Make Up a System (2.0)

[EpicFireAlarms]

I think it’s time to revive this topic. The Smallview Community and Convention Center in Smallview, Oregon is a 125,000 square-foot building that was built in 1988. The building was really more like two buildings with a shared lobby; a 60,000 square-foot convention center/arena-type place, and a 60,000 square-foot community center with a gymnasium, pool, and track, among other things. Each building was controlled by a separate Simplex 2120 panel, although both were linked together and would activate the other in an emergency. The community center portion of the building, along with the lobby and some parts of the convention center had Simplex 2901-9833 horns on Simplex 2903-9101 strobe plates. The actual convention center itself had flush-mounted Simplex LifeAlarm speakers coded to the Simplex slow-whoop tone mounted above Simplex 2904 remote strobes. Additional 2904 strobes were installed where needed throughout the building, and the exterior of the building had several 2901-9833 horns as well. Both buildings had Simplex 4251-30 pull stations and Simplex 2098-series smoke detectors.

Between 1991 and 1995, several pull stations were broken or otherwise found to be defective. Each time, they were replaced with a NOS 4251-30.
The same goes for one -9101 strobe plate, which was also replaced with an NOS -9101.
In 1998, a new concessions area was added to the back of the lobby area. A new Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobe was installed, along with two 4904 remote strobes. Additionally, a 4251-30 in the vicinity was replaced with a Simplex 4099-9001 pull station.
Around the same time (I’ll say 1997-2004ish), a number of other spot-replacements took place; each time a Simplex 4901 horn and in some cases a -4904 strobe plate were installed, including one horn spot-replacement in place of a LifeAlarm speaker. Yikes!
In 2004, the entire building underwent a full fire alarm upgrade to bring it to code. Both 2120 panels were replaced by a single Simplex 4100U control panel (and an additional Simplex 4003 voice-evac panel). All of the horns, horn/strobes and strobe plates were replaced by Simplex 4903-9357 TrueAlert-series speaker/strobes. Simplex 4099-9006 pull stations replaced the old pull stations, and new Simplex TrueAlarm smoke detectors replaced the old 2098 models. The Simplex LifeAlarm speakers in the convention center were kept as they still worked fine and were up to code, but the 2904 remote strobes were all replaced by TrueAlert remote strobes. All exterior alarms remained the same. This is largely how the system remains to this day, with a few changes…
(any spot-replacements during this time were done with the same devices)

In 2008, the lobby was remodeled and several new Simplex 4906-9154 ceiling-mount speaker/strobes were installed. The next year, a new elevated track was put in the gymnasium and more 4906-9154 speaker/strobes were installed.

In 2015, one of the exterior alarms died. It was replaced with a Wheelock MT4.

In 2018, some offices within the building were remodeled. Interestingly, System Sensor SPSCWL speaker/strobes were installed.

Finally, in January 2019, a LifeAlarm in the convention center died and was replaced with a System Sensor SPWL speaker.

[randomperson]

[quote=EpicFireAlarms post_id=83198 time=1551049714 user_id=3400]

In 2004, … Simplex 4099-9006 pull stations replaced the old pull stations…
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The 4099-9006 did not exist in 2004. The 4099-9003 did.

[Simplex_4051]

This is the setup of the second high school that I am doing which is the Roy C. Ketchum High School and the alarm placements within its floor plan.

[quote] The hallways all have Space Age Electronic 2DCD horns on AV32 flashers

The biotechnology, astronomy and living environment labs each have a Fire-Lite STH-71 horn/strobe

The drafting and photography classrooms have Amseco BZ-54VTs with RSD-24L strobes attached

The weight room has Siemens U-HNH horn/strobes

The auxiliary gymnasium library have Edwards Genesis horn/strobes

Finally, the keyboarding, orchestra and electronics classrooms have System Sensor MASS2415ADAs on 2400Hz continuous
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[Gentex_SPK4]

Louise Rowe K-8 School was originally built as Louise Rowe Elementary School in 1920. It was built as a 3-story building. A number of renovations and expansions occured over the years (1945 - Classroom Addition; 1968 - New Cafeteria, conversion of existing lunchroom into classroom space; 1990 - Classroom/Media Center Addition, new elevator, fire sprinklers, HVAC installation, fire alarm/clock/bell/intercom upgrades; 2005 - HVAC upgrade, new boiler; 2013 - 6-8 Classroom and Gym addition, campus renovations, fire alarm upgrade, new intercom and master clock headend equipment).

Fire Alarm System
Panel
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Current System - Siemens XLSV

[*]1990 System - Notifier System 5000

[*]Original System - Faraday AC System tied into an Edwards system for the 1968 addition

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Initiating Devices
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Current System - Pull stations are all Siemens rebranded RSG T-Bars behind Stopper II covers. Smoke Detectors all are Siemens FDO421s, and heat detectors are all Siemens FDT421. AHUs have System Sensor Innovairflex Duct Detectors.

[*]1990 system - Pull stations were a mix of Notifier BNG1s, FCI MS-2s, and Simplex 2099s. Smoke detectors were mostly System Sensor 2400s with a few ESL detectors in the mix.

[*]Original system - Pulls were Faraday Chevron pulls, with the 1968 building having Edwards 270 pulls. No heat or smoke detectors were installed. The 1920 building had pull rods as well.

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Current System - Signals here are Siemens rebranded Wheelock S8-24MCC speaker/strobes in the hallways and classrooms. Some offices and areas requiring additional speaker coverage have S8-70 speakers. Restrooms have Siemens rebranded ZRS strobes. The gym, cafeteria, media center, and auditorium have Siemens rebranded ET70 speaker/strobes. Outside, there are Wheelock STH speakers, with RSSWP strobes next to them. Locker rooms have Siemens rebranded Wheelock ET70WPs.

[*]1990 system - Signals were System Sensor MASSLO horn/strobes set to 800hz continuous. Most restrooms have System Sensor remote strobes. Classrooms have Wheelock MIZ horns. Some MASSLOs and MIZs were replaced with Wheelock AS horn/strobes.

[*]Original system - The 1920 and 1945 buildings had Faraday Type 2 horns, and the 1968 building had Edwards Adaptahorns, both coded to 4-4-4-4

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Intercom/Master Clock/Bell
Intercom System
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Head-End
[list]

Current System - Telecor XL

[*]1990 System - Rauland Telecenter III

[*]Original System - Executone

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Speakers/Call Switches Current System - The 1920, 1945, 1968, and 1990 buildings retain the same speakers and call switches from the 1990 system. Hallways, the cafeteria, media center, and auditorium have wall mounted Rauland baffle speakers. All classrooms have MTC clock/speaker combos with Rauland call-in switches. Outside, there are Rauland waterproof baffle speakers. The 2013 addition has wall mounted mounted Telecor speakers in the hallways, locker room, and gym. Telecor clock/speaker combos are installed in classrooms, as well as call-in switches. Outside, there are Atlas horn speakers.

[*]Original System - The old system in the 1920 and 1945 buildings had Executone speakers throughout with classrooms in the 1920 and 1945 having Standard Electric Time clock/speaker combos with some sort of phone. The 1968 buildings had Atlas Soundolier speakers in the halls and cafeteria, with Simplex clock/speaker combos and call-in switches in classrooms.

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Bell [list]

Current system - 5-Second Tone over intercom

[*]1990 System - Westminster Chime Tone over intercom

[*]Original System - The old system had Standard Electric Time 6-Inch Bells in the 1920 and 1945 buildings with 10-Inch bells outside, and Simplex STR 4 inch bells in the 1968 building, with 10-inch bells outside. All classrooms had buzzers in the clock.

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Panel - Sapling SMA 2000 replacing a MTC-6000D, original system was a Simplex R-83 replacing the original Standard Electric Time model

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Clocks [list]

Current system - the 1920-1990 buildings have a of MTC, Rauland and Sapling analog clocks. The 2013 addition has Sapling wired digital clocks.

[*]Original system - the whole school previously had both Simplex and Standard Electric Time analog clocks throughout

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[Simplex_4051]

This is the final high school which I am going to do, which is the North Middlesex Regional high school.

[quote] In most of the school, the alarms are Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 flashers

Located in the TV Studio, there is a Space Age Electronics 2DCD horn on an AV32 flasher

Two rooms, the business technology lab and the weight training room have Edwards 892-2B horn/strobes

Over in the special education life skills classroom, there is a Federal Signal 450D horn with a VALS strobe

The chorus room and the media center have Simplex 4903-9236 horns

Finally, the exterior of the school has Wheelock MTs
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[idontwannaknow ((he/it))]

• The SunE, a high-rise ocean-view hotel in California, has 18 floors with the 18th floor itself having larger and fancier suites. Each end of the halls features a double room for families with many children/relatives. All other rooms have folding couches for 1-2 kids. A pool plus an outdoor bar are located on the back end very close to the ocean
• The second floor is the lobby with a breakfast buffet and an ocean entrance.
• The first (underground) floor is the hotel’s fancy restaurant, with another staircase down to offices and meeting rooms
• The third floor is the workout/fitness rooms, a couple more well-suited meeting and lookout rooms are located here with a drink/snack menu.
• Even with its rooms, the fourth floor has a spa replacing where a double room would be.
• The hotel has a separate 3-floor parking garage

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You guys are all probably waiting for the system so here it goes:

The SunE has a Simplex 4100ES with integrated MINIPLEX. A 4010ES is connected into the garages and only activates by itself or when a fire is detected or pulled on the lobby floor of the hotel. The 4100ES annunciator is located behind the check-in desk and the panel is in a closet by the entrance. Originally, the hotel had a first-gen 4100U and the garage had no system besides for a EST QuickStart for elevators.

Smoke detectors are mounted around the building, being the typical TrueAlarms. These are put about 20 feet away from each other in hallways, and always mounted near elevators (3 of them) and exit/stairwell doors. High ceilings typically have one detector or two. All special rooms like the cardio-fitness and meeting centers have one. 520HZ TrueAlarm bases are installed in sleeping areas. Pull stations are a mixed variety of about 2, but all are mounted near exits and stairwells. The addressable 4099-9006s are mounted mostly on the 1st-6th and 18th floors. Other floors have -9003s from the previous system but they are still intact. Emergency stairwells have disconnected older 270-SPOs once every 6 floors from the first one, although one of these has been patched.

The parking garage features no smoke detectors besides the ones for elevator recall with a -9004 underneath.

Moving on to the big notification appliances, many of them are typically Simplex 59VO white strobes on the walls with 49SOC white speakers on the ceiling, both having FIRE lettering. These are matched in the suite halls, buffet, and the lobby. Bathrooms, smaller rooms, and all the 1st floor offices and meeting rooms have 49VOC ceiling mounted strobes.
• Surprisingly, the first-floor fancy restaurant and 18th floor suites have 4906-9254 speaker/strobes.
• The third/fourth floor rooms have one 49SVC white speaker/strobe.
• Stairwells have a pattern of red 49SVs and 49SOs.
• Each suite has a white 49SO in sleeping areas with either a xenon or LED weatherproof strobe in the bathrooms.
• The spa rooms on the fourth floor, outdoor areas like the pool bar, and entrance and the parking garage have Wheelock ET80 or ET1010 speaker/strobes or remote speakers, with the garage’s being ceiling mount.
• A Wheelock ASWP is mounted on the front of the hotel as a sprinkler alarm.
• Simplex LED horn/strobes are installed in the elevator rooms in the parking garage despite there being speaker/strobes.
• One disconnected Edwards 895B-001s is put in a bathroom corridor on the first floor restaurant, even though it’s next to a speaker/strobe.

I WILL ADD ONTO PREVIOUS SYSTEM CONTENTS WITH OTHER POSTS

[Simplex_4051]

The school I am going to do next is the Danbury elementary school which students from 3 different districts go to. The system has 6 different horns used in it. Here is how it is set up.

[quote] In most of the school, the alarms are Edwards 895B-001 horn/strobes

Located in the second art room, the media center and the reading classroom are Edwards 892-2B horn/strobes

Two classrooms, the main art room and the band room have Gentex SHG horn/strobes

Over in the math interventionist’s classroom, there is a Simplex 2901-9806 horn on Simplex 2903-9101 strobe plate

The computer lab and music classroom have System Sensor MA/SS-24 horn/strobes set to 2400Hz continuous

Finally, the self-contained classroom, the ESL classroom and the OT/PT room have Edwards Integrities set to code-3
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[idontwannaknow ((he/it))]

Medium Hills, a large wealthy neighborhood first constructed in 1975, did not have any form of fire alarm system except smoke alarms on every level, with the starting alarms being BRK 1839ACIs. Houses were typically two-story and had basements, so often enough— unless people changed/installed others— there were normally 3 alarms per household. That all changed in 2019.

In 2019, Medium Hills decided to install a maxed out Silent Knight 6820 fire alarm panel which was in a small hut-like structure at the southern entrance, and it was interconnected to every house in the neighborhood. Functioning like a high-rise system, each road/section had its own part. For example: if fire was detected on Sandy Dr, a message would be played saying that all residents on Sandy Dr and close intersecting streets should evacuate, other households stay cautious. As there are 230 houses in the neighborhood, this post will be directed to a regular 2-story house on the most eastern side of the neighborhood.

Before I move on with the select house, I want to give a brief overview of the neighborhood itself and what it looks like…

All fire hydrants on the sides of roads have white Wheelock ET70WP speaker/strobes. These are installed on concrete polls straight behind the hydrants that look as if they “fit in” with the surrounding environment so that they aren’t eyesores. The park itself has a speaker/strobe on a bulky pole facing the basketball court, and the combined 200ft x 200ft mock-baseball field and playground have two speaker/strobes on the north and south sides. The east and west sides however have remote ET-1010-W speakers. A gazebo in the middle of the district has an ET-1010-W on the ceiling. One SK PSSATK is installed outside the panel hut with instead a white Wheelock ASWP horn/strobe connected to it. All these alarms are set to 110 candela and 4 watts.

Moving on, the select house- 7851 Mitch Ave- is on a section with 12 other mostly identical houses, 6 on each side of the road. Connected to the 6820, the place has many of the same features as the other ones, so let’s run it down, eh?

SMOKE DETECTORS:: Smoke detectors are mounted similarly to normal residential smoke alarms, almost too similarly to the point that both of these are usually mounted together. All houses have SK-PHOTO-Ws, installed once on each level typically near sleeping areas. The laundry room, master bedroom, living room, and dining room all have these devices too. SK-HEAT-Ws are installed in garages, the attic loft + bedroom, and the back of the kitchen. Actual smoke alarms, being of the First Alert brand are installed in every bedroom and next to each leveled PHOTO appliance.

PULL STATIONS:: These— being the PS-SAs— are found on both laundry room doors, back door, and finally the front door. The same weatherproof model (PSSATK) on the panel hut is found in the garage rooms. There are two notable garage “rooms” but one of them has 2 doors instead of one, and each door has a weatherproof pull station attached to it. The boiler room, sun room exit, and the second story deck exit in the master bedroom have PS-DAs.

FIRE ALARMS:: All fire alarms are of the System Sensor white L-Series brand, contrasting the outdoor Wheelock NAs (although some houses closer to the neighborhood exits have Wheelock LED speakers). Most if not all of these notification appliances are ceiling mount.

Speaker strobes: Pretty much every single room has this. Most only have one, excluding the kitchen and the family room, as those have two and four respectively due to size. The sun room, master bathroom, garages, and breezeway have Advance weatherproof speaker/strobes.

Remote speakers: Only one remote speaker is installed in the house, and that is between the two walk-in closets in the master bedroom.

Remote strobes: All individual toilet rooms and walk-in closets from earlier have these, smallish bathrooms with showers have weatherproofed Advance strobes.

Low Freq Horns: Each sleeping area has a SpectrAlert Advance remote low frequency sounder mounted on the wall. The two bedrooms + master on the second floor, the attic loft, the spare bedroom on the first floor, and the three bedrooms in the basement have these. A Wheelock low frequency horn/STROBE is mounted incorrectly on the ceiling within the corridor of the basement bedrooms.

Outdoor: This house’s front door overhang, same as the other homes, has an unmarked red Advance strobe in the center as a sprinkler alarm to differentiate from the actual system. The back deck has a wall mounted Advance speaker/strobe with the connected pergola having a ceiling mounted device instead.

This is my first all-neighborhood system lol so ask if you don’t understand certain parts so I can try and clarify.

[Simplex_4051]

This is another system that I have which is out of the box. John Muir middle school is the name and the majority of the equipment is Gentex.

[quote] In most of the school, the alarms are first generation Gentex SHG horn/strobes

Located in the enrichment classroom, the business education classroom and the weight room are Simplex 2901-9833 horns on 2903-9101 strobe plates

Two rooms, the band and the computer technology classroom have Siemens U-HNH horn/strobes

Over in the large group instruction room, there is a Wheelock 34 on a Space Age Electronics AV32 flasher

The locker rooms for the gymnasium and one corridor have Gentex Commander 1 horn/strobes

Finally, the exterior, a vestibule next to the pool room and a second floor exit vestibule has Gentex Commander 2 horn/strobes
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[idontwannaknow ((he/it))]

New system which utilizes the brand new Edwards/EST/Kidde/Vigilant/whatever LED series!!!

Birch First Daycare was built in 2002, and was a smallish building with 6 mid-sized rooms, 8 small rooms, a forum, a few office spaces, and a couple bathrooms. Currently, the system has a Kidde FX-5RD series panel, which replaced the older Edwards FireShield in 2019 due to a power surge. Lets take a look at the devices.

INITIATING DEVICES

Smoke detectors are all Kidde V-PCOS installed in every single room, near fire doors, and every 10 feet in halls. Older Edwards SIGAs can be found disconnected in bathrooms mounted inches away from the new detectors. Many of the smaller rooms have them connected however. Pull stations are placed at every exit from hallways to rooms, being Edwards 270-SPOs left over from the previous system.

NOTIFICATION APPLIANCES

Hallways have Kidde 4x4 G4 Genesis horn/strobes, which are mounted on the original Integrity boxes. The vertical G1 horn/strobes are found in most rooms where the single-gang 202-7A-001 strobes were mounted. Larger rooms also have a G4 horn/strobe above a pull by the playground door. A G1 strobe is behind the front desk in the forum. Bathrooms and other areas have G1 strobes too, replacing the Integrity strobes. A single person restroom near the front door has an Integrity strobe. All meeting/office spaces have xenon Genesis strobes that had not gotten replaced.

[Simplex_4051]

This is the system that is used for the Bensalem high school and what horns are used and in which areas they are.

[quote] In most of the school, the alarms are Simplex 2901-9833 horns on 2903-9101 strobe plates

Located in the pool room, wood shop lab and technology classroom are Edwards 881D horns on 802-2B-001 strobe plates

Two rooms, the TV studio and the industrial technology lab have Simplex 2901-9838 horns on 4903-9101 strobes plates

Over in the weight room, there is a Wheelock 34T horn on a Space Age Electronics AV32 flasher

The orchestra classroom and family and consumer science kitchen have Gentex GOS horn/strobes set to Hi-Lo tone

Finally, the career resource room, the production lab and drama classroom have Space Age Electronics VA4 horn/strobes
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[Gentex_SPK4]

Jordan Woods Elementary School was built in 1964 as a two-story campus with the capacity for about 300 students. The school gained an 8-classroom addition in 1986, and was renovated and gained a new media center in 2009.

Fire Alarm
Panel
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[*]Current System: Simplex 4100U INFOALARM - Voice Evac Campus Wide

[*]Original System: Simplex 2001 replacing an Edwards AC System.

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[*]Current System: Simplex 4603 in the main lobby

[*]Original System: Graphic Annunciator

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[*]Current System: Pulls are all Simplex 4099-9002s, all behind Stopper II covers. Smoke detectors are all Simplex 4098s, with a few Simplex 2098 heat detectors in various areas.

[*]Original System: In the 1964 building, there were Edwards 270 pulls and Edwards heat sensors, with a few Simplex wiffleball smokes replacing broken devices. The 1986 addition had Simplex 4521-20 pulls and Wiffleball smokes.

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[*]Current System: All classrooms have ceiling mounted Simplex 4906-9154 speaker/strobes, the hallways, media center, front office, and cafetorium have Simplex 4906-9151 speaker/strobes. Some offices and resource rooms have 4902-9721 speakers. Restrooms have Simplex 4904 strobes. Outside, there are Wheelock STH speakers beneath RSSWP strobes. All strobes are sync'd. Speakers play a slow whoop tone and the following message: [quote] Female Voice: May I have your attention please! May I have your attention please! There has been a fire emergency reported in this building. Please leave the building by the nearest exit or exit stairway. Do not use the elevators. [/quote]

[*]Original System: The 1964 building had Edwards 360 horns in the hallways, plus one each in the cafetorium and media center. There were also a few Wheelock MT4-115-WM horn/strobes in some areas to add signal coverage as needed. A Simplex 4050 was installed on the first floor. The 1986 addition had Simplex 2901-9806 horns on 2903 strobe plates in the hallways and some classrooms, with a Wheelock NS horn/strobe in one classroom.

[/list] [i]Intercom/Clock/Bell[/i] [b]Intercom[/b] [b]Head End Equipment[/b] [list]

[*]Current System - Rauland Telecenter VI

[*]Original System - Bogen SI35A

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[*]Current System - Rauland TC6434 phone at receptionist desk, TC4333 phone in principal’s office and clinic

[*]Original System - Bogen Mic next to intercom rack

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[*]Current System - The hallways, media center, and cafeteria all have Rauland ACCWB5 speakers. All classrooms have Rauland ACC1400 speakers with TCDPB2 call-in switches. Outside, there are Atlas baffle speakers.

[*]Original System - The 1964 building had Bogen SS250 speakers in the hallways, media center, and cafetorium, and classrooms had Simplex clock/speaker combos with Bogen call-in switches. The 1986 building had Dukane baffle speakers throughout, with classrooms having call-in switches.

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[*]Current System: Chime Tone over intercom

[*]Original System: The 1964 building had Simplex STR 6 inch bells in the hallways, media center, and cafetorium, with 10 inch bells outside. The 1986 building had Simplex 4 inch bells in the hallways, with 10 inch bells outside. Both buildings had buzzers in the classroom clocks.

[/list] [b]Clock System Panel[/b] [list]

[*]Current System: Rauland 2524

[*]Original System: Simplex 2350, replacing an R83

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[*]Current System: The whole school has Rauland 2522 clocks throughout, with the ones in the hallways being wall-mounted dual units.

[*]Original System: The whole school had analog Simplex clocks throughout.

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[Simplex_4051]

This is the system of Woodland elementary school.

[quote] In most of the school, the alarms are Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 flashers

Located in the in-school suspension classroom, enrichment classroom and school adjustment counselor’s office are Wheelock 7002T horn/strobes

Two classrooms, the science lab and the computer lab have Edwards 892-2B horn/strobes

Over in the foreign language classroom, there is a Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobe

The literacy classroom and the assessment center have Gentex Commander 3 horn/strobes

Finally the OT/PT room, the social worker’s office and the resource classroom have SpectrAlert Advance horn/strobes (on the lowest possible volume)
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[Gentex_SPK4]

East Berkshire Middle School was built in 1969 as a HUGE three-story building with a capacity for 1,500 students. The school gained a classroom addition and a number of renovations in 1994. A new auditorium was built in 2006.

Fire Alarm
Panel
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[*]Current System: Gamewell-FCI E3, replacing a Gamewell IF650. FireLite Sensiscan 2000 for elevator recall. The E3 has voice evac capabilities for the auditorium.

[*]Original System: Standard Electric Time

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Annunciator
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[*]Current System: FCI RAN-7100, replacing a Gamewell annunciator

[*]Original System: Graphic Annunciator in Main Lobby

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Initiating Devices
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[*]Current System: The main pull stations are Gamewell Centuries. Some of these were replaced with Gamewell FCI MS-7s and EST 278-SPOs. Smoke detectors are mostly Gamewell XP95As, but with a few FCI Velociti Series devices to replace broken models. For elevator recall, there are System Sensor 4W-B smokes, replacing 2400s, at each elevator landing, and a ESL heat sensor in the machine room.

[*]Original System: The pulls here were Standard Electric Time 200177s and a few Simplex 4521-20s. There were a few SET Heat Sensors and ESL 500 series smoke detectors.

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Notification Appliances
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[*]Current System: In the 1969 and 1994 buildings, there are, for the most part, Gentex SHG horn/strobes set to continuous. These can be found in the hallways, most classrooms, offices, and all large rooms (i.e. gym, cafeteria, library). The woodshop has a Wheelock MT-24-VFR horn/strobe. There are a few Wheelock NS horn/strobes, one in the band room, one in the art room, and one in the dance room. Areas that were previously the auditorium have Mircom FHS-240 horn/strobes. There are two classrooms that have P2Rs. Restrooms and other classrooms have Gentex GXS strobes. Outside, there are Gentex GMH horns. In the 2006 building (i.e. the auditorium), there are Wheelock ET70 speaker/strobes inside, with RSS strobes in the restrooms, and ASWP horn/strobes outside.

[*]Original System: There were flush-mounted Standard Electric Time 4-350 horns in the hallways, cafeteria, and media center. Some 4-350s were replaced with Simplex 4040 or Wheelock 31T horns. The gym and auditorium originally had 4-350s, but were replaced with Wheelock 7004Ts in the early 1980s.

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Intercom/Bell
Headend Rack
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[*]Current System: Dukane StarCall

[*]Original System: Bogen

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Admin Phones/Mic
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[*]Current System: Dukane 7A1110 at receptionist’s desk, in the principal’s office, and at each grade level house office.

[*]Original System: Shure Mic next to intercom rack

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Speakers, Call-Switches
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[*]Current System: The 1969 and 1994 buildings have Dukane 6A328 speakers in the hallways, locker rooms, library, and cafeteria. All classrooms have Dukane 24DS250 clock/speaker combos with call-in switches. The woodshop, metals lab, and pottery lab have Tandy horn speakers with Dukane phones. The gym has Atlas horn speakers. Outside, there are Dukane baffle speakers. The 2006 building has GE/Dukane baffle speakers throughout, with Atlas paging horns outside.

[*]Original System: The whole school had Bogen baffle speakers throughout the building, with Tandy horn speakers in the library, cafeteria, gym, woodshop, metals lab, pottery lab, and auditorium, and Simplex clock/speaker combos and call-in switches in the classrooms.

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Bell
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[*]Current System: Tones over intercom; Chime tone as main bell (chime2), Ringing tone as 2-minute warning bell (ring6)

[*]Original System: There were Simplex STR 4-inch bells in the hallways, with 6-inch bells in the gym and outside. All classrooms had Edwards Dixiebels.

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Clock System
Master Clock
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[*]Current System: Dukane 24A715M

[*]Original System: Simplex 2350, replacing an older Simplex R83

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Slave Clocks
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[*]Current System: The whole school has Dukane 24D40A clocks throughout the building. All classrooms have Dukane 24DS250 clock/speaker combos.

[*]Original System: There were Simplex analog clocks throughout the campus.

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[Simplex_4051]

The system setup of Ballard middle school.

[quote] In most of the school, the alarms are Gentex GMS horn/strobes

Located in the ESL classroom, the library and the art classroom are Gentex SHG horn/strobes

Two classrooms, the agriculture classroom and computer technology classroom have Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 flashers

Over in the weight training room, there is a Space Age Electronics 2DCD horn on AV32 flashers

The district offices and the digital art classroom have Gentex Commander 3 horn/strobes

Finally the chorus classroom, multipurpose room and nurse’s office have Wheelock EH-ELI horn/strobes
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[Gentex_SPK4]

Majesty Tower was built in 1979. It is a 90 story office/retail/hotel building, with a restaurant on the 89th floor and a clubhouse on the 90th floor. It has gone through a number of renovations over the years.

Panel
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[]Current System: Simplex 4100ES, replacing a 4120 that replaced a 2100.

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Initiating Devices
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[]Current System: Pulls are a mix of Simplex 4521-30s, Simplex 2099 and 4099-9002s, one RSG T-Bar, and one Edwards 270-SPO. Smoke detectors are a mix of Simplex 4098 series, older 2098 series, ESL 700s, and rebranded Pyrotector models. Most if not all heat detectors are Simplex 4098 series devices replacing older models. The main lobby has System Sensor BEAM 200 detectors. All AHUs have Simplex Duct Detectors.

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Notification Appliances
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[*]Current System: Signals here, for the most part are ceiling mounted 4090-91 speakers. These can be found in all office spaces and public areas. Originally, all corridors and the lobby had Simplex remote lights, but these were replaced with 4904 strobes when the 4120 was put in. The lobby has Simplex 4903 series speaker/strobes, replacing Simplex megaphone speakers. The hotel lobby and all areas of the hotel have TrueAlert Speaker/Strobes, hotel rooms have ceiling mounted TrueAlert speakers. Broken 4090-91s were replaced with Wheelock ET90 speaker/strobes. The restaurant has ceiling mounted TrueAlert speaker/strobes. The clubhouse has ceiling mounted E90 speakers and wall mounted TrueAlert strobes. The retail area has Simplex megaphone speakers with ceiling mounted 4904 strobes, individual stores have Simplex TrueAlert horn/strobes.

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Now we go and move on to Robbinsdale Armstrong high school.

[quote] The majority of the school has mostly Simplex 2901-9806 horns on 4903-9101 strobe plates

The woodshop lab, graphics lab and reading classroom have Simplex 2901-9833 horns on 2901-9101 strobe plates

The JROTC and the Assessment Center have Simplex 2901-9838 horns on 4903-9105 strobe plates

The administration hallways have Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 flashers

The business education classroom and the OT/PT room have Wheelock ZNS horn/strobes

The journalism classroom, media center and social worker’s office have Classic SpectrAlerts
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The Norfolk Hills Trader Joe’s was built in a historic, southern-style mansion. It now boasts an open floorplan to accommodate a large selection of groceries, though the store’s architecture was designed to be as fitting as possible.

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The Norfolk Hills Trader Joe’s was built in 1990 in a historic, Southern-style mansion. It now boasts an open floorplan to accommodate a large selection of groceries, though the store’s architecture was designed with the old layout in mind.

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[*]The control panel is a Napco MFA-6000

[*]There is a Napco RP6000 remote annunciator in the front entryway

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Initiating devices
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[*]The pull stations are ADT 5050-001’s

[*]The smoke detectors are mostly Kidde 700-series. A few System Sensor i3 2W-B's have been spotted as well.

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Notification devices
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[*]The signals are System Sensor MAEH horns on System Sensor RP241575ADA retrofit plates. Some of the horns seem a bit more faded than the plates, so my guess is that they were added later.

[*]One of the horns is white and does 800 Hz. The MAEH can also do this tone but my bets are that it's a regular MA.

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I know this because while I was in the dried fruit section trying to decide between bing cherries or prunes, the horns roared to life in electromechanical continuous. My phone battery died due to fiction, so I don’t have any footage. When the FD finally let us back in, we found out an employee had left naan bread in the oven unattended at the free sample station. Needless to say, whoever it was is probably naan-employed now.

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The next elementary schools are gonna be Radio Park, Houserville and Corl Street. This is how Radio Park is set up.

[quote] All areas not mentioned have Faraday U-HNH horn/strobes

The resource classroom has a Federal Signal 450 horn behind a 450 light plate

The art classroom has an Edwards 894B-001 horn/strobe

The math interventionist’s office, a small second floor wing and the speech classroom have Federal Signal 450D horns with VALS strobes

The music classroom has a SpectrAlert Advance

The reading classroom and the literacy classroom have Simplex TrueAlerts
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