Interesting / Unusual Alarm System Vids

General Fire Alarm Media
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3CsNhDONg - (bad quality) 40XX horn (w/trim) in 4-1-5 coding w/ some coded pull station.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeHKdWscbXc - 10" bell in Simplex 2001 march time.

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This is known as the DIN Tone, which is the standard evacuation tone in Germanyā€“itā€™s pretty much a faster version of the MA/SSā€™s Swept Frequency. So, yes the video does take place in Europe and the people are speaking German. I thought I could clear that up for you, Kevtistic, since Iā€™m a German-speaker! :smiley:

Moreover, I have a theory that some of the videos youā€™ve seen, with coded pull stations, actually take place in NYC. I frequently travel through Manhattan, so itā€™s common for me to spot posted signs, even in modern installations, that elaborate the source for each coded signal. In fact, Iā€™ve actually seen a video online that an NYU student took during a fire drillā€“the signal was coded.

Also, you mention ā€œMorse-Uā€ in some of the videos youā€™ve found: is this some type of a new coding available on panels? I was hoping someone could clarify this.

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Short documentary of a fire alarm system installed in 1908 in a system of rail stations somewhere in Pakistan. Quite interesting.

Simplex 4246 fire alarm system with bells and chevron pull stations.

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http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090429&content_id=4491572&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Fire alarm interrupts a Detroit Tigers - Yankees game in 2009

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http://www.youtube.com/user/HawkHawkam - Simplex EVAC System doing a pulsed 120Hz Buzzer tone, then at 2:32 it does the Chime tone then a live announcement.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzbGzzVyB2s - An interesting Simplex system with a Simplex 9806, and a Simplex 2904 remote light beside the horn. The light is being coded to some odd coding by itself.

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Thatā€™s Dan Bā€™s vid. He has another one w/ a 10" single-stroke bell and a red ā€œFIREā€ light. Unfortunately, for some reason (at least for me), the video is sped up, so the light looks like it flashes a lot faster than it should, and itā€™s the same thing with the bell vid. Iā€™ve seen the bell vid before and that light actually pulses at 60 BPM march time. The one with the 90806 probably flashes at 120BPM march time.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RxZYstkKi4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhHfjlI6eJo

  • Unfortunately nothing is seen, but what is heard is the Simplex 4100-style mechanical bell EVAC tone!

P.S., the first vid is a bit disgustingā€¦

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lol :lol:

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Thatā€™s why you shouldnā€™t do drugs, kids.

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I think that guy fell victim to a strange college prank, but then decided to prank the pranksters.

Or maybe he was just high.

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Luckily, they can do a drug test without him knowing! :mrgreen:

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These videos were actually taken in my city! I canā€™t really give any insight to the systems at the university, because Iā€™ve hardly been there. Iā€™ve only been to the football field, and their field house has an EST system with Integrity Horns

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Extremely rare Honeywell smoke with an emergency light! I didnā€™t know they made them with lights.

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Wheelock 31-115 AC alarms in Code-3

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Those alarms have a great tone.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iECvuiBVZvQ Code-3 Tone. Iā€™m gonna assume a 4040 or 4050.

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Thatā€™s not code 3. Thatā€™s Simplex 2001-style march time

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A Commander in continuous and Iā€™m gonna guess a Spectra in Code-3?