Make Up a System (2.0)

Fire Alarm General Discussion
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The Prairie Grove Community School in Prairie Grove, Kansas (population: 394), is a K-12 school in a rural setting with around 75 students. There are a total of eight classrooms (including one being utilized as a cafeteria), a small gym, a main office, and one set of restrooms. The total size of the building is right around 12,000 square feet. The layout of the building is incredibly simple; one long hallway with four classrooms on each side, and a second, much shorter hallway branching off at one end of the longer hallway, to make an ‘L’ shape, that contained the gymnasium and main office on either side.
The school was originally constructed in 1895 as a one-room schoolhouse and obviously had no fire alarm system (or electricity…). In 1942, the small 15-pupil schoolhouse merged with two other nearby schoolhouses to become the Prairie Grove Unified School District, with around 60 students of all ages. Because of this, a new school was built in a field next to the original schoolhouse. This new school had four classrooms, a front office, a small gym, indoor restrooms, and ELECTRICITY! Once again, no fire alarm system, which was about to become an issue.
In 1970, the Prairie Grove Unified School burned down, leaving 63 students with no school. For two school years, Prairie Grove merged with a school district 40 miles away that had the capacity for them, but locals wanted a K-12 school in Prairie Grove once again, so money was raised to build a new school (see top for description).
The Prairie Grove Community School was completed in 1972, opening it’s doors to nearly 80 students. This school, unlike the previous two, actually did have a fire alarm system. The main panel was a Simplex 4208, with exactly three Simplex 4040 horns (one at each end of the long hallway, and one in the gymnasium). There were also four Simplex “chevron” pull stations, three of which were located directly below their respective horn and one that was located in the main office. There were no smoke or heat detectors.

In 1996, the chevron in the gymnasium was smashed. It was replaced with a Simplex 2099, and a stopper was installed over it.

Just the next school year, in 1997, the 4208 panel died. It was not replaced, and the school had no functioning fire alarm system…

…until 2003, when a NOS Simplex 4002 was installed. Everything else remained the same.
Less than a year after that 4002 was installed, the school finally realized, citing concerns with wiring and various electrical and plumbing issues (not to mention asbestos), that it was time to renovate. For the entire spring of the 2004-2005 school year, the students were all shifted to a nearby district so the school could be gutted.

The renovated Prairie Grove Community School opened in late 2005. Every classroom had a System Sensor PC24 horn/strobe installed. The hallway received three of these as well. The office and restrooms each received a SC24 strobe. The gymnasium wasn’t really remodeled, and in fact one of the only changes within the gym was the installation of a P1224 horn/strobe on top of the existing Simplex 4040. All pull stations (still in original locations) were replaced with Fire-Lite BG-12L’s. The panel was upgraded to a Fire-Lite MS-5UD. Still no smoke or heat detectors. I should also mention that stopper covers were added to every pull station.

The final two changes both occurred in 2016, one of which was adding a System Sensor P2RK to the exterior of the building; the other of which was replacing a broken SC24 strobe in one of the restrooms with a System Sensor SC2W strobe.

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The Apex Middle School is a school that consists of 7 buildings. Building A is the administration building which has 6th grade classes on the second floor. Building B is the main building. Building H is the Fine Arts building. Building M is the media center. Building G is the gymnasium. Building L is the cafeteria. Building C is the auditorium. Here is how the system is set up.

[quote] All 7 buildings except the auditorium which was built at a different time and all big rooms not mentioned have Faraday 5506 horn/strobes.

The computer lab (Building B), testing classroom (The basement of Building B which is only accessible from the outside) and the auditorium (Building C) all have Federal Signal 450Ds with a VALS strobes on all of them.

The AIG resource classroom (Building B) has a Faraday 5640 horn on a Faraday 5415 light plate that blinks in code-3.

The art room (Building H) has a Siemens U-HNH horn/strobe.

The orchestra classroom (Building H) has a Wheelock MT4 horn/strobe set to code-3 horn.

Finally the material productions shop (Building B) and the guided study room (Building A) have Siemens ZNS horn/strobes set to code-3.
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Flansburg Middle School (grades 6-8) had finished building for students to come in 1989, though there was more to add for the school itself. The layout of the school were four different interconnected squares that each housed 12 classrooms, making the entire amount of classrooms 48. These squares were fairly medium sized, and each one had certain classes to go along with them. The top left is Square A, which housed History/Social Studies classes. The top right is Square B. where Science classes could be found. Square C on the bottom right, for the English classes. The bottom left is Square D for the mathematics classes. The school also had a large rectangular gym that was right of Squares B and C, an art room by Square A, a music room below Square D, and a cafeteria is beside Square B. The main office was between Square D and A, which had three different offices and a nurse room. Bathrooms were located on four corners of the building (Girls bathroom by A & C, Boys bathroom by B & D. Emergency exits are by the four bathrooms.

The school could possibly hold about 1000 students by multiplying an average amount of students in a classroom (about 20) by the amount of classrooms (48) However their first year got them about 50 students, so most of the classrooms were left empty.

Here’s a small sketch of the building layout for people who don’t want to read all that :lol: (not drawn to scale)

Anyways, the school was planning to get multiple things for their buildings, but not only did they not have many rooms, they didn’t have any sort of fire alarm system for a while year. That all changed when they finally got a Silent Knight SK-4224 system the next year b[/b]. It was installed within the front office, with an annunciator by the front door. The school installed Federal Signal 450D + VALS horn/strobes: one in the middle of the squares, one by the exterior entrances of the dance room, art room, and the cafeteria, one in the cafeteria, and two in each side of the gym. There were no smoke detectors, and pulls were SD500-PS under each alarm except for the gym alarms, where it was put by the door.

In 1994, during a basketball tournament, someone hit one of the 450D+VALS alarms with a basketball. It was removed entirely and the other alarm along with the pull station received metal bars protecting them.

Over the summer of 1996, the school built up a stage at the right side of the gym (portrayed by the map) a large new theatre/music room was built behind the stage. Because of this, both exits by Squares B & C were replaced by hallways that lead to the room. Both new hallways were given Faraday 6226 horn/strobes. The new theatre/music room also was given a Faraday 6226 horn/strobe and a Silent Knight PS-DATK pull. Since the old room was redundant, the school transformed it into a computer room and gave this room a 6226 horn/strobe too.

In 1997, the school renovated their art room for more supplies, and extended the room so it would be more of a duel classroom, (not that they already had two doors going into the classroom anyway). The art room was given two Faraday 6226 horn/strobes on each side.

In the the same year, when the school conducted the first fire drill, they had realized they broke one of the wires while renovating the art room, leaving both Faraday 6226s, the 450D+VALS’ outside of the art room, the lunch room, the three 6226s with the new renovation, and the pulls corresponding to all those alarms dead. They had to do more work over the summer again…

Finally in 1998 The school redid the wiring. They got rid of all the Federal Signal alarms except for the one by the computer room, and each 6226 except for the ones in the computer room and art room. They installed Faraday 6234 horn/strobes in each hallway segment, two 6234s in the gym with protective bars, one in the cafeteria, and one by the front door outside of the main office. The school also installed Faraday 2700s in each classroom, each bathroom, each office (including the main office) and the nurse office. Pulls are Silent Knight BG-12 Single Action

Around 2006, the school started getting more students than they could hold, so they set up portables outside, which had System Sensor SpectrAlert Classics and BG-12L pulls.

In 2008, the school finished off a small extension below Square C, which had a long U hallway that stretched from the middle of below C to the Theatre room. There were 22 freshly built classrooms on this long segment (Called Square E on school website). Square E got a small Notifier System with Wheelock Z-series horn strobes in the hallways and Z-series strobes in the classrooms and new bathrooms, pulls are NBG-12 Duel Action. The administration also worked on the cafeteria because complains that the smell was rotten and the food tasted like garbage were noticeable. The finished room had two Wheelock NS horn strobes on each side, with Wheelock RSS strobes in the kitchen. Smoke detectors are SD505-APS and the only pull in here is a Silent Knight BG-12 Duel Action.

The system is now as is.

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A.C. Reynolds Middle School has a full Simplex system and the alarms for the system are these and they are set up as thus.

[quote] All of the hallways in the school have Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobes

The In-School Suspension classroom has a Simplex 4903-9237 horn/strobe

The ESL classroom has a Simplex 2901-9838 horn on a Simplex 4903-9101 strobe plate

The Family and Consumer Sciences kitchen, Media Center and the Business classroom each have a Simplex 4051 horn on a Simplex 4050-80 light plate with white “FIRE” lettering

The art and chorus rooms each have a Simplex 4903-9252 horn/strobe

Finally the band room has a Simplex 2901-9833 horn on a 2903-9101 light plate
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Hudson Elementary School, originally built in 1958, originally had an Autocall SA Fire Alarm System. The signals were mostly Autocall 351-N Horns, except in the gym where they instaleld Autocall 121-S Horns. Pull stations are Autocall FNC, and there were a few heat sensors installed throughout the school. Signal coding was 4-4-4-4. The school bells are mostly Simplex 6 Inch Bells in the hallways and outside, along with Simplex 10-inch bells in the cafeteria, gym, and auditorium. Each bell, except the outdoor bells, was installed next to the fire alarm horns. The master clock panel is a Simplex model.

In 1972, a 351-N horn broke and was replaced with a Simplex 4050 with dual projectors.

In 1981, a new 8-Classroom addition was built. A Pyrotronics System 3 Panel was installed and tied into to the Autocall SA Panel, so that when one panel went into alarm the other panel would trip and vice versa. The main signals are Wheelock 7001T Horn/Strobes installed in the hallways and two larger rooms. Pull stations are Pyrotronics MS501s and there were ESL smokes installed throughout. Signal coding in the new wing was continuous. They also added Edwards 4 Inch Bells in the hallways, along with Dixie Buzzers in the classrooms and 10 inch Edwards bells outside in the new addition.

In 1985, an FNC malfunctioned and was replaced with a Simplex 4521-20.

In 1991, the Autocall SA panel was destroyed by a lightning strike. The panel was replaced with an Thorn/Autocall TFX-800. Everything else remained the same, but a few System Sensor 2400 smokes were installed throughout. Wheelock WST-24 strobes were installed in the restrooms, and the gym and auditorium.

In 1993, a 121-S in the gym was replaced with a Wheelock EH-DL-1 Horn.

In 1994, the school was renovated during the summer. The TFX-800 was modified to provide voice EVAC in the gym and auditorium. The signals in the original 1949 building were replaced with FOS 6226B-W-14-24-DC Horn/Strobes, along with FOS remote strobes in restrooms and elsewhere, with Wheelock E7025-WM Speaker/Strobes being installed in the gym and auditorium. Pull stations were replaced with Autocall 4050-001T. The smoke and heat detectors remained. Signal coding on the horn/strobes is continuous, whereas the speaker/strobes play a whoop tone. The clock, bell, and intercom systems were replaced during this time too. The exterior bells remained and the interior bell is a tone over the intercom system. The new master clock panel is Lathem. As for the 1981 addition, they put Wheelock MIZ Horns in the classrooms and restrooms. Everything else stayed the same.

In 1996, a CP MTL horn/strobe replaced a Wheelock 7001T Horn/Strobe that broke.

In 1998, a Chemitronics heat detector was found inoperative, and was replaced with an Edwards 280 heat detector.

In 2006, several broken MIZ Horns were found dead and were replaced with Wheelock ZNS horn/strobes.

In 2009, the Pyrotronics System 3 panel serving the 1981 wing failed and was replaced with an Silent Knight 5208XL. Also a Wheelock 10-Inch Bell replaced a Simplex bell outside that broke.

In 2013, the 1981 addition was remodeled. The new signals are Wheelock HSR horn/strobes and Wheelock STR strobes. Pull stations are Silent Knight rebranded BG-12s and smokes are System Sensor i3s.

In 2014-2015, a few FOS Horn/strobes were replaced with Wheelock HSRs. Also an Edwards 270-SPO replaced a broken Autocall 4050-001T.

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Hollyfield Elementary School was built in 1960. The layout looks like this

The first system installed in 1969, was a Simplex 4208, following only four alarms in the entire building at the time. Two Simplex 4037s- one high in the gym and another on the wall in the cafeteria, and two old Edwards 270-SPOs- one at the front door and the other in the kitchen. Class-change bells are Simplex 4090-6s- two in the Gym, one in the art room and cafeteria, and a couple far-spread out in the classroom hallways, specifically the 200 and 000 hallways. Surprisingly, this system survived… for like, almost three decades.

So in the last few months of 1996 during a good old Fire Drill, instead of the alarms going in continuous, they just, wouldn’t work. The Simplex bells tied in didn’t ring after the class periods ended. So over the summer of 1997 the system and all the alarms got replaced.

There was now a Notifier AFP-200, with Space Age Electronics VA-series devices. VA4 horn/strobes were installed three of them in the gym, one in the theatre room, two in the cafeteria, two in the art room (next to both hallway doors), one in the main office, two in each classroom hallway, with the only classrooms getting the horn/strobes being room 104/114- two health education classrooms, and room 201- the science lab room. The other classrooms, the bathrooms, the nurse office, and a couple offices in the main office room received VA3 strobes, though the installers mounted the VA3s in the bathrooms on the ceiling for some reason. Smoke detectors are System Sensor 2400s and pulls are NBG-10.

In 2014 though, the alarm got tripped in the Gym by a basketball hitting a BG-10, then in the same time hitting a VA-4 strobe. The gym now has four Wheelock ceiling mounted Exceeders with protection bars, and the BG-10s have bars over them too, with the one damaged replaced by a NBG-12.

The system remains

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Kromrey Middle School has a fire alarm system that is set up like this.

[quote] All the hallways and other areas not mentioned have Simplex 2901-9838 horns on Simplex 4903-9101 strobe plates.

The Family and Consumer Education classroom has a Simplex 4903-9219 horn/strobe.

The Drafting Computer Lab, Orchestra classroom and Youth Center have a Wheelock 34 on a Space Age Electronics AV34 strobe plate.

The the larger second floor library and the OT/PT room have a Space Age Electronics VA4 horn/strobe.

The new gymnasium that was built and the administrative hallways have SpectrAlert Advance horn/strobes.
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Here’s a mall system, harder stunt because multiple stores could have multiple systems but here I go anyways, ugh.

Willowfield Mall was built in 1987 and has a layout that looks like this as of the present day. (not to scale obviously)

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The original system for the mall is an 80s Edwards system, with Edwards 895B-001 horn/strobes mounted in the walkways, but no alarms were in the small stores themselves. At the food court in the middle, there were 5 895B-001s. Pulls were old Edwards 270-SPO underneath each alarm, no matter how high the NA was mounted. There were only three anchors at this time, a Macy’s, a JCPenney (where the Best Buy would be), and a Sears (where the Target would be). Only the Sears had a system which was an old Pyrotronics System 3, with only two Simplex 2903-9101 strobe plates carrying 2901-9833 horns, one at the front of the store and the other near the back. There was one pull station by the exit door, a Pyrotronics MS-51.

In 1990, the two other anchors, Macy’s and JCPenney finally got Fire Alarm systems too, They were the same system tied in, a Simplex 4120. Alarms were similar to the Sears NAs, Simplex 2901-9845 horns on 2901-9101 strobe plates, though these were a bit more common to spot. Pulls are Simplex 2099-9795.

When the Fire alarm System in the mall went off in 1995, various Edwards 895B-001s were noticeably either stuck or not going off at all, so a bunch of them got replaced by Edwards Integrities. Integrities were also installed in larger stores inside the mall.

In 2002, the food court got a revamp, so the two Integrities and three 895B-001s were replaced by Classic SpectrAlerts. Pulls were newer 270-SPOs.

The next year, a brand new Century Theatre was built on the top of the mall, so two walkways lead up to the theatre inside the mall, getting SpectrAlerts and 270-SPOs. The actual theatre received a Simplex 4100U system, with Simplex 4903-9150 speaker/strobes. There are also a couple 4902-9703 speakers in places like the theatre rooms and where a strobe isn’t required. Pulls are Simplex 4099-9001, and smoke detectors are older TrueAlarms.

Finally, in 2007 the Mall system finally received a revamp. There is now a Simplex 4100U in the mall just like the Theatre. All the 895B-001s, Integrities, SpectrAlerts, and 270-SPOs were replaced by white Simplex TrueAlert speaker/strobes. The larger stores got Speaker/Strobes and the really small stores got Speakers. Bathrooms finally got an alarm after all the years, and they were strobes. Smoke detectors are Simplex TrueAlarm and Pulls are 4099-9003 behind Stopper IIs. Also, a building was finally constructed on the top-right, so the JCPenney moved there. The new location has a Notifier NFS-320 system, with the just released white SpectrAlert Advanced ceiling mounted horn/strobes. Pulls are NBG-12. The old location remains vacant…

-until 2010, where a Best Buy takes the plot. The Simplex 4120 gets cut from the Best Buy, which gets- as well- a Notifier NFS-320 system, with Wheelock Exceeder wall and ceiling horn/strobes. Pulls are NBG-12.

The same year, a Great Clips is added to the center of the mall, which has one TrueAlert horn/strobe and a 4099-9003.

In 2017, the Sears transforms into a Target. Because the layout is nearly the same there was only partial renovation. The new system is a Fire-Lite MS-9050UD, with white System Sensor L-series ceiling horn/strobes. The 2903-9101 with 2901-9833 on the back is still there but cut off from the system. Pulls are Fire-Lite BG-12LXs.

The system remains.

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Forget about making malls then, I need you to make me schools. Most of the time I just pull schools from the internet that have interesting floor plans because I’m not creative enough anymore to make up my own or draw them. That is how I pick each school.

Anyway the next school I ripped off the internet to make up a system for is John C. Fremont High School which has a system that is set up like this.

[quote] All hallways in the main building and other places not mentioned have first generation Gentex SHG horn/strobes

The Title I Computer Lab has a Simplex 2901-9806 on a 2903 light plate that just lights up

Over in the gymnasium building, the alarms there are Edwards 892-2B horn/strobes

The Bilingual Computer Lab, C-Building and College Center all have Federal Signal 450D horns with VALS strobes attached

The Agricultural Shop (which is in a portable), B-Building and Library all have Gentex GOS horn/strobes set to 2400 Hz Temporal

Finally, all portables and the auditorium have Gentex Commander 1 horn/strobes
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Just an addendum to my previous system, Kromley High School also has a Simplex 2901-9833 on a 2903 strobe plate in the Orchestra classroom instead of the Wheelock 34 on the Space Age Electronics AV34 strobe plate.

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Schools are a lot easier because you can understand all of the locations, agreed. Well here is one right now, and it is one big boi.

St. Patricia D. Maryanne Middle School was built in 1906, and it is shaped like an M. There was obviously no system at this time, plus the school was also private.

Though in 1931, they had received a Gamewell Pull Rod alarm system. A Gamewell Bell and Rod pair were installed at the two top points mirrored in the school. It was loud enough to get everyone’s attention, thankfully. A Gamwell bell was also installed high within the school gym, but no rod.

In 1952, the school finally added onto itself, as there was not many opportunities for the students at all. The school built a smaller gymnasium beside the larger one, a music room, four science lab rooms (one being double sized for bigger classes), two art classrooms, and 20 more classrooms. The school went public and installed a vintage Gamewell FlexAlarm system, with old Faraday flush-mounted horns that look like this. Imgur: The magic of the Internet
These were installed where the three old bells used to reside, the smaller gym, and the middle of the hallway for the new science-lab rooms and extended classrooms. Pull stations were the large house-looking Gamewell Vitaguards, each underneath the four horns in the hallways.

In 1974, the horn in the big gym wouldn’t sound. The mechanism inside the grille was replaced by the Faraday version of the Simplex 4050.

In 1982, the school was deadly due for a new fire alarm system. The new panel was a Simplex 2100 system, with Simplex 2901-9806 horns taking over the old faraday horns (except the 4050 in the gym). The installer did not trash the old grilles, and mounted the horns inside those grilles. The new mounts were mounted normally and there were a lot more horns in the hallways. They installed a second horn in the large gym, a horn in the music room, in the cafeteria, and in the largest science lab of the four. 2904-9102s (ceiling mounted versions of the strobe part for the 2903-series), were installed above every 9806, with the strobes in the big gym, small gym, cafeteria, and band room being installed incorrectly on the wall, vertically. Strobes were also installed in the art and other science rooms, as they occupy no horn. Regular classrooms, bathrooms, and the main office remained un-N/A’d. Pulls were Simplex 4251-20s that replaced all the giant Gamewell Vitaguards, with a few more occupying newer surface horns.

After complaints from teachers saying they can’t see when the alarm is going off, during the summer of 1993 Simplex installed 4904-9101s in the classrooms, bathrooms, and a 4903-9101 w/ 4901-9805 horn in the front office (all other offices received strobes though.)

Huge renovations occurred in the summer of 2006 where the entirety of the cafeteria, the large gym (just repainted so no N/A changes sorry), and the band room were completely redone, with a small auditorium being built next to the small gym. Not only that, but a 10-classroom expansion was built on the other side of the “M” from the science/art/other classrooms. Now what were the new alarms?

[quote] The cafeteria got a brand new look (think like what a stereotypical starbucks might look like), with some walls knocked down, one of them holding a 9806 and two 9102s. The new alarms are white Simplex TrueAlert horn/strobes on both opposite walls, with a ceiling white TrueAlert strobe in the middle of the cafeteria. (The kitchen just got one TrueAlert horn/strobe because no N/As were in it originally). 4099-9003 pulls were put under the wall TrueAlerts. Smokes are TrueAlarm. 
    The Band room was also repainted, but one horn and strobe beside the entrance door wasn't enough, so white TrueAlerts were once again installed. A strobe was mounted right by that door, following a horn/strobe on the back where the seats were for students. Another horn/strobe was mounted by the small "stage" where the podium would stand. The pull was under the strobe by the door, and yes it was a 4099-9003. One TrueAlarm was put in the middle of the room on the ceiling.

    The 10 classrooms didn't really have much, it was just white TrueAlert Strobes mounted by the doors.

    Now the Auditorium was where the fire alarms started getting good. It got it's own small 4100U system, with two white TrueAlert speaker/strobes each mounted on both the left and right walls. The back wall with the far-row seats got a white TrueAlert Speaker, same with both entrance doors. The stage itself received a speaker/strobe by it's exit door, with two ceiling TrueAlert strobes on the stage ceiling, which you cannot see if you're sitting in the chairs. Pulls were all 4099-9003s under each speaker and speaker/strobe, and four TrueAlarms were mounted on the ceiling above the chairs. The large storage/acting room that held any props or costumes connected to the stage received TrueAlert speaker/strobes and -9003 pull stations connected to the 4100U, with an additional ceiling strobe in the middle.

All TrueAlerts are on continuous/un-synced and the voice-evac system does the slow whoop + message/synced.
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The next year, in 2007, the school removed any pre-2000s fire alarm parts (including faraday grilles, which were patched up) and extended the 4100U system to help sync newer alarms. These alarms were the white Simplex TrueAlerts once again. Hallways & Art/Science Lab classrooms received TrueAlert horn/strobes, with the large science classroom getting a ceiling strobe in the back. Classrooms and bathrooms got TrueAlert strobes by the doors, with few classrooms still holding unplugged 2904-9102 strobes on the ceiling.
Both Gyms got the Voice Evac system tied in, receiving speaker/strobes, 4099-9001 pulls, and TrueAlarms on the ceiling. All of them have protective bars.

Every TrueAlert is now code-3.

In 2015, the kitchen did get remodeled due to the old smelly design. The alarms in there are now two Gentex Commander 4 horn strobes.

In the 2016-2017 winter break, the art rooms and science labs got remodeled to have more stuff, they each got one Wheelock Exceeder horn/strobe.

In the 2017-2018 winter break, Wheelock ASWP horn/strobes got installed outside, one by the front door, the other at the back.

The system remains.

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[quote] In the 2016-2017 winter break, the art rooms and science labs got remodeled to have more stuff, they each got one Wheelock Exceeder horn/strobe.

In the 2017-2018 winter break, Wheelock ASWP horn/strobes got installed outside, one by the front door, the other at the back.

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In this fictitious world of yours, is the school moving away from Simplex equipment? Or just have a thing for Wheelock?

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An AC horn on a DC system?

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Well, they could use transformers.

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Blanco High School was founded in 1945.

The system was an Edwards 24 VAC system set to continuous. The halls had Edwards 311-F horns. The pulls were Edwards 270-SPO.

In 1954, an Edwards 384 horn was added into a renovated building.

In 1955, the panel suffered an electrical shock during summer break and they decided to replace it with a Faraday panel.

In 1958, a few of the horns died and were replaced with Sperti-Faraday 129-U (Flush mount version of the 121-U) and in the cafeteria, two 121-U’s replaced two Edwards horns that also died.

In 1965, one of the replacement horn dies(121-U in the cafeteria). It was replaced with a IBM 4037.

In 1966, one of the 129-U horns died and was replaced with Simplex 4040 horn.

In 1968, one of the Edwards 311 horns died and is replaced with Simplex 4050.

In 1986, a 2901-9553 is added to the gym.

In 1995, the Faraday panel finally dies and they sell the horns and pulls to try to make money for a new system. Once they do, they switch to Wheelock and install a Fire Lite panel. The signals are MT-24-LSM, and the cafeteria have three vertical Wheelock AS horn strobes for maximum noticeability.

In 1998, they renovate the auditorium and add a ceiling mount red Wheelock NS.

In 2007, they add a Wheelock ZNS in the auditorium.

In 2008, they add newer Wheelock MT’s for weatherproof signaling.

In 2009, half of the MT’s had a bad strobe and were replaced with SpectrAlert Advances.

In 2016, they had severe financial struggles, plus the Fire-Lite panel cannot go into alarm anymore, so another fire alarm sale was hosted.

In 2017, when they finally had money again, they renovate the whole school. The system is Notifier, with System Sensor L-Series Speaker strobes. Some of the NA’s needed to be returned to System Sensor because of aesthetic and operational issues, and new ones did come.

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More than a transformer is needed to run AC from DC. I would say it was be inoperable. Too much of a hassle to power 1 AC hon on an all DC system in my opinion.

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Kate Sullivan Elementary School, which has 4 classroom buildings (and one that is for flammable storage) has a system that is designed like this.

[quote] Most of the hallways in the main building of the school have Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 light plates that blink in march time

Building 2, two hallways in the main building that were damaged by fire and rebuilt, one above the other and the main entrance all have Space Age Electronic 2DCD horns on AV32 light plates that blink in march time

The cafeteria which is in the basement of the school and all other rooms associated with it has Honeywell SC807A1029 horn/strobes

The A/V classroom and Administration Hallway both have Simplex 2903+2901-9838 horn/strobes

Building 3 and Building 4 have Simplex TrueAlerts

Finally the ESL classroom and the music classroom (which is also the gymnasium as the school alternates between the two itinerants) have National Time and Company C3 horn/strones set to code-3 chime
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I based it off of how my school’s newest alarms have been less Simplex TrueAlerts and more Wheelock Exceeders for some reason.

I’m not extremely well read on older alarms, so that was a mistake.

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Funny you mention that, in the gym expansion at my school there are Simplex TrueAlert speaker strobes in the elevated track area but then down on the main gym floor they have Wheelock E70 speaker strobes. I really don’t understand it since I’m pretty sure they had the 4100U that they have now when they made the addition, which is voice evac capable since the rest of the TrueAlert speaker strobes in the building sound with just a code-3 beep. The funny part is there’s no actual voice coming through though.

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Hudson High School has a rather interesting system that is set up with these alarms.

[quote] Hallways and other areas not mentioned in the school have Faraday 5940 horns on Faraday 5415* light plates that blink in march time

Over in the West Gymnasium, Adaptive Physical Therapy room and the Fitness Lab, the alarms are Fire Lite STH-71-24 horn/strobes

The Automotive Shop, Emotional Behavior Classroom, Wood Shop and Ceramics Lab all have Space Age Electronics 2DCD horns on Space Age Electronics AV32 light plates that blink

Next there is the Family and Consumer Education Kitchen and Library which both have Siemens U-HNH horn/strobes

Courtyard 1, Courtyard 2, Courtyard 3, Greenhouse and Chorus room have Simplex GX-90 horn/strobes

Finally, Courtyard 4 has a Wheelock Exceeder

*The name that I have christened the unknown Faraday light plate because we probably won’t ever get a model number for it
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Don’t feel bad. I’m the kind of person to point stuff like that out.