St Louis Zoo (St Louis Missouri)
They have:
Visitor center:
EST3, With EST Integritys, and Siga-278 pulls. There is also 2 FCi-Ms2s which are rebranded by a possible local installer.
Reptile house and ape house and bug house
Notifier systems
NBG-12LX’s, System Sensor SpecaAlert Advance Speaker Strobes.
And a few remote strobes
3D movie theater
Mircom system with unknown mircom pulls, and I forgot the N/As they might be rebranded Mircom.
I forgot the name of the building, but there is a place with Wheelock AS, and Siemens pull stations.
I’m sure there’s more
Menard’s O Fallon Illinois
Has System Sensor SpecaAlert Classics, and Fire-Lite BG-12s
For some reason there is a newer bg-12
If the system is Radionics, then the Wheelock devices are Radionics-rebranded too
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Not necessarily: I believe I’ve seen such setups at Lowes’ where the ASes did not have Radionics stickers on them.
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I have seen this as well. It ain’t common but it’s out there
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I found these in downtown Cincinnati (MASS2475ADA’s territory)
AV34’s in “Atrium One” (probably the first time I’ve seen one in person)
this weird set up of a rectangular 4903 and a Commander 3 on the same wall in a building a few blocks west
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I’d say the 4903 is inactive. Try saving it.
I see you were inspired by @PhotoElev’s homesearching videos.
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i’m not from this area, but I think @MASS2475ADA will probably be getting that
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I can crash too. But hopefully MASS gets it and ragebait 4903 with it…
Also, he doesn’t like to be pinged smh
HOLY SHOOT!
The Cincinnati Area has a ton of Rare Devices that are still in service. Surprisingly. But an AV-34!??! GEEZ! Hopefully I could someday save it.
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Juz the Jeez, Juz the Jeez, Juz the Juz the Juz the Jeez!
Man I wish I lived there, oh wait east TN is home of rarest alarms apparently I forgot.
Bruh. Well at least Cincinnati is home of rare Autocall Fire Alarms and rare Honeywell Rebranded devices.
That many huh? Wow…(honestly surprising for a company that was only in business for a few decades!)
I invaded your territory for a cousin’s wedding. lol
you may be getting those AV-34s if the property owner of “Atrium One” does a system upgrade
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The building in which my doctor’s office is located has a neat Simplex system with a mix of old and new components; the panel was upgraded about two years ago, but most devices were kept in place. The original panel was apparently a 2001 with a 16000-9015 annunciator:
The new panel is a 4100ES with a TSD annunciator:
The pull stations are older bilingual T-bars (the one in the lobby is a break-glass model):
The signals are primarily 2901-9711 bells, although there are a few other models that are either replacing 9711s or that were added later on (I spotted a 2901-9720, a Potter PDC-624, and an Edwards 439D-6AWC):
The original smoke detectors were 12098-9505s (ionization “wiffle ball” models), while the new ones are TrueAlarms:
I also recently visited another building—a beautiful former elementary school that was built around 1920—that has a 1970s Edwards system. I seldom come across fully intact systems from this era, so this one was a nice treat. I saw a 456CEFHT annunciator in the main entrance (most likely for a 6500 panel):
The pull stations are older 270-SPOs with bilingual lettering:
The signals are 885D Adaptahorns:
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Three Cedars Farm (Salem Township, MI) - This report focuses on the Old Country Store barn and other portions of the property.
There is no centralized fire alarm system, but the property does have at least two Gamewell call boxes scattered among dozens of antiques and historical signage. Look to your right in the third picture; there is a bell with a manufacturer that I and likely nobody else on here have heard of before. Per the nameplate, it is Reynolds Spring Company of Jackson, MI, which manufactured assorted consumer, commercial, and industrial plastics according to one news article. Not pictured is one modern smoke detector (a Kidde/FireX ionization unit with a surface battery compartment) inside the barn itself, which is now a general store.
I could not find any other information about this bell anywhere, nor could I get a model number for it. This may be the rarest piece of alarm-related equipment I’ve ever seen in the wild given its obscurity. Presumably, this was a telephone ringer bell back when this barn was used for farming-related services.
3 Brothers Family Restaurant (Plymouth Township, MI - built in 1975)
Annunciators/panel:
<Unknown, presumably ADT or FOS
Detectors:
<System Sensor i3-series photoelectric units
<At least one Apollo Series 65A(?) photoelectric unit in the dining area
Pull stations:
<ADT 5060-S units
Notification appliances:
The system, when originally installed, consisted of at least two non-ADA FOS 6120 horn/strobes. Since then, at least one of these units (in the entry foyer) was replaced by a System Sensor L-series horn/strobe.
Antiques & Vintage on the Boulevard (Tecumseh, MI)
This business still has at least two System Sensor 2400-series photoelectric units hanging around.
Antiques at the Next Level (Tecumseh Township, MI)
This place does not have a fire alarm system, but it does feature a rare First Alert FA500KP (‘Professional’ series) keypad next to the main entrance, which is part of a security system that still has vintage cameras and motion sensors in active use.