empty land behind the Solvay/Cytec office building and a Stop and Shop that was built in 2006 (I already covered the Stop and Shop in a previous post.) The Cytec has ET70WP speaker strobes outside.
The panel is a Silent Knight panel with a Honeywell annunciator located near the entrance, right next to a Bosch security keypad.
The pulls here are Fire-Lite BG-12s, located near the entrances and exits.
The N/As are PC2RLs in the store, PC2RHKs near the garden center, HR horns near the outdoor exits, and SRL strobes in the indoor bathrooms.
Surprise! Not only did they actually keep several of the old 2903+9712 LifeAlarm speaker/lights, but the new addressable Simplex 4100ES voice-evac system at this hospital is branded by Autocall!
Mathnasium, Greenwich, CT:
This Mathnasium is owned by the same gentleman that owns the Stamford Mathnasium as well! This is located in a significantly larger shopping strip off of Route 1 in Greenwich!
Panel: Unknown- not tied into security system
Pulls: Edwards SIGA-270s
N/As: There were strangely no NAs in the center, not even in the bathroom! But, they have pull stations and detectors, strangely.
Detectors: Older System Sensor low-profile detectors
Fire Alarms at UMass Amherst
Hotel: This hotel mostly has simplex 2902 non-Ada speaker strobes or lights. They are either 9735s or 9739s. There’s also some Simplex TrueAlert 4906-9151/9154 Speaker/Strobes as well as Edwards Integrity Powersaver Speaker Strobes and Genesis Speaker Strobes
Student Union: Renovated in February 2021 has EST Genesis and LED Genesis White Speaker Strobes; Both wall and Ceiling units
Library: Simplex 4903-9144 and 4903-9142 speaker strobes and 4904-9135 remote strobes. It’s a very high rise building.
Thompson Hall: Simplex 4903-9147 Speaker Strobes
Science Center #1: This science center is new and has Simplex 4906-9151 TrueAlert Speaker Strobes and 4906-9101 remote strobes.
Science Center #2: This Science Center has some old Simplex bells
Integrative Learning Center (ILC): Has more Simplex 4906-9151 and 4906-9101 devices.
One of the dining halls renovated in 2020 has Simplex TrueAlert ES Addressable Speaker Strobes and Remote Strobes!
The Gymnasium Building has System Sensor SpectrAlert Advances.
The Athletic Center has TrueAlert Speaker Strobes (Don’t know if they’re fixed or multi candela)
There’s an old dining hall with vintage Simplex 4040 AC horns
There’s an old house type of building that has a Simplex 2903-9001 or 9101+2901-9838
One of the dorms has Simplex smoke detectors with sounder bases as well as 4904-9137, 9135 and/or 9136 remote strobes from sometime between 1994-1997.
One of the buildings has TrueAlert 4906-9127 Horn Strobes.
I’ve seen more SpectrAlert Advances in some more buildings. Let me know if there are Simplex 4903 Horn Strobes, Simplex QuickAlert Horn Strobes or EST Horn strobes of any kind.
I haven’t been to all the buildings, so correct me on anything.
Code probably didn’t require a fire alarm system and they probably just installed the initiation devices for property protection. Either that, or there was a renovation and the NA’s were removed for some reason.
St. Leo Catholic Church, Stamford, CT:
Panel: Fire-Lite Sensiscan unknown panel (the system is a typical '80s Fire-Lite system with some upgrades!)
Pulls: “LOCAL ALARM” Edwards 270-SPOs (a remnant of the previous system) in the CCD wing and BG-10s everywhere else
N/As: Mainly Wheelock 7002Ts, one SpectrAlert Advance, and one Edwards “FIRE HORN” Adaptahorn outside (from previous system)
Detectors: BRK photoelectric detectors in the sanctuary, vestibule, parish hall, and CCD hallway
Nathaniel Witherell Nursing Home, Greenwich, CT:
This is my grandma’s current nursing home, and it is one of the oldest, being on the National Register of Historic Places! It has two rehab wings with two floors each, and an administration building attached to the nursing home, with the doctors’ and nurses’ offices and desks.
The panel is an EST3 with this annunciator (the photo is not from the nursing home, but from the Stamford Mall Barnes and Noble):
The pulls are SIGA-270s:
The N/As are Genesis speaker/strobes and strobes in the bathrooms:
The detectors are Edwards photoelectric detectors:
BONUS! The nurse call system uses these strobe lights and these SpectrAlert Advance mini horns for general signaling:
(The Inovonics box is for the intercom.)
Fire Alarms at Boston Logan Airport:
Simplex 4906-9151 Multi Candela TrueAlert Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4906-9154 Multi Candela TrueAlert Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4903-9357 Fixed 75CD TrueAlert Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4903-9146 15CD Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4903-9147 15CD Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4904-9137 15CD Strobes
Wheelock ET70WP (30/180, 180, 135, 185CD models)
Simplex 4902-9703
Simplex 4902-9716
Simplex 4906-9101
Possible Models (I don’t know if these are here!):
Simplex 4903-9142 30CD Speaker Strobe(s)
Simplex 4903-9144 110CD Speaker Strobe(s)
Simplex 4903-9356 Fixed 15CD Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4903-9358 Fixed 110CD Speaker Strobes
Simplex 4903-9150 (15CD)/4903-9148 (30CD)/4903-9149 (110CD) replacement speaker strobes
Simplex QuickAlert Speaker Strobes and Remote Strobes
Simplex 4904-9135 30CD Strobes
Simplex 4904-9136 110CD Strobes
Free Run TrueAlert Strobes (4904s)
Probably too much models but there’s some Gentex Commander 3s with colored lenses for General Alarm possibly.
Staples, Stamford, CT:
This Staples opened in 1998 and is part of the Ridgeway Shopping center (the place with the IRC-3 and EST3 voice evac system.) But, this store was not hooked up to the IRC-3 at all!
Panel: Fire-Lite MS-series panel (maybe an MS-9200 or MS-9200UD)
Pulls: Fire-Lite BG-10s and one BG-12 by the other entrance
N/As: Wheelock MT horn/strobes (the older variety):
Adams/Wood Hall (ERAU Older Residence Halls) - Daytona Beach, FL
Panel: Notifier Addressable Panel (Likely an AFP-400 or replaced with an NFS2-640) with an LCD-80 annunciator
Common Areas and Corridors
Pulls: BGX-101Ls and NBG-12LXes
Detectors: SDX-551s and FSP-851s
AVs: Gentex SHGs, Commander 2s (both inside and outside), and GXSes
Units
Detectors: FSP-851s or SDX-551s (Varies by room)
AVs: System Sensor B401BH sounder bases
McCarty Pavilion
Milwaukee, WI
Simplex 2903-9101 NA’s and T-bars. Also an Edward’s 270spo that probably replaced a T-bar. Interesting smoke detectors too, they look like they have a heat detector element.
Very old building, probably installed mid 1980s.
That is a Bosch smoke and heat detector.
The lack of signals at the Mathnasium is likely due to the alarm audio being wired into the overhead page. (For a new installation this would still require remote strobes but if it predates the ADA this wouldn’t be the case.)
