Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0)

[KBM_Fire_andSecurity (SlyFox Alarms)]

Great Wolf Lodge-Wisconsin Dells, WI
First Great Wolf Lodge ever built, opened in May 1997 to be exact. It has a very large waterpark with a diverse system.

Main Building Guest Rooms (1997) -

NA’s
Wall Mounted SpectrAlert Classics and a few Advances (probably to replace not working classsics)
One ceiling mount Advance in main lobby

Pulls
BG-12’s Johnson Control Branded

Smokes
System Sensor 2412 Conventional smokes
(Note: there were approx. 30-35 detectors per floor, so that would mean the building has about 130 detectors in the hallways.

Pictures:

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Condos 2000’s (Attached to Main building)

NA’s Wheelock NS-24MCW‘s

Smokes 2151 Adressable Smokes “Johnson Controls” branded.

Waterpark - There were 3 main areas. The original areas had Classics and Advances, with a few L-seris. The last area, the most recent adition, had wheelock speaker strobes. All pulls were BG-12s and the same smokes as the Condos. The fire pannel was some sort of Notifire system and I dont think it is original.

[Croatian_fire_alarms]

Pulls are JBG-12LX’s
Old smokes are Johson controls 2551j. Possibly a system sensor 2551 or notifier sdx-551.
New smokes are johnson controls 2951J or system sensor 2251Bs.
The annunciator pictured is a notifier LCD-160 probably connected to a 2-3030 or 2-640. Original panel was most likely an IFC-2020 or 1010

[aerhardt]

Very cool!

I did a post a while back on the nearby Kalahari that you may have seen:

Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0)

Kalahari Resort- Wisconsin Dells, WI I last visited this resort in the summer of 2022. I will be talking about the system as it was at that time in this post. I will also go over the new system. This is the first Kalahari resort that was ever built. The original part of the building (sections 1 and 2 on my map) opened in 2000. It had many additions done throughout 2000’s and 2010’s The Hillside Building (section 7 on my map) was added after 2022. [IMG_0434] As you can see in the above map, I…

These two resorts share quite a bit in common. They were both the first locations of their respective companies and they were both originally built within a few years of each other. Both resorts appear to have been originally built with Johnson Controls addressable systems (something that I got wrong in my original Kalahari post). Both places also have had several additions over the years and several recent upgrades. It’s always cool to see how a system from that era has been updated and upgraded over the years.

[Alex_Robbins (Alex Robbins aka Captain Asch)]

Amway Grand Plaza Parking Garage/Van Andle Arena-Devos Place Skywalk

N/As- Simplex 4051s, 450Es, and a 2901-9833

Initiation Devices- 4251-20s, a later T-Bar and various smokes/heats

Panel is modern Simplex. Structure has modern Simplex speaker strobes/horn strobes in some areas.

[firealarmking]

This will be a big update about lots of systems that I have seen recently!

The Watson Center (Yale University,) New Haven, CT:
The Watson Center is a one of Yale’s many buildings on their campus, located at 60 Sachem Street in New Haven. The building houses many of Yale’s engineering classrooms and lecture halls, with two floors.

The panel here is a Gamewell-FCI S3 (with the touchscreen display!)

The pulls here are Gamewell-FCI MS-7s (similar to these, but with the Gamewell-FCI logo):

The N/As are System Sensor SPSRL speaker strobes and SRL strobes in restrooms.

The detectors are Gamewell-FCI addressable detectors (maybe the ASD-PL2?)

Rippowam Middle School, Stamford, CT:
This middle school is formerly known as Rippowam High School upon its 1966 construction, until it became an alternative program for expelled students in 1988. After that program closed, it was the temporary home of Hart Magnet Elementary School, the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, and the Magnet Middle School. Eventually, in 2002, the building became Rippowam Middle School, and in 2014, the APPLES preschool was added on in an unused wing.
I do not atttend this school, as I am in high school currently.

The panel here is an EST3, presumably located in the main office.

The pull stations are 270-SPOs with the Edwards triangle logo.

The N/As are EXTREMELY RARE 1st generation EST Integrities!

The smoke detectors are Edwards GS photoelectric detectors- common on most systems of this time period.

[Michael_Gatien]

at Ann Arbor Pattengill Elementary School

[aerhardt]

Those things will never not look awesome.

[BigKayCea]

Huntington Place (Detroit, MI) - I previously posted about this location in January 2012, but I decided to create a new post due to recently revisiting the center and noticing several things that I didn’t notice before. Originally known as Cobo Hall, this location was built in 1960 with renovation projects finishing in 1989 and 2015. It includes the former Cobo Arena, which was remodeled into the Grand Riverview Ballroom. All devices below–except where noted–can be seen in Google Street View and Huntington Place’s 360 virtual tour on their webpage.

Annunciators/panel:
<Google Street View from June 2011 shows what appeared to be a Simplex 4100/4120 voice-evac panel inside Cobo Arena, in an area next to River Level Entrance 1. This panel was removed during renovations.
<Currently, there are most likely several Simplex 4100ES units (distributed through Johnson Controls) throughout the center.

Detectors:
<Johnson Controls 2951J photoelectric units
<Gentex 9000-series photoelectric units in elevator areas

Pull stations:
<Google Street View from June 2011 shows what appeared to be a Simplex 2099-series t-bar near the 4100/4120 panel mentioned above. This was removed during renovations.
<There was a Gamewell pull box in the corridor space per a YouTube video titled “A Visit to Cobo Hall (c. 1960)” (skip to 0:50). No other Gamewell boxes were noticed.
<Currently, there are a mix of Johnson Controls JBGX-10L units, along with NBG-12 and NBG-12LX units, the latter two of which are branded by Fire-Lite and Johnson Controls.

Notification appliances:
<Google Street View from January 2016 shows a car exhibit with System Sensor SpectrAlert P24110 strobes. These were temporary and exclusive to that exhibit.
<Google Street View from June 2011 shows a Wheelock ET70WP-2475W-FR speaker/strobe next to River Level Entrance 1 on the south side. This was removed during renovations.
<There were Simplex TrueAlert speaker/strobes inside Cobo Arena per a YouTube video titled “Peek Inside Cobo Arena” (skip to 0:47). They are long since gone.

Currently, the NAs consist of the following:
<Red and white Wheelock RSS strobes, with both ceiling and wall units
<White Wheelock ET90-series speakers and speaker/strobes
<Red Wheelock Exceder LEDs and strobes replacing broken RSS units
<Wheelock E50 speaker/strobes
<Wheelock E70 speaker/strobes
<Wheelock E-7025 speaker/strobes
<The Detroit People Mover and Ballroom Loading Dock each have a surviving Wheelock ET70-2475-FR speaker/strobe, plus ceiling-mount units in the Atwater Parking Garage.

Other:
<There were several ceiling-mounted red beacons throughout the expo halls, but I did not know if these were part of an earlier alarm system or a different system altogether. None of these beacons exist today.
<The Atwater and Washington Parking Garages each have red beacons in Washington and Atwater Parking Garages for CO2 and NO2 detection. Judging by the designs, these are likely Edwards Adaptabeacons.

[aerhardt]

Do they make cards that allow the 4100ES to run Honeywell addressable protocols (kind of like how EST3 panels can run CLIP protocol and the 3030 can run SIGA protocol)?

[firealarmking]

Central Middle School, Greenwich, CT:
This school, overseen by the Greenwich BOE, built in 1958, serves the Cos Cob area of Greenwich, as well as the surrounding areas off of Stanwich Road and North Street. There are two other middle schools in Greenwich: Eastern Middle School and Western Middle School. Currently, the building is undergoing a huge expansion and renovation- potentially renovating the fire alarm system.

Currently, they have a Fire-Lite MS-9200UDLS as their panel, tied into a smaller Potter EVAX voice evac panel (the EVAX is located in the back of the auditorium.)

The pull stations are BG-12LXs:

The N/As are Wheelock ET70s (with the logo):

The detectors are SD355s and SD365s.

[BigKayCea]

Sorry, I wouldn’t know. Somebody else with more technical experience would have a better answer.

[aerhardt]

Unless there is some Notifier panel in that building, that’s the only thing that would be possible. I guess it would make sense because Johnson Controls bought Simplex but they used Notifier before that.

[Croatian_fire_alarms]

They do not surprisingly

[randomperson]

Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
Pulls: EST SIGA-278’s

Detectors: SIGA’s and Signature Opticas

Signals: Genesis speaker/strobes in most areas…

…and Integrity speaker/strobes mounted in a very creative way in one area.

[TheCarson116]

That last photo is clever, but I’m not sure it’s within code either given the speaker, “FIRE” lettering, & possibly also the strobe are all blocked (though the strobe being horizontal instead of vertical like normal might be acceptable since Integrities typically feature what looks like an omnidirectional reflector design, meaning that it might not matter which way they’re mounted unlike other strobes with asymmetrical reflector designs).

[aerhardt]

Comfort Inn Hotel- Mandan, ND
This hotel opened in 2014. It is currently the only decent hotel in the area that isn’t over 40 years old and run down, so it’s pretty busy.

Fire Alarm System:
Panel: Harrington Signal FireSpy Tracker T8000 (or maybe a smaller T2000) addressable panel

Pull Stations: Harrington Signal HSPS1T-KL-S addressable pull stations

Common Areas and ADA Rooms:
Notification Appliances: Harrington Signal rebranded Gentex Commander 3 horn/strobes and remote strobes

Smoke Detectors: Harrington Signal (System Sensor) 2251B addressable detectors on standard bases

Non-ADA Rooms:
Harrington Signal (System Sensor) 2251B addressable detectors on sounder bases

A few pictures I got from Google:

[AidanTheToiletElevat (AidanTheToiletElevatorFireAlarmFan)]

Bro I was at the MFA Yesterday! I actually kind of like the Edwards Integrity Strobe Horizontal. Though I don’t really like that the strobe is only 15/75CD because the area is large (I would’ve hoped for a 110CD Strobe Coverage, but whatever) though it is enhanced. If it works then everything is in good hands! I really love the MFA! For some reason because the Genesis Speaker/Strobes are Multi Candela I would think some are possibly set on Higher Candelas than 15 and possibly some ceiling mounts are High Candela. The wattage selection I always love seeing those on the Genesis Speaker/Strobes!

[googleuser3212 (Max Dutiel)]

Don’t have any pics- sorry
Union Pacific Headquarters, Omaha, NE
System is an Edwards EST3 system most likely. Smokes are the older EST SIGA smokes. For NAs, they use the Genesis series. A mixture of Speaker strobes and remote strobes specifically.
I wish I took pictures, but I didn’t know if that would be allowed on the tour that I took.

[The09Creeper (TheSillyFox)]

NYC Grand-central Madison has a Simplex system (Probably a Simplex 4100ES) Weelock RSSs on posts where I assume speakers have been installed in and E90s on the ceiling

[randomperson]

Some updates:
Monaco Beach Club Condominium - Naples, FL
A new condo unit has G4 and GC-series speakers and a SIGA-HRD heat detector.

Southwest Florida International Airport - Unincorporated Lee County, FL
Some more G4 and GC-series speaker/strobes have been added.