A year later, Siemens issued a recall on a few panels of the MXL series, and that panel was included. It was replaced again.
‘A’ Building | Built in: 1922 | Expansions: 2015 | Renovations: 1965, 2015
This building is the largest on campus, and contains the cafeteria, auditorium, and gymnasium. It consists of a large commons area with the cafeteria on one side and the auditorium on the other. The gymnasium is just past the commons, down a short hallway that contains the locker rooms.
The building didn’t have a fire alarm system until the 1965 renovations, when a Couch system identical to the one described in my previous post was installed. This consisted of one horn in the cafeteria, one horn in the gymnasium, and one horn in the hallway, directly outside the locker rooms. There were also four pull stations; installed under the horn in the hallway, at both of the exit doors, and near the back of the auditorium.
Amazingly, every component of this system survived until the 2015 renovations (though Wheelock AS horn/strobes were added in the locker rooms in 1999).
In 2015, the entire building was renovated, and the fire alarm system was replaced with a Notifier ONYX voice evacuation system with Wheelock E-70 speaker strobes and NBG-12LX pull stations. Several new speaker/strobes were added in the process as well. Amazingly, the building does not have any smoke detectors.
Every time I try to move on somebody keeps pulling me back to this topic. LOL. Anyway I decided to do a middle school.
The Patricia Barry Middle School has a setup that combines both old and new alarms within the building. Most areas and some classrooms of the school have Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobes set to continuous, but the older part of the building still has its old horns: Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 light plates with white fire lettering. The horns are on continuous and the lights stay on. The band and the auxiliary gym both have Space Age Electronics 2DCD horns. The band room has one, the auxiliary gym has two. They are on Space Age Electronics AV32 light plates while the horns are in continuous, the light stays on. The main gym has 5 4903-9219 horns and the chorus classroom has 1 4903-9219. One of the health rooms that has a direct exit to the outside has a Faraday 6120 horn also set to continuous but the room next store has a 4903-9219. The bigger Workforce Development room also has a Faraday 6210 horn and the smaller one has nothing. The media center has 3 Simplex TrueAlerts set to code-3. Finally the auditorium has 8 Edwards Genesis horns also set to code-3. The older wing with the 4051+4050-80s only have the horns in the hallways though the science labs in that wing have 4050-80 remote lights.
The Nicks-Ashburn Community Recreational Center—built 1975
350-seat Auditorium, 400-person capacity Multi-Purpose Hall, 8 offices, 2 sets of restrooms. Main vestibule on the South side of the building opens into a Vestibule between the Auditorium and Multi-Purpose hall that contains one set of restrooms. A mirrored-image Vestibule opens into the office wing on the North side of the building.
Original System:
Simplex 4208— zones, two NAC’s. Installed in the main electrical closet.
Simplex 4051+4050-80 horn/light plates are installed in the Auditorium and Multi-Purpose Room.
Simplex 4051 horns are flush-mounted with double projectors are installed in the office wing.
Simplex 4050-80 remote lights installed in all restrooms.
Simplex 4251-30 pull stations at all exits.
Chemtronics Heat Sensors throughout the building.
Simplex 4308 4-Zone annunciator in the South Vestibule.
All audible signals sound in Continuous while visual signals flash in a variation of Slow March from an on board coding wheel
1988 brought some updates. Two classrooms were created in the office wing, and two new offices were added, one at each end of the office wing.
The 4 zone 4208 was replaced with a 12-zone Simplex 4002.
Simplex 2901-9838+4903-9001 horn/light plates are installed the new classroom spaces.
Simplex 4904-9103 ceiling mount remote lights are installed in the office wing hallway and both narthexes to expand visual coverage.
Simplex 2098-9602 “wiffle-ball” smoke sensors replace all of the Chemtronics heat sensors.
Simplex 4251-20 pulls replace two defective 4251-30’s.
A new Simplex 4600-Series Annunciator replaces the 4308 Annunciator.
All audible signals sound in Slow March, all visual signals flash in Non-silenceable Fast March.
August 1994 saw a complete failure of the 4002 from a lightning strike. With a refresh of the building underway, it was decided to replace the entire system. New system:
Cerberus Pyrotronics IXL–two ICON Addressable Device Interface Modules and the LAN Local Alphanumeric Annunciation Module.
Cerberus Pyrotronics EHM-D horn/strobes replace all of the audible signals, those replacing light plates are on Wheelock RP-R trim plates.
Cerberus Pyrotronics SVM1T-F remote strobes replace the 4050-80 remote lights.
Cerberus Pyrotronics SVMT-F strobes on Wheelock SBB-R backboxes are installed in both narthexes and all 490-9103 lights are removed.
Cerberus Pyrotronics HDC-24+Space Age Electronics AV-32 horn/light plates are installed in each entryway to provide exterior signaling.
Cerberus Pyrotronics MSI-20B Addressable Pull Stations replace all existing pulls, and are added in both narthexes (ICON #2).
Cerberus Pyrotronics ILP-2 smoke sensors replace all existing sensors, and are added where needed to enhance coverage (ICON #1).
A Cerberus Pyrotronics RAN replaces the existing annunciator, and is added in the office wing.
Cerberus Pyrotronics RemCon Remote Control Interfaces are installed next to each RAN.
All audible and visual signals receive Continuous power.
2015 saw a complete renovation of the Auditorium, which was christened the J. H. Tolles Auditoruim for the retiring community band director of 27 years. The Multi-Purpose hall and Office/Classroom wing received a thorough refresh. The system received a few changes:
The Cerberus Pyrotronics IXL was kept.
A Potter PSN-106 NAC Controller is installed.
All audible-visual signals in the J. H. Tolles Auditorium and Multi-Purpose Hall are replaced with Wheelock Exceder HSW horn/strobes.
All remaining interior audible-visual signals are replaced with Wheelock Exceder HSR horn/strobes.
All remote strobe signals are replaced with Wheelock Exceder STR remote strobes, and these are added to all offices for complete coverage.
All existing exterior signals are replaced with Wheelock ASWP-2475-FR weatherproof horn/strobes.
A NOS Cerberus Pyrotronics Collective Zone Interface (CZI) Module Monitors the new Grinnell Sprinkler System.
All existing initiating devices remain unchanged, except for a Siemens MSI-20B replacing a defective pull station.
To be continued…
‘B’ Building | Built in: 1969 | Expansions: 1993 | Renovations: 1993
The ‘B’ Building is among the smallest of the main buildings on campus, as it only houses the Science and Mathematics classrooms (six of each, plus one vacant classroom), and two sets of restrooms.
The building is set up similar to the first building I mentioned, with two hallways running parallel to each other, each with six classrooms (the vacant classroom was added during the 1993 expansion, but more on that later).
The fire alarm system originally installed consisted of five Simplex 4040 horns, four of which were located in the hallways, and one of which was located on the exterior. Simplex 4263-1 coded pull stations (code 2-1-1) were installed underneath each of the 4040’s. No smoke or hear detectors were installed in the building. The panel is unknown.
The entire system survived until 1993, when a new classroom and a new set of restrooms were added. The alarm of choice for the restrooms were Simplex 4904-9137 strobes. Interestingly, the two Simplex 4040’s at the end of the hallway that was added onto were relocated, rather than removed and replaced, to the end of the new hallways. Two additional Simplex 4904-9137 strobes were added beneath these two alarms. Around the same time, the unknown panel was replaced with a Simplex 4002, and all of the coded pull stations were replaced with Simplex 2099 pull stations. Simplex 2098-9201 smoke detectors were added as well.
In 2007, following several false activations of a -9201 in a Science lab, it was replaced with a Simplex 4098-9612 heat detector.
This system remains this way to this day.
The Thomas Reeds Intermediate School, built in 1967, originally had an older Standard Electric Time Fire Alarm System. The signals were mostly SET-rebranded Federal Signal 350 flush mounted Horns, 3 in each hallway, 2 in the gym (with projectors), 4 in the auditorium, 4 in the cafeteria, and 1 each in the music room and art room, each horn had a SET 200117 Pull Stations beneath it, and there were also Chemtronics Heat Detectors scattered throughout. Signal coding was 60 BPM March Time. For the bell system, they mostly used Faraday Single Stroke Chimes in the hallways, and Faraday 6 Inch Bells in the Gym and outside. The classrooms had dixie bells on the walls. The master time system was by Faraday.
In 1973, a Federal 350 in one of the hallways broke and was replaced with a Simplex 4050 horn.
In 1981, a 200117 in the gym was smashed and had to be replaced with a Simplex 4521-20.
In 1990, the dressing rooms were renovated. They installed a Wheelock AES Horn/Strobe in the renovated rooms.
In 1995, the school was completely renovated. The fire alarm, bell, intercom, and clock systems were all replaced. The new fire alarm system is a Simplex 4100. The main signals are now Simplex 4903-9217 Horn/Strobes (installed in the hallways, music room, art room, large classrooms, the cafeteria, and gym), System Sensor PA400R Horns (in the classrooms), Simplex 4904 strobes to add strobe coverage where needed and in the restrooms, Simplex 4903 Speaker/Strobes in the Auditorium, and Simplex 2901-9846 Horns outside. The pull stations are Simplex 4099s, and there are older Simplex TrueAlarm Smokes scattered throughout. Signal coding is continuous, but the speaker/strobes play a slow whoop tone and a voice message. As for the bell system, the exterior Faraday 6 inch bells were left and reconnected to the new clock panel. New intercom speakers and clocks were added throughout campus. The interior bell is now a 4-second tone over the intercom speakers, the exterior bells also rang for 4-seconds. The PA System is a Dukane Starcall, with the master clock being a Simplex 6400.
In 1998, a 2901-9846 died, and was replaced with a Wheelock MT-24WM Horn/Strobe.
In 1999, two modular buildings were added, a Simplex 4004 was installed and tied into the Simplex 4100. The alarms there are Gentex GX90 horn/strobes, along with a Simplex 4099 and a Edwards 280 heat sensor in each.
In 2002, a TrueAlarm died and was replaced with a newer Simplex TrueAlarm. Also a Simplex 2099 replaced a 4099 in the gym.
In 2005, three 2901-9846 horns were replaced with Wheelock AHWP horns. Also a System Sensor PA400R was replaced with a Wheelock NS Horn/Strobe.
In 2007, a new wing consisting of 11 new classrooms, 4 new restrooms, and 2 new computer labs was added. The alarms in the new wing consist of Simplex TrueAlert Horn/Strobes in the hallways and classrooms, with Simplex TrueAlert Strobes in the restrooms, and EST 757 Horn/Strobes installed outside. Pull stations are Simplex 2099s and there are also TrueAlarm smokes scattered throughout. The new wing has a Simplex 4010, which was tied into the Simplex 4100. Signal coding in the new wing is code-3. Three Wheelock 10 inch bells were installed on the outside of the building to serve as exterior school bells, and the intercom and clock system was expanded to serve the new wing. Also around this same time, a 4903-9217 died and was replaced with a Simplex TrueAlert Horn/Strobe.
Between 2008 and 2009, 6 System Sensor PA400Rs died, and were replaced with Wheelock ZNS Horn/Strobes. In 2008, two speaker/strobes were found inoperative and were replaced with Simplex TrueAlert Speaker/Strobes.
In 2013, the Simplex 4100 got fried, thus breaking the entire system, including the 4004 and 4010. ALL three panels were removed and the 4100 was replaced with a Simplex 4100ES, they were able, however, to retain much of the existing system (most of the smokes, pull stations, and pretty much everything in the new wing), but the rest was all destroyed and was replaced. The signals in the old wing were replaced with Simplex TrueAlert Horn/Strobes (replacing the PA400Rs and 4903-9217’s), Simplex TrueAlert Strobes (replacing 4904s) and Simplex TrueAlert Speaker/Strobes (which were also added to the gym and cafeteria). The pull stations were all replaced with Simplex 2099s, and the smokes were replaced with TrueAlarms. Outside, they had EST 757 Horn/Strobes replacing the 2901-9846s. Signal coding is code-3, with the speaker/strobes playing a slow whoop tone and a voice evac message. Everything else stayed the same.
A office Building that was built in the 1987 had an old Cerberus Pyrotronics system 3 panel. The A/V were Wheelock 7002T’s set on continuous. The pull stations were some old Cerberus Pyrotronics pull station. In 1993 a real fire destroyed 1/3 of the building so the system was replaced during the rebuilding. The new system was a simplex 4003 panel with voice evac. The notification devices were Simplex Life alarms speakers on 2903 strobes plates. The pull stations were 4251-20 T-bars. In 2000 a true alarm speaker broke so it was replaced with a true-alert speaker strobe. In 2010 all of the A/V’s were replaced with True-alert speaker strobes. In 2015 the panel died due to old age so it was replaced with a 4100ES and still remains the same to this day.
The Timothy J. Robicheaux Charter High School has a fire alarm system that is set up like this and is mostly a Siemens set-up.
The hallways of the school and other big rooms all have Siemens U-HNH horn strobes set to continuous tone. The electronics classroom, resource classroom and ESL classroom have Faraday 6020 horn/strobes with the strobes on the front like the Faraday 6120s also set to continuous tone. The engineering classroom and the industrial technology classroom have Faraday 5940s on Space Age Electronics AV34 strobe plates set to continuous tone. The FACS kitchen and the JROTC classrooms each have a Wheelock 34T on a Wheelock RSSP strobe plate set to continuous. The transitional specialist classroom has a Siemens U-MMT horn/strobe set to code-3. Finally the guidance office, band and library all have SpectrAlert Advances set to code-3.
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Here’s an exaggeration of the “downgrade” at one of my former schools. I began to come up with it since I was in a bad mood, but then it gets sillier…
The Chalmers K-8 School was originally built in 1974 with a 24-VDC Simplex 4208 fire alarm system, with the panel located in an electrical closet. A matching annunciator was installed in the main lobby. The alarms were Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 light plates (blank lens), and the pulls were break-glass 4251-30s (with wire covers in the gymnasium). A few older Simplex 4262 ionization smoke detectors were installed in areas such as the cafetorium, the main lobby, and the media center. Other areas had Simplex 4255-1 mechanical heat sensors. System coding had the horns on Continuous, while the lights pulsed on and off.
Additionally, the school bells were flush-mounted gray Simplex 4090 6" bells, each installed next to a fire alarm, but in the gymnasium and outside, 10" bells were installed.
In 1982, a 4050-80 in the main gymnasium was damaged and replaced with a Space Age AV32 light plate, keeping the original Simplex 4051 horn.
In 1991, the Simplex 4208 was beginning to fail, so a Simplex 4002 panel replaced it. The coding for all alarms was changed to 20bpm March Time. A new set of duct detectors were installed, and a graphic annunciator replaced the original annunciator from the 1970s. A broken 4051 horn got replaced with a Simplex 2901-9838 horn.
In 1996, a defective Simplex 4251-30 pull was replaced with a Simplex 2099-9756 dual-action pull.
In 1998, new 2098-9649 duct detectors were installed throughout the school when the boiler room was redone, replacing the existing ones. Test stations were linked to each detector. Additionally, the boiler room had a Simplex 4903-9236 horn/strobe installed, and the media center had a 2098-9201 smoke detector replacing the old ionization detector.
In 2008-2009, a few dead 4251-30 pulls were replaced with Simplex 2099-9103 break-glass pulls.
In 2014, the Simplex 4002 system was failing, and would even randomly go into alarm. Having enough of Simplex, they replaced the 4002 panel with a Fire-Lite MS-9600UDLS panel. The graphic annunciator was gutted and spray-painted over completely, a hole punched through it, and a Fire-Lite ANN-80 annunciator was slapped onto it. All of the old alarms got replaced with System Sensor SpectrAlert Advance horn/strobes, set on Code 3. Some were simply installed on a backbox right onto the existing 4050-80 light plate. Others replaced the old Simplex alarms completely, using trim plates. All the smoke detectors got replaced with System Sensor 2151T detectors, and the Simplex duct detectors and test stations were replaced with the System Sensor equivalents. Some of the 4251-30 pulls got replaced with Fire-Lite BG-12s, but others stayed intact. By this point, some had the hammer broken, or the glass frame and hammer removed completely, and a few even still had broken glass shards in the frame! The old mechanical heat sensors stayed intact.
By this point, the school wasn’t doing very well. The number of students not succeeding was rising, there were numerous leaky ceilings, the Periodic Table of the Elements being replaced with Oscar-Meyer’s promotional parody of the table, the cafeteria food being made out of questionable things like circus animals and old gym mats, very outdated computers in the computer lab with dial-up Internet, and teachers often doing their job drunk or hung over! The new Fire-Lite system was also having frequent system troubles, and had to be repaired nearly twice a month.
Then in early 2016, a fire broke out due to some faulty electrical wiring! The heat detector in the area was defective, and thus didn’t trip the alarm system. The fire grew quite a bit before someone finally noticed the smoke and pulled one of the old 4251-30 stations. The alarms sounded and the whole school was evacuated. Fortunately no one got hurt, but the fire did quite a bit of damage to one part of the school. They didn’t have funds to repair it right away, so that area was just blocked off, leading to some overcrowding. The school district is still debating whether they should close the school, do a thorough renovation and improvement, or at least repair the burned part of the building.
The next school I want to introduce you to is the Francis A. Dunphy Middle School which has students in grades 7 to 9 and has 743 students and over 30 staff to help each student to reach their full potential and to pack them off to a high school that actually has 4 grades in it instead of a middle school which for some reason has a 9th grade. The system is mostly Wheelock.
Any other places that aren’t listed here in the system have Wheelock 7001T horn/strobes with the strobe vertical instead of horizontal.
The chorus classroom has a Wheelock 34T on a Space Age Electronics AV32 red light plate.
Both the auxiliary gymnasium which has one horn and the hallways outside the cafeteria have Gentex GMS horn/strobes.
Both the IMC classroom which has one horn and the 9th grade wing on both floors have Federal Signal 450D horns with VALS strobes.
The hallways in the administration suites have vertical Wheelock AS horn/strobes set to code-3.
Finally, the trades & technology classroom has a Wheelock NS horn/strobe set to code-3.
I remember a topic like this that was possibly lost after the server crashed, so let’s start a new one
Name:
Description:
Alarm panel:
Notification appliances:
Pull stations:
The old topic (“Make Up a System (2.0)”) survived the crash. I merged your new post into the original one.
Keep in mind that this kind of open-ended topic is, to a certain extent, exempt from the Post Bumping rule, so feel free to continue posting in this topic.
This school is the Maher Elementary School located in the fictional town of Maher, Kansas.
The hallways in the school which was built in about 1974 have Simplex 4051 horns on Simplex 4050-80 light plates that stay on while the horn is in continuous and no fire lettering.
The library and the math interventionalist office both have a Simplex 9840 horn on a 9105 strobe plate with the strobe facing to the right.
The counseling office has an Edwards 894-1B horn in the room and unlike how most Adaptahorns usually sound, this one sounds as strong as the day it was made except for the strobe not flashing occasionally.
Both the art and the music classrooms have a Wheelock 34 on a Space Age Electronics AV34 light plate that also stays on while the hon is in continuous.
Since no school is complete without these, the stairwells and the literacy office both have a SpectrAlert Advanced horn/strobe set to code-3 on low volume.
The community room has a Simplex TrueAlert in the room right above the doorway set to code-3 and the echo makes it incredibly loud.
A fictional high school located in Central New Jersey was built to accommodate the growing population of Central Jersey in the early 70s. It
is designed with brutalist architecture (famous for institutional buildings in the 60s and 70s) and is built with a Math, Science, and Liberal Arts wing, one gym, one auditorium, and an open space for study and lunch periods.
July 29, 1971 - The building is completed and fitted with a Simplex 4208 fire alarm system, 4050 horns with flush mount plate in most areas with pulse coding, The system uses 4251-20 pulls, and uses the old metal Simplex heat detectors.
1982 - More classrooms and bigger gym needed due to population growth in the town, the BOE votes and passes the $20 mil. construction bond and construction starts
Summer 1984 - Construction is completed, The new system uses the Simplex 2001 which is slaved off the 4208, The NA’s are 2901-9838 horns fitted
under a 2901-9001 light plate and use the 2001 March Time coding, the pull stations used are the 2099-9001.
1988 - Two 4050 horns start failing, replaced with 2901-9806 horns fitted under a 2901-9101 strobe plate
1994 - Due to the new ADA requirements, 4904-9301 strobes (which are connected to 2001 panel) are drop ceiling mounted in all rooms and hallways in the original building.
1996 - Two 4251-20 pulls fail, replaced with 2099-9001 pulls.
1999 - The 4208 experiences major troubles and becomes too expensive to fix, The BOE puts a bid out and Honeywell wins a 5 year service contract with the distrct and the panel is replaced with a Honeywell Deltanet fs90 conventional system and utilizes several AC transformers for the 4050’s horns left from the 4208 system. The new coding is 20bpm march time.
2004 - The district decides to step up their science and engineering curriculum. As a result the science wing is remodeled/completed gutted to accommodate new features and technology. Due to the extent of the remodel, the fire alarm system in the science wing is upgraded and the 4050 horns are removed and replaced with Spectralert Classic horn/strobes, the pulls are replaced with Honeywell s464g1007 pulls, and fs90 gets one slc card to utilize the addressable technology.
2005 - The simplex 2001 starts to have troubles, Honeywell replaces it with Notifier AFP-400 and all pulls are replaced with the NBG12-lx and all smokes are replaced. The new coding for the 2901-9838 horns is now code 3 from the AFP-400 panel.
2007 - A second expansion is planned for two lecture halls and a new autitorium with a new band/music room. The BOE puts another bid out and EST wins a 5 year contract with the district.
Late 2009 - The expansion is completed and uses an EST 3 voice evac system with white wall mounted Genesis speaker/strobes, uses SIGA-PS smokes and SIGA-278 pull stations.
Late 2012 - The districts building/property insurance company threatens to raise their premiums unless the fire alarm system in the original building is upgraded due to it’s old nature and not being up to code.
Spring 2013 - The district puts out a bid and Honeywell again wins a 8 year service contract with the district.
Summer 2013 -The fire alarm system in the orginial building and the 1984 expansions are retrofited with a Honeywell XLS140-2(E) panel with voice evac, the new pulls (s464g1004) are surface mounted to the wall with electrical conduit bringing in new wire (except in the '84 expansion, they are simply replaced) and all 4904-9301 strobes (which are ceiling mounted) are replaced with pc2w speaker strobes (the pc2w is added in the '84 expansion since all alarms are wall mounted in that building) and SW strobes are added to all bathrooms that don’t have strobes. The original horns are disconnected but never removed, the fs90 is removed and the new panel is networked with the AFP-400. Stoppers are added to every pull station in the building including the expansions(expect the 2009 addition, which already has stoppers), and the 4251-20s and the 2099s that replaced the broken 4251s are never removed but are fitted with a stopper that says “Do not use”.
2017 - No major/noticable changes are made
I’m doing another elementary school. The Henry McIlvaine Elementary School. Everything except the electronic horns are continuous. And its set up like this:
All of the hallways in the school except one and other big rooms not noted have Simplex 4903-9838 horns on 2901 strobe plates.
The chorus room on the other hand has an interesting alarm: a Simplex 4041 on a 4050-80 light plate with the light blinking in march time.
Two hallways, one right up above another, have Wheelock 7002T horn/strobes instead.
In the library, there is an Edwards 792 horn/strobe right on a beam in the middle of the library.
The gym and locker rooms have Gentex Commander 3 horn/strobes set to code-3 horn.
Finally, the staff lounge has a Cerberus Pyrotronics MTL-S15-S horn/strobe set to code-3 horn.
Pine Tree Junior High School has a system which is set up like this and has a lot of alarms.
[quote] Hallways and a few big areas have Simplex 4041s on 4050-80 light plates with white “FIRE” lettering set up to continuous coding while the light plate flashes in code-3Both the library and the art room each have a Gentex GMS set up to continuous coding
The robotics classroom has a Wheelock 7002T set up to continuous coding
The exploring careers, life skills and data entry classrooms each have a Space Age Electronic 2DCD horn on a Space Age Electronics AV32 light plate set up to continuous coding while the light plate flashes in code-3
The band and dyslexia classroom as well as a hallway near the cafetorium have Simplex 4903-9237 horns set up to code-3 coding
Finally, the office has Simplex TrueAlerts set up to code-3 coding
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Regal Hotel Built In 1971
Original System
Panel: Simplex 4208
Alarms: 4050s on 4050-80s
Smokes: Simplex 2098-9761
Pulls: 4251-111 Chevrons
Upgrade (1988)
Panel: Simplex 2001
Alarms: 2901-9833s on 2903-9001s
Smokes: 2098-9761
Pulls 4251-20 and 4251-30
This system is still there.
Jackson High School Built In 1979
Original System
Panel: Fire-Lite C Series
Alarms: Simplex 4051s
Smokes: There Were No Smokes
Pulls: Fire-Lite BG-6
Upgrade 1 (1993)
Panel: Sensiscan 1000
Alarms: Wheelock 7002s
Smokes: System Sensor 2451
Pulls: BG-10L
Upgrade 2 (2016)
Panel: Fire-Lite MS-10UD
Alarms: SpectrAlert Advance P2Ws
Smokes: Fire-Lite SD505
Pulls: BG-12L
Because I always need to make a post here because this is my favorite topic to post in and I love to come up with many different and unique systems so here I am again. I actually quite like this system. So here is my masterpiece
Claiborne High School has a fire alarm system that is set up in this way:
[quote] All of the hallways and other areas within the school that aren't noted here have Gentex SHG horn/strobe set to continuous. Some are the older versions and some are the newer versions with only one pitch.The health sciences classroom has an Edwards 892 horn/strobe set to continuous.
The computer lab on the other hand had its Edwards 892 replaced with a Space Age Electronics VA4 horn/strobe on continuous.
The Agriculture Shop, the greenhouse and the wrestling practice room in the back of the gym each have one Faraday 6120 behind a Faraday 5511 and it is also set to continuous.
The in-school suspension classroom has a Gentex GOS set to 800 Hz Temporal code
Finally the band room has a Gentex Commander 3 set to Temp 3 Mechanical
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The year is 1927 and a small town in northern Michigan is starting to experience population growth, so the district puts a bid for a new High School that would house grades 7-12 and around 800-1000 students. The current High school at the time is a 3,000 sq ft Colonial/Federal style house built in 1871, sometime after the civil war ended when a mini state wide baby boom happened after soldiers returned home. Before 1871 there was only 2 school houses. In spring 1928, they break ground and begin construction hoping to finish for the 1930-1931 school year. The building is a 3 floor 40,000 sq ft. Brick building built within the Art Deco style, following the Art Deco movement of the late 20’s and early 30s, with 15 classrooms, 7 science labs, a cafeteria, a gymnasium, along with a track and field. The building is finished in February 1930 and the district begins slowly moving in. The fire alarm system installed was an Autocall manual pull rod with one bell on each floor, located in the center of the building on the north facing side. Nothing too exciting about this system as there is no panel, just a pull rod.
1961 - The Michigan town adopts new code and requires all public buildings to be equipped with an automatic fire alarm system. IBM retrofits the system so the pull rod would activate several horns through out the building. Faraday branded 4040s are installed in each corridor with red dual projectors fitted on top. The signal coding is 4-4-4-4 aka Cadence march time.
1986 - The district is adds a new gym, an auditorium, and several new classrooms to the back of the building which used to house the student parking lot. Simplex installs a 4002 with a 2903-9001 light plate with 2901-9838 horns underneath. 4251-20 pull stations are installed and the original building is fitted with new 4251-20’s mounted on a double gang back box with EMT conduit to run new wire from the 4002. The 4002 uses the on board auxiliary relay to trip the IBM auto call panel. The manual pull rods are disconnected but never removed and fitted with a label that says “Do Not Use. Not for Fire Alarm service.” The 4002 codes the newer NA’s to 120 bpm march time and the 4040s retain their 4-4-4-4 coding from the IBM Panel.
1994 - Simplex 2098-9201 Smoke detectors are added to the original building and are supervised by the 4002.
The new middle school is being constructed and will house a Simplex 4020 system with 4903-9238 horn/strobes and 2099-9795 addressable MAPNET II pull stations. A new elementary school is also being constructed which will house a 4005 panel since the building is around 10,000 sq ft. and will have the same 4903-9238 horn/strobes but with 2099-9754 conventional T-Bars.
1996 - The High School becomes a 9-12 high school since the new middle and elementary school was finished.
2005 - The original building is starting to fall apart and needs desperate maintenance. The district was awarded a $1.2 mil grant for all repairs. With this, the fire alarm system was upgraded due to many troubles and rusting components on the IBM panel. The IBM panel was gutted and trashed and replaced with an EST 3 panel, and new single gang Genesis horn strobes were installed through out the original building next to the old 4040’s and strobes were added to all bathrooms. The 4040 horns were removed and replaced with a metal cover plate. The 4251-20’s were replaced with EST SIGA-278’s and the zone wiring was retrofitted to be addressable. The Smoke detectors were replaced with SIGA-PS and the same wiring retrofit took place. The EST 3 panel became the primary panel and 4002 would trip the EST 3 and vice versa.
2006-2013 - Any horn strobes that failed in the expansion before 2010 were replaced with an EST Genesis with a Red Trim plate. Only one pull station was replaced with a 278B-110. 2011-2013 2 horns fail and are fitted with a 4903-9426.
late 2015 - The 4002 experiences massive issues and is removed and all previous devices are integrated with the EST 3 via monitor modules, all horn strobes in the expansion are replaced with an EST genesis with the red trim plate.
2017 - The system has not changed and the Middle and Elementary Schools have only gone through minor changes but that will change in the coming years.