Make Up a System (2.0)

Fire Alarms
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A Fire-Lite distributor (ironically) has AT dual action pulls and AT rebranded 7002Ts with th older grille. All is controlled by a Simplex 4001.

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This is the kind I an talking about.

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The Britta A. England High School has a system like this. It houses 1500 students.

The hallways of the school are all lined up with Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobes.

The band and the electronics classroom both have Simplex 4041s+AV32 lamp plates that blink.

The media center has one Faraday 6120 with the strobe on the front because of how loud it is.

There is one SHG each in the weight room and the agriculture classroom.

The mechanical drawing classroom has Wheelock MT-24-LSM on Code-3.

The cooking lab for home ec has a Simplex TrueAlert in Code-3.

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Due to the oil-filled capacitor in the panel for BAE HS draining over time, the 4903s and TrueAlerts eventually died and were replaced with SpectrAlert Advances.

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The Justin W. Kiriakis Intermediate School has 600 students that are in grades 5 and 6. This is their system.

There are older Gentex SHGs in the hallway, so most of them have slightly different pitches to all of them. Some of them are the newer ones also so they sound the same.

The art classroom in the school has a Wheelock 7001 horn in it.

The choral classroom has a Fire Lite 450 horn on a Simplex 4050-80 light plate and it is one of the loudest horns in the school.

The exceptional children classroom has a Simplex 4903-9219 horn in it.

The media center has a Siemens U-MMT horn set to code-3 horn.

Finally the locker rooms in the gym have Potter Select-a-Horn/Strobes set to code-3 horn. One in each.

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An interesting fact: The Crotched Mountain school, in the Pierce building, on the ground floor hallway just off the other building, got a Simplex 4051 (or 4050), the 4051 (or 4050) was recycled! Wow! (With 4050-xx light)
That was a while after the hallway got new walls and a new drop ceiling! It was installed into the hallway in 2002 or 2001!

It was in continuous, so the light stayed lit steady.

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PS 314, a 650 student elementary school has a system like this.

Faraday U-HNH horns are in the hallways and most other areas as needed.

The music and the resource classroom each have a Space Age Electronics 2DCD horn on an AV32 light plate that blinks.

The ELL classroom has a Federal Signal 450 (Simplex 4041) on a Wheelock RSSP.

The Media Center and the Speech classroom each have a Simplex 4051 on a Faraday 2701 strobe plate.

The OT/PT classroom has an Edwards Integrity set to code-3.

The only preschool classroom in the school has a Wheelock MT-24-LSM set to code-3.

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Stepford Public Library

This library opened in the mid-1980’s, and has a Simplex 4010 system with a 4003 voice control panel and a 4606 annunciator at the main entrance. Like many of the systems in Stepford, CT, the system’s conventional initiating devices were replaced with addressable devices, but the signals were left intact.

  • The smoke detectors are Simplex on 4098-9601 addressable smoke detectors on 4098-9788 bases. Some of the smaller rooms have 4098-9794 sounder bases.

  • The pull stations are Simplex 4099-9001 single-action addressable stations.

  • The signals are Atlas SAV-3-60 speaker/strobes. On the ceilings, restrooms, and small rooms, there are Atlas SV22-2 remote strobes. Yes, even in the pre-ADA days, the perfectionists on the Stepford Town Council had requirements for strobe coverage.

  • The outdoor signals are Atlas VT-157UCR 70.7 volt speakers, each with a Wheelock WM3T-24 mounted above it.

  • The signals in the study booth and teen sections were replaced by Simplex 4903-9356 15 candela TrueAlert speaker/strobes.

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The Rex M. Taylor Middle School which has 800 students, has this setup.

Most of the school has Pyr-A-Larm HCD-24C horns on Space Age Electronics AV34 strobe plates. The business classroom and the media center have Simplex 2901-9833 on Simplex 2903 strobe plates. The carpentry classroom has a Pyrotronics HDS-24F horn/strobe in it. The music classroom has a Cerberus Pyrotronics U-HNH. The enrichment classroom has a Wheelock NS set to Code-3. The mechanical drawing classroom has a Cerberus Pyrotronics MTL set to Code-3 horn.

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Andrew is going to hate this.
At a library later converted to Starfleet Academy they have:
[list]

  • Simplex TrueAlerts
    Simplex Chevrons
    Fire-Lite MS-5 replacing a Simplex 4001
    • [/list]
    After the TrueAlerts died, they kept replacing them with more TrueAlerts! :shock:

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    The Kevin O. Reynolds High School. 1625 students. This is their system.

    [quote] All areas not applicable have Edwards 894-1B horn/strobes. The ones that sound like Adaptahorns. This is the alarm the school has the most of.

    The Carpentry Shop has an Ademco UFH-24 on a Wheelock LSPM-24-VFR strobe plate.

    The Home Economics Kitchen has a Simplex 2901-9806 on a Simplex 2903 light plate that blinks.

    There is an older SHG in the weight room.

    The writing center has an EST Genesis horn/strobe set to code-3.

    The Media Center has a Wheelock MT-24-LSM.
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    Forest Park Community College

    This mid-sized community college campus is located in Stepford, CT. It has three panels. The main building has a Thorn Firequest 200. The library building has a Simplex 4100 classic. The main building’s newly-built extension has a Simplex 4100ES. All of the panels are interconnected into one system.

    Firequest 200:

    • The smoke detectors are Thorn-branded System Sensor 2400’s.

    • The pull stations are Thorn B5’s.

    • Most of the signals are newer Wheelock 7002T-24’s on trim plates.

    • The cafeteria has four CWS1T-24 strobes on the ceiling.

    • The restrooms mostly have WS1T-24’s, although one of them has been replaced with a Simplex 4904-9137.

    • There are a few 7001T’s, too. There’s one in the computer lab, and two in the faculty corridor.

    • The signal coding is continuous.

    Simplex 4100:

    • The smoke detectors are Simplex 2098-9201 photoelectric heads on 2098-9652 addressable bases.

    • The pull stations are 2099-9795 addressable, single-action stations.

    • The main signals are 4903-9403’s. This is the 4-wire, sync version of the -9215.

    • The classrooms and restrooms have 4904-9301 30 candela sync strobes.

    • There is a Wheelock MT-24-WM on the exterior of the building.

    • The signal coding is continuous.

    Simplex 4100ES:

    • The smoke detectors are Simplex 4098-9714 analog photoelectric smoke detectors.

    • The chemistry labs are located in this area, and have 4098-9733 heat detectors instead.

    • These devices are on 4098-9792 addressable bases.

    • The pull stations are 4099-9021 single-action stations with NO-GRIP handles.

    • The signals are Simplex 4906-9251 multi-candela speaker/strobes, set to 30 candela.

    • The audio is a slow whoop tone followed by the standard female voice announcement - “There is a fire emergency in the building. You are to leave the building by the nearest exit or exit stairway. Do not use the elevators.”

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    Next up we have the Seth A. Damonson High School which fits 1420 students and it is set up like this.

    [quote] Hallways and other big rooms have Simplex 4903-9401 horn/strobes on continuous

    The ROTC classroom has a Simplex 4901-9805 horn on a 4903-9501 strobe plate on continuous

    The Media Center and the Band room each have a Simplex 2901-9838 horn on a 4903-9101 strobe with the strobe on top on continuous

    The Computer Technology classroom has a Simplex 2901-9806 horn on a 2903 strobe plate with the strobe on top on continuous

    The Carpentry classroom has a Simplex 4903-9422 horn/strobe but since its electronic and electronic horns for the most part sound horrid on continuous, it is on code-3

    The weight room on the second floor (there is an auxiliary gym on the second floor) has a Simplex 4901-9822 horn/strobe also in Code-3
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    An old school building with SpectrAlert Classics was annexed with Gentex Commanders. The panel was Fire Lite Sensiscan, so a Potter Quadrasync power supply was added.

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    The David M. Renaldi Elementary School with 350 students has a system like this:

    [quote] The hallways of the school have 4901 remote horns on 4904-9105 plates and 4904-9501 strobes

    The art classroom has a Space Age Electronics 2DCD on a Space Age Electronics AV32 light plate that blinks in slow march time

    The library has a Simplex 4051 on a 4050-80 light plate that blinks in slow march time

    The Third / Fourth / Fifth Grade Hallway was redone and the alarms in that hallway are Edwards 792s

    The cafeteria / gymnasium has Simplex TrueAlerts on code-3

    Finally, the administration hallway has Siemens U-MMT on code-3
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    A ’70s Edwards system has 270-SPOs, AdaptaHorns, and AdaptaBells. The panel was replaced with an iO64.

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    The Joan J. Cooper Middle School which has 1311 students has this system setup.

    [quote] All hallways have Wheelock 7002Ts

    There is one Wheelock 34T on a Space Age Electronics AV32 light plate in both the Computer Lab Classroom and the OT/PT classroom

    There is one Faraday 6020 with the strobe on the front in both the Art and the Spanish classroom

    The band room has a Space Age Electronics VA4 horn/strobe

    The study hall and the ELL classroom has a Gentex Commander 3 set to code-3 mechanical

    The media center has a Simplex 4903-9422 horn/strobe also set to code-3
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    Doesn’t the TruAlert need to be coded from an outside device, or is that only true for certain ones? I understand it’s a made up system, and you have creative liberties. Forgive me if I sound rude, I’m only trying to understand.

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    You are correct, there are no coding options on TrueAlerts. It must be coded from a panel or other device as you said. Considering that is a made up system, there are many possible ways they could have done this.

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    Maybe the conventional version of the LED TrueAlert will have a Code 3 option?