Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0)

Fire Alarm General Discussion
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Laurel Park Place (Livonia, MI) {Revision}

Alarms (main concourse):

  1. National Time branded Wheelock 7001T-24 horn/strobes in some parts of the mall, mainly next to the front entrances and some of the tornado shelter doors.
  2. National Time branded Faraday horn/strobes next to some tornado shelter doors.

Detectors:
Older style heat detectors (1989?) installed on parts of the ceiling throughout the mall.

Pulls:
National Time 641 pull stations behind Stopper II covers.

Other Alarms:
California Pizza Kitchen - EST 2 panel; EST Genesis horn/strobes with backplates with the “FIRE” labeling on them vertically; Edwards 270-SPO pull stations; one Wheelock MT4 in the kitchen area; one EST heat detector.
Gymboree - White ceiling-mounted Simplex 4904-9138 strobe without the “FIRE” lettering.
Jonhston & Murphy - Ceiling-mounted Wheelock AS horn/strobe.
MJ Diamonds - Ceiling-mounted National Time branded Gentex Commander 4 horn/strobe.
Olga’s Kitchen - Spectralert Advance horn/strobe.
Victoria’s Secret - White Wheelock RSS strobe.

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Little Bangkok Cuisine (Plymouth, MI)

Alarms:
Spectralert Classic horn/strobe in the dining area and a Spectralert Classic strobe in the bathroom.

Pulls:
I think there was one Edwards 270-SPO in the dining area.

Somerset Collection (Troy, MI)

Alarms:
The entire mall concourse itself does not have any noticeable alarms or pulls, which likely means that the alarms come through the intercoms. However, there are some System Sensor 2400 series heat detectors in the Skywalk area and at the entrance to one anchor. The restaurant, Sur La Table, has one Wheelock MT4 horn/strobe in the dining area. The Neimen Marcus anchor has a white ceiling-mounted Wheelock E-9025-WS-24 speaker/strobe at one of the mall entrances. There is also another type of heat detector at a mall entrance to another anchor (Nordstrom?) that appears to be a System Sensor model.

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Rite Aid Pharmacy (37339 6 Mile Road, Livonia, MI)

Alarms:
There is only one alarm in the center of this large store; it is a Wheelock MIZ-24-LSM horn/strobe, ceiling-mounted with the strobe of an MT.

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Forgive me if there is already a topic for this…

Several years ago, when my family was in the real estate market looking for a new house, we came across this large family home that actually had a fire alarm system tied in! It consisted of BG-10 pull stations (one on each floor) and Wheelock 34T-24 horns (one on each floor). What may have been the panel or annuciator was located next to the entrance door for the garage.

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Kohl’s (Northville Township, MI)

Alarms:

  1. One Honeywell branded white and ceiling-mount Gentex GX-90 horn/strobe at the front entrance. Does anybody know what this could be used for?
  2. The rest of the alarms are ceiling-mounted Edwards Integrity horn/strobes (horizontal “FIRE” lettering) throughout the store.
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Sam’s Club (Canton Township, MI)

Alarms:

  1. Ceiling-mounted Spectralert Classic horn/strobes throughout the store.
  2. One wall-mount Spectralert horn/strobe in the optical goods area.
  3. One silver 4" bell in the customer service area (Edwards?).

Annuciators:
One red and one white Radionics annuciator in the customer service area, used for the fire and burglar alarms, respectively.

Pulls:
Radionics t-bar pull stations with the “Lift and Pull” attachment.

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The REI near me was recently renovated. Before the renovation, they had Wheelock As’s, Fire-Lite BG-10s, and there was an addressable Fire-Lite (and a security) annunciator by the door. Now, they basically have the same thing except some of the As’s have been replaced by Exceeders. That was the first time that I have seen an Exceeder in real life.

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Spangas Coney Island (Livonia, MI)

Alarms:

  1. One Wheelock MT4 horn/strobe in the kitchen area.
  2. Two System Sensor horn/strobes activated by a turn-key model, with a thermometer control unit under each one. These particular alarms are mounted VERY low.
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Packer Arena, Austin, MN
System: EST http://www.newtechashland.com/images/EST2Brochure-Iss3.pdf EST2+EVAC*
Initiating: EST http://www.gesecurity.com/portal/site/GESecurity/menuitem.f76d98ccce4cabed5efa421766030730?selectedID=5602&seriesyn=true&seriesID= SIGA 270 pull stations, most under Stopper IIs. Unknown if any smokes/heats. Sprinklers.
Notification: EST Product Innovation & Technical Leadership | Edwards Signaling EG4RF Speaker/Strobes.

*Note: EST’s page for the EST2 shows a No record found error, so the link is to an independent site.

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Today I had to undergo a drug test in order to maintain my current job position. Well, outside the building was an integrity horn/strobe, which led me to believe there was an EST system installed, but was I wrong. Walking in, in the entryway there was a Simplex 4207/4208 annunciator and then in the building were bells! They’re the old Simplex 10" bells (with the nut in the middle of the bell as opposed towards the bottom) on 2903 triangle retrofit plates! The pulls were 4251-20 T-bars and the smokes were “wiffleball” smokes. Pretty ancient system.

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William P. Faust Public Library (Westland, MI)

Alarms:

  1. What might have been Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobes throughout the building.
  2. Simplex 4904-9138 in smaller and medium-sized rooms.

Detectors:
What appeared to be these tan heat detectors (System Sensor/Simplex?) throughout the building can be seen, ceiling-mounted.

Pulls:
This system has some interesting pull stations; Simplex 2099-9795 models with “Local Fire Alarm” written on the top! Has anyone else here seen pull stations like these? By the way, all of these pull stations have Stopper II covers behind them.

Plymouth District Library (Plymouth, MI)

Alarms:

  1. National Time branded Faraday horn/strobes throughout the building; all of these are flush-mounted.
  2. National Time branded Gentex Commander horn/strobes and strobes replacing some of the Faraday models.

Detectors:
Some sort of photoelectric smoke detector outside of an elevator.

Pulls:
National Time t-bar pull stations behind Stopper II covers.

Northville District Library (Northville, MI)

Alarms:
Cerberus Pyrotronics branded Faraday horn/strobes and strobes throughout the building.

Pulls:
Cerberus Pyrotronics MS-51 pull stations.

Walmart (7 Mile Road, Livonia, MI)

Alarms:
The alarm system here is very interesting; they come from the speakers in which announcements are made (ceiling-mounted), with these strobe attachments on them. They are all scattered throughout the store.

Annuciators:
Two Bosch annuciators used for fire detection, and one used for the security system; the annuciator at the grocery entrance was displaying “Dry Flow” on the digital reading…

Pulls:
One Bosch dual-action pull station in the customer service area.

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I’ve seen the 4251 version of those “Local Fire Alarm” pulls (they have the older “SIMPLEX” logo on the bottom instead of the newer version) at the Silver City Galleria Mall, built in 1991-1992. They are all behind Stopper IIs. The alarms are Simplex 2901-9838 horns on 4903-9101 strobe plates; some stores that contain signals and pulls that are part of the Simplex system have TrueAlert horn/strobes and 2099-9756 pulls; the dual-action version that just has “FIRE ALARM” on top (many stores just have sprinklers and at least one duct detector since there is a test station on the ceiling). Judging by the size of the mall, the panel might be a huge Simplex 4002 (as the system uses conventional devices), but a Simplex 4100 system would still be likely.

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Well, I’m sure that I posed this system before, but I just spent a couple of minutes typing it up for another topic, so, here are the fire alarms from my church:

It has a Notifier system:

Alarms -
Gentex Commanders, White

Pulls -
Notifier NBG-10
There is one NBG-12 in the kitchen (which replaced an NBG-10).

Smokes -
System Sensor Photoelectric smokes (don’t know the model, but they look something like this: Workspace not found)
There is one i3 smoke at the far end of the northern hallway (which replaced one of the smokes mentioned above).

Panel -
Notifier conventional panel, black (don’t know the exact model, but it looks something like this: http://www.koetterfire.com/images/thumbs/420-020-NF01https://cdn.thefirepanel.com/legacy/3092_6fd21bb48ddcf136c9e6c757ef70e19b.jpg - it’s the farthest-left panel)

Other -
There are test stations on the ceiling throughout the building.
There is a heat detector that I can’t identify in the kitchen.

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Gendernalik Funeral Home, Inc. (New Baltimore, MI)

Alarms:
Spectralert Classic horn/strobes; two in the main lobby (one of which has the horn covered by tape), in addition to one in each restroom! :shock:

Pulls:
Fire-Lite branded NBG-12 pull stations; one at the main entrance and one in each chapel.

Aspen Restaurant & Bar (Macomb Township, MI)

Alarms:

  1. Spectralert Advance horn/strobes and strobes inside the building, with the strobes rated at 15 candelas.
  2. One weatherproof Advance horn/strobe outside, near the main entrance.
  3. One DETEX door alarm in one of the dining areas.

Pulls:
Fire-Lite branded NBG-12 pull stations.

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Just came back from a one-day Chicago trip, and I have plenty of alarms to share!

California Pizza Kitchen (East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL)

Alarms:
Either Gentex GMS or SHG horn/strobes in the dining area, with strobes variations in the bathrooms.

Levi’s (North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL)

Alarms:
Wheelock ET-1080-LS-24-VFR speaker/strobes throughout the retail area.

Walgreens (757 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL)

Alarms:

  1. Ceiling-mounted Spectralert Advance(?) horn/strobes or strobes throughout the store, behind protective covers.
  2. Near those alarms, interestingly, are these red stand-alone speakers! I wonder what they could be used for…

The Shops at North Bridge (Chicago, IL)

Alarms:
The mall concourse features Wheelock ET speaker/strobes (including the Nordstrom anchor) throughout, in addition to some of them in the mall tenants. Other alarms there include TrueAlert strobes and stand-alone Wheelock ET-1080-LS-24-VFR speakers.

Panels:
4 Simplex 4100 panels make up the mall’s system.

Water Tower Place (Chicago, IL)

Alarms:

  1. Ceiling-mounted EST Genesis speaker/strobes in the mall concourse.
  2. The American Girl Place tenant has wall-mount versions of these speakers.

H&M (840 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL)

Alarms:

  1. Cerberus Pyrotronics S-LP70-MCS-W speaker/strobes throughout most of the retail area.
  2. Wheelock E50 speaker/strobes in some areas of the building.
  3. One white Wheelock ET-1080-LS-24-VFR speaker/strobe next to a fire door.

During my stay in Chicago, I also saw several 10" fire bells outside many buildings, some of them Potter-branded, and others with signs denoting them as sprinkler bells. I also saw one 6" fire bell as well.

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Mid 5 Center (Livonia, MI)

Fortune Buffet

Alarms:
One lone Wheelock AS horn/strobe outside the delivery entrance in the back.

Former Deal$ (Revision)

Alarms:

  1. One silver 4" bell inside the retail area.
  2. One lone Wheelock AS horn/strobe outside near the delivery entrance.

Former Dollar General

Alarms:

  1. One Wheelock MT4 horn/strobe outside, near the fire door.
  2. One Wheelock AS horn/strobe outside, also near the fire door; I think there may have been one inside the store, but I am not positive.
  3. One 10" fire bell outside the store in the back.

ACO Hardware

Alarms:

  1. One silver 4" bell inside the store, next to a stockroom entrance in the back; it gets set off if the door is opened, possibly without disabling the security mechanism on the door first.
  2. One System Sensor i3 heat detector at the front of the store, above a working area.
  3. One 6" fire bell outside at the back of the store, near a delivery entrance.

Former CVS/pharmacy

Alarms:
One lone 10" fire bell near the fire doors in the back.

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AT&T (Six Mile Road, Livonia, MI)

Alarms:

  1. One Gentex Commander horn/strobe at the main entrance.
  2. One ceiling-mounted National Time C4 horn/strobe, basically a re-brand from the Gentex Commander version.

Pulls:
One National Time 540 series pull station at the main entrance, which is the t-bar I have been describing in some of my posts.

Steve’s Family Dining (Livonia, MI)

Alarms:
These are identical to the ones I described at Livonia’s Pet Food & More; they are a whitish-tan color and have “SMOKE” labeling on them in blue.

Annuciator(?):
The system appears to be activated by the turn of a key on a mini control panel, with settings that display normal, trouble, and alarm; it is located at the main entrance.

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St. John Providence Park Hospital (Novi, MI)

Park Medical Offices

Alarms:

  1. One National Time SG-C weatherproof horn/strobe near the main entrance outside; it is a re-brand of the Gentex Commander.
  2. National Time C series horn/strobes and strobes throughout the building inside.
  3. National Time CXCLP speaker/strobes throughout the building as well.

The installation company responsible for these alarms went overkill with them. I am also assuming that this is a voice-evacuation system, as the building has multiple floors.

Pulls:
National Time 540 series pull stations throughout the building.

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Corcoran Center - Austin MN.
Corcoran Center is a local facility that rents its space out to groups for gatherings. It’s part of St. Edwards Catholic Church.

System: Unknown.
Pulls: Mostly Honeywell chevrons, 1 Edwards 270.
Smokes: No system smokes visible, 1 old LifeSaver squealer unit on a wall. It’s been there for a long time.
Signals: Wheelock MT-24-LSM-VFR, NS on a brushed steel trim plate.

Unsure of what’s in the church proper.

Honeywell Chevron

MT - Side view.

270

MT - View of cd sticker.

NS + Trim plate

LifeSaver

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Home-To-Home (Northville Township, MI)

Alarms:
Three Spectralert Classic horn/strobes throughout the store, including one strobe version of the same model. There is also a weatherproof horn/strobe of this outside.

Annuciator:
One Honeywell annuciator up front.

Detectors:

  1. One ceiling-mount System Sensor i3 smoke in the back.
  2. About three System Sensor 53XX series heat detectors throughout the store.

Pulls:
2 Fire-Lite branded NBG-12 pull stations, one in the front and back of the store. The one up front is interesting for two reasons; it is NOT at appropriate mounting levels, and it’s partially blocked by consignment items! :shock: