A few months ago, I learned from a fellow member’s post that past issues of the NFPA’s publications are now available online. After browsing through a few issues at random, I realized that there were ads in these periodicals that hadn’t been posted in this thread (although I think that the best ones have already been shared here). I therefore decided to go through each issue (it took me a few months!), from vol. 22:2 (1928) of NFPA Quarterly—the first issue to feature advertisements—to vol. 112:6 (2018) of the NFPA Journal, to create an easily browsable list of all fire alarm-related ads from these publications. The ads can be viewed here, where they are organized in folders by decade (and, within these folders, by brand and by year).
I tried to be as exhaustive as possible, but I generally excluded ads for the following types of products:
- municipal fire alarm systems;
- fire alarm accessories, such as protective covers for devices;
- fire suppression products;
- specialty detection products, such as flame detection systems.
I created a separate folder for residential products, as I know that certain members of the community have an interest in smoke alarms. I also created a folder for various ads I found in other publications over the past few years.
Among the ads I found that haven’t already been posted in this thread, here are a few of my favourites:
Couch (1965)
Notifier bells (1960)
Pyrotector (1972)
Edwards 6700 (1973)
Kobishi motor bells (1979)
Standard Electric Time (1974)
Thomas Industries (1972)
Edwards 5900 (1989) (An incredibly obscure panel—I had never heard of it.)
Launch of the EST brand (1992)
FAST Response 3000/IRC-3 (1990)
Federal Signal MMPS (1997)
Firecom LSN 2000 (1996)
SigCom (1996)
I’ve always loved seeing ads and brochures being shared in this thread. I find that they’re an incredible resource to learn about the history of specific fire alarm products and the evolution of fire alarm systems in general.
For easier browsing, I recommend switching from the list layout to the grid layout (in the upper right corner on Drive). Moreover, I note that certain ads feature multiple pages.