Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0)

[firealarmking]

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.)

[AidanTheToiletElevat (AidanTheToiletElevatorFireAlarmFan)]

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.

[firealarmking]

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):

(credit to Ben Schumin for the photo)
Gentex SHG horn/strobes (only one- in the office chair area)
Wheelock RS/SR strobes (with the pre-RSS strobe design):

(credit to jjinc24 for the photo)
Smokes: System Sensor 2400s

[tythegiant]

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

(Sorry for the bad quality on this one)

Units

Detectors: FSP-851s or SDX-551s (Varies by room)

AVs: System Sensor B401BH sounder bases

[KBM_Fire_andSecurity (SlyFox Alarms)]

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.

[aerhardt]

That is a Bosch smoke and heat detector.

[randomperson]

@randomperson

MBTA Red Line - JFK/UMass - Boston, MA

I found a disconnected remnant of the old system - an SAE 2DCD horn on an AV32 light plate.

[randomperson]

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.)

[The09Creeper]

The system is from late 80s early 90s.

[The09Creeper]

(Same system)

[AidanTheToiletElevat (AidanTheToiletElevatorFireAlarmFan)]

Fire Alarms in the Food Court Boston

Edwards 757-7A-SS Speaker Strobe

Edwards 757-5A-SS Speaker Strobe

Edwards 757-8A-SS Speaker Strobe

Edwards 757-3A-SS Speaker Strobe (Not shown)

Unfortunately most of the speaker strobes were only 15/75CD and some 15CD models. I was hoping because this is a larger space to have more of the 30 and 110CD models and less of the 15 and 15/75CD models. But there was only 1 30CD unit and 1 110CD unit, everything else has a dimmer strobe.

[AidanTheToiletElevat (AidanTheToiletElevatorFireAlarmFan)]

Fire Alarms in a Building in Boston near Boston Park Plaza:

Simplex 4903-9146 Speaker Strobes

Why so dim? Boston has an abundance of 15CD 4903s! They should at least thought about installing a brighter 30 or 110CD strobe in this building somehow. This area was kind of medium, I thought a 30CD strobe would’ve been better for this area. Because I think the 15CD strobes are way too dim for the lobby, in my personal opinion. I would’ve found a 4903 that has it’s strobe cranked all the way up at 110CD for the lobby cuz it has a much brighter strobe. I can’t speak for the technicians, obviously, it’s their choice. I’m just stating my opinions about the choice. I love the 4903s a lot, but I don’t like how installers excessively installed 15CD units, because say if you were in a large storage room (high ceiling) with a 4903 installed, then you would need an 110CD strobe. I’m thankful to find 4903s here, because any 4903 is good I love them. It’s much more interesting than finding those shitty SpectrAlert Advances by System Sensor. In a doctor’s office, I’d much rather find an amazing Simplex 4903 over a crappy SpectrAlert Advance same in a restaurant YMCA and whatnot.

Note: I don’t hate the advance, I was doing this for attention.

[AidanTheToiletElevat (AidanTheToiletElevatorFireAlarmFan)]

Fire Alarms at the One and Only Boston Park Plaza!

A rare Simplex 4903-9167 Speaker/Strobe:

Green Asterisk 15CD. A bit dim… Well it’s actually 15/75CD, but it doesn’t make much of a difference.

Simplex TrueAlert 4906-9153/9103 Syncable Units:

Simplex 4903-9193 Rare Off White Replacement Speaker Strobes (White Version of the more common 4903-9150!)

[firealarmking]

The Italian Center, Stamford, CT:

This is where I go for my swim practices, outdoor swimming, and swim team parties. The system here is very nice! It previously had an EST3, and before that, an ancient Simplex panel with 4050-80 horns and Simplex 4251-1 “Local Alarm” Chevron pull stations. One Chevron remains near the gymnasium entrance, and a 4050-80 is still on the pool deck, but is painted over. Both Simplex devices have been disconnected.

The panel now is a Kidde VM-series panel:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adiglobaldistribution.us%2FProduct%2FED-VM1R&psig=AOvVaw3E77QX6S0aULLxZNyenqc1&ust=1726401035341000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBQQjRxqFwoTCMj1upWvwogDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE
(credit to ADI Fire Alarm Supply for image)

The pulls remained the same after the panel update- they are now Mirtone and Vigilant-rebranded EST SIGA-278s:

(credit to Buy Fire Alarm Parts)

The N/As are Mirtone-rebranded Genesis speaker/strobes:

(credit to Briscoe Protecive)

The detectors are either SIGA heat detectors or Edwards photo detectors.

[aerhardt]

They should probably remove that Chevron pull station. Someone may try to use it in an actual emergency and it will not work.

[AidanTheToiletElevat (AidanTheToiletElevatorFireAlarmFan)]

Fire Alarms at a rest area in New Hampshire

Simplex 4906-9251 Speaker/Strobe (Not a -9151). This is an Addressable Speaker Strobe

Simplex 49VO-WRF TrueAlert ES Addressable Strobe

I don’t see very many Simplex systems with Addressable N/As

[The09Creeper]

The Nassau coliseum was completed in 1972 with a system that possibly used the old Pyrotronics smoke detectors. Sometime in the 2000s it got an est system. Then around 2021 it received a Firecom system.

[firealarmking]

This will be a big post about some various systems that I have seen (some don’t have photos, but others do):

Bedford Hills Town Park (Main Building), Bedford, NY
This building houses the locker rooms for the pool, bathrooms, front offices, snack bar, and seating area.

The panel is a Fire-Lite MS-4 or MS-5UD (there is an ANN-80 annunciator at the entrance), the pulls are BG-12s, the N/As are Advances, and the detectors are i3s. Quite a typical system, if you ask me!

Walgreens, Stamford, CT:
Now, this is where the systems get interesting! This Walgreens has a modern panel, but ANCIENT notification appliances! This Walgreens is in a shopping plaza with a Jersey Mike’s, Chipotle, and a Wells Fargo bank.

The panel is a Honeywell panel of some kind:

I also have the security panel- it is a Bosch Radionics panel:

The pulls are Honeywell Fahrenhyt BG-12s (no photos).
The N/As are Faraday-rebranded Cerberus Pyrotronics MTL horn/strobes:

Church of the Holy Spirit, Stamford, CT:
The church was built in 1988 and previously had an unknown system (maybe it was a Fire-Lite Sensiscan panel?) The panel now is a Fire-Lite MS-9200UDLS, with the pulls being BG-12LXes.
The N/As are Advance speaker/strobes or remote strobes:

The detectors are 2151s:

There is also a school building on the same property, with a Silent Knight SK-5280 panel, SK PS-SA pull stations, L-Series horn/strobes, and SK-PHOTO detectors. The school was previously Holy Spirit School up until 2017, until the Mater Salvatoris school moved here in 2019 (they moved out in 2021 as they found another building.) The building sat dormant until 2022, when St. Aloysius School moved in for one year and moved out in 2023 as their school closed down due to a lack of enrollment.

[Alex_Robbins]

The fire alarm system of National Weather Service Gaylord (APX).

National Time 7000 FACP

National Time 641s

National Time Type 624s

System Sensor 1400s

System Sensor 2400s

Conventional Fire-Lite SD355 looking things

And unkown heats (heat detection was labled on a zone card)

[BigKayCea]

Yesterday, I took a day trip down to Dundee and Tecumseh, where I found some older System Sensor 2400-series detectors at Cool Beanz Coffee/Dundee Antiques & Art and Antiques & Vintage on the Boulevard, respectively. The former had the thermal heat variants while the latter had the photoelectric variants. I didn’t see any other alarm-related devices in either place during my visit.