That does sound like a really cool system! So the educational part of the building has more strobes than horn/strobes then?
Eastridge mall has a cool Wheelock/Fire-Lite/Faraday/A*T system
MALL:
Fire-Lite Smokes
Spectralert speaker strobes on ceiling
Sprinklers scattered about
Belk:
Wheelock AS horn/strobes
AT BG-12s in entrance areas
Fire-Lite or AT (I did not see the brand well) BG-10s
Curt’s premium outlet: Radionics keypad in front
Faraday RMS-1T-KLs
Wheelock ASs (the rare sideways model:
Wheelock LSM strobes
System Sensor 2400 smokes
Teddys outlet (Yes the mall has more outlets then stores)
Same system as Curts. I don’t feel like going over it again
DILLARDS OUTLET (My job!!!)
No pulls or keypads seen. Spectalert classics everywhere. No other FA equipment seen
Old motor gong bell outside by post office door with FDC pipes and sprinkler drains
Caromont Hospital:
PANEL:
Johnson Controls METASYS fire alarm panel in The birthplace lobby
Spectalert chime/strobes that have a custom label that says “FIRE ALERT”
JC BG-12s around place
System Sensor 2400 Smokes
Wheelock RSS
Wheelock Exceder ceiling mounts in some places
Wheelock ceiling mount white speakers in places
Wheelock wall mount speaker or chime strobes in some areas
Spectalert classics in parking garage (half covered in dirt and/or a bee nest)
(There is also most likely some Wheelock ceiling speaker/strobes hiding within the hospital confines)
So you are telling me that most of the classic SpectrAlerts in the parking garage have bees nests stuck to them? :lol:
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So you are telling me that most of the classic SpectrAlerts in the parking garage have bees nests stuck to them? :lol:
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Yep. I saw it a week ago when I went to see my grandma in the building. (She had the flu)
Ascension Providence Hospital, Novi Campus (Novi) - Similar to Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, this facility (opened in 2008) was built with an existing outpatient center (circa late 1980s - early 1990s) on the site. The only difference is that there is a corridor that connects the hospital with the outpatient center instead of being built around it. This post covers only the outpatient center.
Panel:
A Simplex 4100 or 4120-series voice-evac model with about three cabinet annunciators next to it
Detectors:
Simplex 4098-series “TrueAlarm” addressable detectors
Simplex 2098-9201 “TrueAlarm” detectors with 2098-9652 bases
Pull stations:
One Simplex 4251-series single-action t-bar behind a STI protective cover
Simplex 2099-series single-action t-bars
Notification appliances:
Simplex 2902-series “LifeAlarm” speakers on Simplex 4903-9101 strobe plates
Simplex 4903-9104 strobes (ceiling-mount)
Simplex 4903-series speaker/strobes
Simplex 4904-series strobes
Simplex 4906-series “TrueAlert” speaker/strobes and strobes
OfficeMax (Canton Township)
Panel/annunciator:
One Radionics D1250-series annunciator at the main entrance; panel unknown
Detectors:
None noticed
Pull stations:
Fire-Lite NBG-10 models with the hexagon-shaped keyholes
Notification appliances:
Gentex GMS/SHG horn/strobes and strobes; one of the devices had its strobe removed!
One Arm-A-Dor-series exit alarm used as a push bar for an emergency exit door
There is an easy way you can tell if the horn is a SHG or GMS. Is it is silver on the inside, it is a GMS.
They built a new parking garage here in Brockton MA and named it after our former mayor, who unfortunately passed away this summer. The dedication and unveiling ceremony was today, and I was there as K-O the Kangaroo!
The parking garage has a Notifier NFS-320 system; it’s not turned on yet, but all the devices have been installed, and the wiring still needs to be finished before the system can be turned on before the garage opens. At the main stairwell entrance on the first level, there’s an FDU-80 annunciator.
The alarm signals consist of System Sensor L-series horn/strobes (P2RLs) in enclosed areas like the office/restroom area (where I changed in and out of costume) and the stairwells, while other areas have ceiling-mount weatherproof SpectrAlert Advance horn/strobes (PC2RKs). The L-series has only been out for two years, and like I predicted, they’re already starting to become common.
The smoke detectors (mostly found at the elevator and in the electrical room the panel is located at) are Notifier’s new FSP-951 smoke detectors! I knew it was only a matter of time before I saw these in real life. But besides that, the pull stations are NBG-12LXs.
What was the parking garage for since I’m sure it was built for some company. Was it built to increase parking for somewhere?
Yeah, it’s basically a public parking garage that anyone can use, especially people who work downtown. This is the second parking garage to be built downtown; we previously had one built near City Hall in 1986, and I think it originally had Wheelock 7001(T) horn/strobes before replacing them with weatherproof MT horn/strobes.
How did you come to the conclusion that there were originally 7001(T) horn/strobes there before? Was there any sign keft that they were there before they installed the Wheelock MTs?
A closer view of the EST3 panel at my high school. (I had to censor out the name of the school on the LCD, and a phone number written on that label on the right corner. I did it for privacy reasons, the LCD isn’t normally blank like that)
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How did you come to the conclusion that there were originally 7001(T) horn/strobes there before? Was there any sign keft that they were there before they installed the Wheelock MTs?
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They are mounted on weatherproof backboxes that are just the size for 7001(T)s. Plus, Wheelock’s RP-Rs are just the exact same size as the 7001(T)s.
Yeah that would end up being a pretty good guess with all the evidence. I have to admit I am also known to take guesses on what alarms were in a building before an upgrade.
Mission Health Medical Center (Livonia) - This system description was originally posted on the forums prior to them becoming corrupted.
Panel/annunciator:
One Notifier panel (pre-Honeywell, non-voice-evac, model unknown) in the main lobby
Detectors:
System Sensor 2451-series photoelectric models
Leftover System Sensor 1424-series ionization models from the original system, located near elevators
Gentex 9000-series photoelectric models near elevators
Pull stations:
NBG-12-series models
Some leftover NBG-10-series models (with the hexagon key holes)
Notification appliances:
The original devices consisted of System Sensor MASS 2415ADA horn/strobes on flush trim plates.
The current devices consist of System Sensor SpectrAlert Advance horn/strobes and strobes, both wall and ceiling-mount (the original line, not the L-series).
(Note before I begin with my next noted locations: Teddy’s Outlet in the mall does NOT have the same system ! ! !I only noticed because before It had its grand opening I peered in and thought I saw AS horn/strobes. Devices are Radionics rebranded MTs and nothing else seen)
Mount Holly Hospital (Caromont health):
PANEL: Unknown but most likely a Fire-Lite addressable or a Johnson Controls Metasys as a addressable keypad was noted by the doors (I did not glimpse the brand.)
PULLS AND SMOKES:
Johnson Controls BG 12LXs. (For some reason In the entrance hall there is 2 within 5 feet of each other)
No smokes seen
NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES:
Spectralert Advanced Horn/strobes… Think about that… in a Hospital… and also ceiling mount advance in certain areas
OTHER SIGNALING DEVICES:
In a hall I notice some ceiling mount cone lights with labels
(Red: REC, BLUE: BASEMENT, ORANGE: CAT CLEAR: (Unreadable label)
Most likely for random machines around the place
Nurse call lights of unknown make
Charlotte Childrens theatre (I found this place walking around Charlotte and decided to see what it had in store!)
PANEL:
Unknown but most likely an EST 3
INITIATING DEVICES:
EST “Traffic cone” Smokes
Most likely some unseen 278-Bs in staff only rooms
NOTIFICATION APPLIANCE:
EST ceiling mount speaker/strobes
EST wall mount speaker/strobes
Unknown named hotel in Myrtle Beach, SC (Visited in 2017)
PANEL:
Some simplex with voice evacuation installed
INITIATING DEVICES:
Simplex 2451-20s with plastic stoppers covering them (Not by STI)
Simplex wiffleball smokes
NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES:
Simplex 2902-9739 speaker/strobes in hallways
On the top floor in the elevator lobby there is a single 4903-9142 mounted like the former 2902-9739 that sat there before
On the top floor in the same lobby there is a internet server room that has a Fenwel Halon Wheelock RSS next to the door
Rooms have a single 2902-9734 above the ceiling fan(s) in each of the units living rooms
Household smokes in bedrooms
Hey if they feel like the population of elderly people is too much, all they need to do is send the ones with a weak heart to the hospital and do a fire drill. XD
Weston Community Center - Weston, MA
This building houses the Council on Aging (senior center) and the recreation offices and programs.
Panel: Simplex 4100, located at the main entrance.
Pull stations: 4099-9003’s
Detectors: TrueAlarms
Signals: 4903 speaker/strobes
Some system that I have seen recently!
CVS/Pharmacy (Cox Road, Gastonia NC) by the “bee hive” Spectralert hospital so patients can grab pills and meds and stuff (I came here to buy some cassette tapes):
PANEL:
FCI “Flex series” Panel. Just a rebranded Fire-Lite MS-4
Most Likely some old FCI from the original building
Fire-Lite RZA-4XF by the doors
FCI 4 zone annunciator above the RZA-4XF that Is Black and has 4 Blocks that say “Zone One: Entrance, Zone two: Shop fire exit, Zone three: Stockroom, Zone four: Pharmacy”
All blocks outlined in red with old FCI logo in bottom left corner
INITIATING DEVICES:
Grinnell Rebranded RSG-RMS-1T by front panels
Back fire exit has an FCI-MS-2 by the door
No smokes seen
NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES:
Siemens U-MHT-S17 horn/strobes
Bathrooms have no signals
FedEX in Dallas NC in the “random” part of town that is filled with factories:
PANEL: Unknown but I presume an Autocall/Grinnell panel
Radionics Security Panel (Tan) in lobby
Grinnell/Autocall model 976400S panel by door
SIGNALS:
Wheelock NS horn/strobes
Initiating devices:
None seen. Just sprinklers
McDonalds on Franklin square, Gastonia (I have been here before and it never had a system. It JUST got a system!):
PANEL:
Unknown EST panel
Edwards K-RLCD
INITIATING DEVICES:
Empty red backboxs with stoppers over them (As they are getting the system installed)
No smokes
NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES:
EST/Edwards G1AVRF (White model) In the playplace
EST/Edwards G1AVRF (White Model) (Ceiling mount) In the order area between the automatic order screens