Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0)

Fire Alarm General Discussion
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The LaQuinta Hotel was built in the late 50s-present. They had a Notifier Voice Evacuation system installed in the late 90s to early 2000s. The system consisted of Fire-Lite BG-8s (in the halls and the restaurant), Notifier NBG-12s (was in the lobby), Fire-Lite BG-10s (in the pool area), System Sensor MASSADA speaker strobes (in the restaurant, B-4 Hallways, and the pool hallways), Wheelock ET1080 speakers (rooms) Wheelock ET1010 speakers with 7002T style speaker strobes on top (in the pool area), Wheelock E90 ceiling mount speaker strobes (in the lobby), Wheelock ET1080 speakers with non ADA strobes (the 5th floor hallway), System Sensor Doorknob smokes (in the restaurant, pool hallway, rooms, and B-5th floor hallways), System Sensor new style smokes (lobby), and Chemotronics heat detectors (pool).

I went back the next year (2010), and TOTALLY renovated the pool, and put in white Wheelock E70 speaker strobes, Fire-lite BG-12s, and System Sensor Heat Detectors. They also installed Wheelock E90s, and the lobbys alarms.

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Just came back from a quick trip to Toronto, so I thought I’d post some of the interesting systems I saw in that city.

Casa Loma
Notifier voice-evac system (probably an NFS2-640 or NFS2-3030) with NFM-950B pull stations, addressable Notifier smoke detectors, and a mix of wall-mount and ceiling-mount SpectrAlert Advance speakers. The stables, garage, potting shed and underground tunnels have Edwards 270-SPOs, 6" Amseco bells (along with a lone Chubb bell) and Cerberus Pyrotronics smoke detectors. I also spotted an older CP annunciator in the stables, probably a remnant of the buildings’ previous system.

Amseco EXB-6-PV4 bell in one of the tunnels

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Chubb 960-1032 bell in the garage

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Cerberus Pyrotronics smoke detector in the garage

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Cerberus Pyrotronics annunciator in the stables

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Westin Harbour Castle
EST3 voice-evac system with SIGA-270P pull stations mounted next to firefighters’ telephones, a mix of 4" and 8" EST 965-series speakers (along with weatherproof Atlas Soundolier models in the swimming pool area), and SIGA smoke detectors (the lobby, however, has System Sensor 2400s). The setup itself is rather boring, but I found the panel (pictured below) to be quite interesting. There is a http://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/news/westin-harbour-castle-hotel/1000106510/?&er=NA case study about the installation of this hotel’s fire alarm system.

Large EST3 with graphic annunciators (one for each tower)

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Atlas Soundolier speaker in the pool area

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CN Tower
Not exactly a very interesting system, but I thought I’d share it since the building itself is iconic. The panel is probably an EST3; the pull stations are EST SIGC-270PBs (some of which are rebranded by Honeywell) mounted near firefighters’ telephones, while the signals are a mix of 4" EST 965-series speakers, Integrity speakers on double-projection backboxes, and single-gang Integrity strobes. Some areas also have SIGA smoke detectors.

Honeywell XLS-270PB at the top of the tower

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St. Lawrence Market
Very cool Notifier NFS2-3030 with DVC and ONYX FirstVision. The pull stations are NBG-12LXs (first time I see BG-12s in Canada) mounted next to FT-300 firefighters’ telephones, while the signals are a mix of red ceiling-mount SpectrAlert Advance speakers and speaker/strobes. This building has perhaps the highest concentration of signals I’ve ever seen. The current Notifier setup appears to be replacing an Edwards system (probably a Custom 6500), judging by an old 6" Adaptabel I saw in the basement.

Notifier NFS2-3030

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Notifier NBG-12LX and FT-300

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My grandma recently moved into a retirement apartment complex. The building itself was
Built in 1985 and was remodeled in 2006, this place has an interesting system. I honestly think they have a 4100U or 4100ES since the annunciator is the kind they use with those system. The main pull stations are Autocall 4050 pulls that are the solid red kind. They have MANY Wheelock 7002Ts scattered
Around. They have a wheelock NS by one elevator area, a wheelock AS in the lobby, a wheelock MT4
In the 5th floor and even a simplex 4903-9236 by the eatery! The smokes are mainly Silent Knight smokes and they have 1980s Autocall heat detectors that look like the older simplex ones but are SMALL. That’s the system

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I just recently visited Robarts school for the deaf in my city. The system is an Edwards 6500, from what I can tell from the annunciators in the front foyer. The signals are Edwards 885-D flush mount adaptahorns, some were replaced with Wheelock MTs. There are also some Wheelock MTs that are ceiling mounted. Around the school, there are red beacons installed, which are tied into the fire alarm system. You can also find many remote strobes (most are ceiling mounted). Pull stations are 270-SPOs.

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I was at Halifax Elementary School in Halifax, MA today for a corporate fair of some sort where they wanted K-O (my mascot alter-ego) to appear at. We did this last year too. But the difference between both times is the fire alarm system!

When we did it last year, they had an Edwards voice-evac system from the early 1990s (when the school was built), with mostly Wheelock E-7070-WM-24 speaker/strobes (the kind with the weatherproof strobe), System Sensor 2400-series smoke detectors and dual-action 278B-1110 pulls. I also recall there being a SpectrAlert Advance speaker/strobe in the gymnasium/auditorium (obviously replacing a Wheelock speaker/strobe that was damaged) and a few i3 smoke detectors.

But when we arrived this year, I was surprised to find that the fire alarm system had been replaced! They now have a Silent Knight voice-evac system of some sort (didn’t see any panels or annunciators, but it’s probably a 5820XL-EVS, given the size of the building.) All of the alarms are now SpectrAlert Advance speaker/strobes, the pulls are addressable dual-action SD500-PSDAs (with Stopper II covers in the gymnasium) and the ceiling detectors are those SK-rebranded Hochiki smoke detectors. All of the new stuff was simply installed where the old devices were. I’m guessing maybe the Edwards system broke down or something, and that is why the system was upgraded. Or maybe because the old system was conventional; after all it was at least 20 years old by this time!

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That has to to be a unique system to hear when it goes off. Canada tends to have more Edwards horns then the US at least that is what I got from twoplyboy’s video. Edwards EST is the US’s Simplex.

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Now this will be at least a whopping 30 pictures(I might post 2 replies) and since these come from schools, I might list the grades they work with(because I have an Intermediate School that is in the district)
So let’s start with my own schools. First there is a picture of an Edwards SIGA-278 in a Stopper II(taken a year ago) next to the band room in my middle school(my middle school hosts grades 7&8):

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Then I capture 2 EST Integrity’s outside:(Both picture taken different years):
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Another Integity but at my Intermediate School(this school hosts grades 4-6):
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My High School(9-12):
Wheelock 46T-G10-24-WS-24’s cover the oldest(original) part of the school:
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There is also a 34 Bell outside and is nearly dead.
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Simplex 2901-9333 that covers the Athletic section(one spot had a Wheelock MB-G10-24 but both it and another 2901-9333 were replaced. One by a Spectralert Advance and the Wheelock by an EST Genesis):
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The Gym and Locker Rooms Contain FS Vibratone 350’s:
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Pull Stations of the Original Building are Edwards SIGA-270’s
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The newest wing, cafeteria and upgraded music rooms(original cafeterias) are covered by EST EG1’s:(1 in a concert practice room)
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So now for one that are not in my school. Now A 4050 or 4051 outside Delran High School:

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Some nice Simplex 2901-9806+2903’s at Hamilton High School West:
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And a 4901-9805+4903-9105
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Many Wheelock alarms along with some Gentex & System Sensor alarms at Princeton Day School:
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Space Age AV-32 at the Mercer County Library(Lawrenceville, NJ)
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Yeah, I would love to hear that system, if I ever had the chance. & Don’t forget bells! I have actually come across more bell systems than horn systems.

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That gentex is a bad installation.

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This is completely stupid. Why don’t you DELETE the images? Good thing I don’t have dial-up… :lol:

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The St. John hospital on Moross Rd. in Detroit, MI has a Siemens voice evac system with Siemens speaker strobes and remote strobes.

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The top is a discontinued Siemens U-MCS strobe, and the bottom two look like discontinued Siemens S-LP Series speaker strobes.

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Thanks for telling me what model the alarms are.

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Huh. Looks exactly like the alarm system that is installed in the hospital in my hometown. Very weird.
Those are Siemens horn/strobes that were made in the mid 2000’s. They would usually be accompanied with a Pyrotronics single or dual action pull station nearby.

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[quote] Those are Siemens horn/strobes that were made in the mid 2000's. [/quote]

Don’t you mean speaker/strobes?

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Look closely and you can see the little holes for a speaker.

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Oh my bad! Yes I was aware they were speaker/strobes. I haven’t refrered to many alarms recently and horn/strobe was the first referal I’ve used in a bit, so it was kinda the first thing for me to type. Oops! :lol: :stuck_out_tongue:

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That’s ok, C4 Studios.

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Can somebody post systems I haven’t seen before in this topic?