Additional info: TOMFOOLERY: What the poop loop de loop is up with this birdseed?!
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Recreational Authority of Roseville & Eastpointe (Roseville, MI) - Built in 1981 and later expanded, most likely during the 1990s
Annunciators/panels:
<National Time & Signal Corporation (Natsco) 902 series panel at the east entrance
<Two Resideo 6160 keypads at the east entrance–one red (6160CR model, for fire) and one white (for security)
<There is a second panel–presumably a Natsco 7000 series unit original to the building–located in a publicly-inaccessible boiler room
<One Natsco annunciator–likely a custom unit for the 7000 panel–in the original main lobby
Detectors:
<None noticed, but presumably Natsco-branded Apollo thermal/photoelectric/duct detector units
Pull stations:
<Natsco 641 units in the original building–one unit on the building’s west side has a STI Universal Stopper over it
<Natsco 540 series units (rebranded Sigcom t-bars) in newer sections
Notification appliances:
<Natsco 541 horns (silver, flush-mount) in the original building; two units in the Large Gym are surface-mounted on backboxes
<Natsco 614 series horn/strobes and strobes (rebranded Faraday units, flush-mount, ADA-compliant) in newer sections
<Natsco C3 series horn/strobes replacing some of the Natsco-branded Faraday units
<System Sensor L-series horn/strobes replacing some of the Natsco-branded Faraday units
Other:
<Natsco duct detector indicator lamps in newer sections, with two of them lit up during my visit
Veterans Thrift Store (Roseville, MI) - I debated about including this location as there is no central fire alarm system (apart from an unmarked security system box), but there are two vintage emergency exit alarms present, which are as follows:
<One Detex ECL-230D unit (circa early-to-mid 1990s) with much of its plastic sign on the crash bar having broken off in pieces over time
<One Arrow Lock 430G 26D unit mounted upside-down
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Wow, now there’s a heck of an EST3 setup! Great find!
That’s pretty cool. Why does it look like they have two CPU/display cards?
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Nice! I always love a good retrofitted Simplex system. The missing lock on the 4100U(ES now) cabinet is interesting.
You know, I didn’t actually notice that, good eye! That’s something of a security risk though.
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Got no lock on it and 2 es signs
Orlando International Airport - Terminal C - Orlando, FL
Pulls: EST SIGA-278’s
Detectors: Signature Optica’s
Signals: Genesis G1 remote strobes…
…Genesis GC remote strobes…
…some original Genesis remote strobes…
…and a handful of Integrity remote strobes.
This building opened in 2022, so it’s quite surprising to see Integrity devices.
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I’ve never seen remote Integrity strobes with alert lettering on them. That’s quite interesting.
This morning, as K-O the Kangaroo of the Brockton Rox I visited Brockton’s Trinity Catholic Academy campuses! The lower campus school (pre-K to grade 3) was originally built in 1952 and added onto in 1960, and is actually where my mother went for elementary school back in the 60s! It has an EST-3 system installed during substantial renovations in 2007, with Genesis horn/strobes, SIGA-PS smoke detectors and SIGA-278 dual-action pull stations, along with fire sprinklers throughout the building. On the back, there’s what looks like an old 6” Edwards Adaptabel with a protective guard on it, obviously abandoned during the renovations.
The other Trinity Catholic upper campus was also built in the 1950s and renovated in 2007 with the same kind of EST fire alarm setup. But in the gymatorium, there’s a System Sensor MA/SS (pre-ADA) horn/strobe an an Edwards 4” Adaptabel that are both abandoned. I’m surprised they weren’t removed with the rest of the old school bells and fire alarm devices during said renovations (when they even installed an elevator!)
Surprised both schools didn’t go with voice-evacuation as long as they were going to do such substantial upgrades and renovations.
Where are the audible devices?
Not sure I know what you mean by “2 es signs”, but yeah, that missing lock is definitely a security risk, as it means anyone could get into the panel by simply swinging the door open (no clue how that lock could have gone missing to begin with, but it ought to be replaced as soon as possible to prevent unauthorized access).
Oh yeah, neat!
There’s a chance that the airport’s PA system acts as such (though I’m not sure I’ve seen any that are confirmed to have such a setup).
I know that the Denver International Airport upgraded from an older Notifier(?) system with Wheelock horn/strobes, to a Simplex 4100ES voice system in all terminals around 10-15 years ago. Most of the older Wheelock devices got replaced with “ALERT” marked TrueAlertES remote strobes, but one of the terminals got Wheelock Exceder remote strobes instead. These devices directly replaced the old horn/strobes, and there are no horns or speakers visible anywhere, so I’m guessing that they just fed voice evac through the PA system there too. I’m guessing that the old devices were two-wire devices, and this was the best way to upgrade to a new voice system without doing any re-wiring.
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An installation from 2022 with Integrity devices is certainly unexpected. What I find particularly striking is that this system manages to mix three different generations of devices; I’ve seen a handful of new installations in my area that mix two generations of devices (Advance and L-Series, for instance), but three generations in a new building is impressive.
It’s got 2 4100ES name plates due to it being an upgraded U
I know I’ve seen some Siemens systems in my area with Z-, SL-, and SL2- series devices, or with SL-, SL2, and ACEND devices (like my school), but that’s a little less surprising, as Siemens had four generation changes within just a few years.