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Fire Alarms
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The Herbert W. Ladd has a set up that’s like this:

  1. Simplex 2903+2901-9806s in most areas

  2. CP MTL alarms in the bathrooms and most large classrooms

  3. Wheelock 7002 alarms in the gymnasium, cafeteria, computer rooms, assistant principals office and enrichment rooms

  4. Wheelock NS alarms in the pool area, tech ed lab, agriculture, g.c. office and custodial office

  5. A “newer” hallway that came out when Wheelock 7002Ts were new, has all 7002T alarms including in the bathrooms

  6. Simplex TrueAlerts in the Science Lab, Music Room, Library Work Room, Resource Rooms and the Upstairs Office

  7. Edwards EST alarms in the Math Resource Room, Writing Center, Teacher’s Lounge, Inhouse Suspension and Drama Center

  8. Simplex 9219s in the drama center, TV Studio areas, Radio Station, Counseling Office and Meeting Hall

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OK, even better!

A Dunkin Donuts has these:

  1. EST3 Alarm Panel and Voice Panel

  2. EST Genesis Horn/Strobes set to code-3

  3. Addressable SIGA-278 Pulls with Stopper IIs over them

Now something pretty weird…

  1. EST Genesis Speaker/Strobes in the bathrooms with this message:

Now on to a high school.

“A” side of the building.

  1. Edwards system.

  2. Edwards 270-SPO pulls.

  3. Edwards 892-1B’s.

“B” side of the building

  1. Wheelock MT-24-LSM’s set to Continuous Horn.

  2. One Wheelock MT horn-only unit (same audio setting) on a Wheelock LSPM-24-VFR plate.

  3. same pulls.

  4. Weatherproof MT set to Continuous Horn.

Lexington Community Center has:

  1. Edwards System.

  2. Edwards 270-SPO pulls.

  3. Edwards 892-1B Horn/Strobes.

  4. Wheelock MT-24-LSM’s set to Slow Whoop.

  5. One Edwards Integrity Horn/Strobe set to code-3 along with an Edwards 278B-1110.

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The Robert P. Casey Sr. High School is set up like this:

  1. Simplex 4903-9219s are in most areas

  2. Edwards Integrities are set up so that they are in the bathrooms, cash rooms, study halls, green house and counselors office

  3. Edwards Mini-Horns in small classrooms, ESL room, gym locker rooms, business office and science labs

  4. SAE 2DCDs in the special populations office, spanish room, assessment center, guidance office and study hall

  5. BRK MA/SS-24s in the graphics room, electrical room. electronics room, food preparation room and computer lab

  6. Spectra Alerts near the stairwells, in the elevator room, enrichment room, principal’s office and nurses station

  7. EST Genesis’s in the library work room, tv station, radio station, teachers lounge and teachers room

  8. Simplex 4903-9422s in the music room, art room, science labs, lecture hall and band room

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Another school. Grover Cleveland Middle School.

  1. Simplex 4002 System (continuous)

  2. Simplex -9401s (4903 electromech, SmartSync, and 15 candela)

  3. Simplex -9756 pulls

  4. Simplex SmartSync remote strobes in bathrooms and small classrooms

That was before… The -9401s went bad

Here are the changes

  1. The Simplex 4002 was replaced with a Simplex 4005 to be up to date (same coding, then decided to change the coding to code-3 in 2005)

  2. The -9401s have been replaced with -9422s.

Toledo Middle School is set up like this

  1. Simplex 4100 System (march time)

  2. Simplex -9754 pulls

  3. Simplex 4901-9805s on 4903-9501 plates

  4. Simplex 4904-9501 strobes in classrooms and bathrooms

  5. One Simplex -9805 on a 4903-9101 (strobe on top, 4.5 cd) in a technology room

  6. One Simplex -9838 on a 4903-9101 (strobe on top, 4.5 cd) found in some of the science classrooms.

  7. One 2901-9806 in the basement along with a 4251-20 T-bar.

Well, the -9805s (except for the one on the 4.5 candela strobe plate) started to go bad, but the strobe plates were fine, so they were replaced with 4901-9822’s.

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I’m just sticking to making High Schools. That would be easier for me. The Frederic T. Greenhalge High School.

  1. Simplex 2903-2901-9806s in most areas on continuous horn

  2. Siemens U-MMTs in the portables, itinerant rooms, band areas, physical education center & in-house suspension center on continuous horns

  3. Simplex TrueAlerts in the gym locker rooms, bathrooms, vocational areas, TV studio and radio stations on continuous horns

  4. Wheelock MT horns in the enrichment room, chorus room, lecture hall, auditorium and physics center on continuous horns

  5. MA/SS horns in the library, storage area, kitchen storage, ESL Rooms and OT/PT Rooms set to continuous

  6. Gentex Commander 3s in the stairwells, resource room, guidance suite, psychologist suite and small classrooms set to code-3

  7. Spectra Alert Advanced outside near entrances, business room, music studio, health office and literacy room set to code-3

  8. Mircom 200-Select-A-Horn-Strobes in the conference room, teacher’s room, faculty dining room, small offices and computer rooms set to continuous

Panel: 4004
Pulls: Simplex 2099-9756s
Smokes: Simplex 4001

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What is the panel, and what are the pull stations and smokes (if any)?

88

An elementary school built in 1990 consists of Simplex 4251-20 T-bars, a 4001 (it’s a very small school) 4901 remote horns on 4904-9105 plates and 4904-9501 strobes and the panel is set to march time.

In 1996 when codes got changed, 4904-9501 remote strobes were put in bathrooms, classrooms and offices.

A new milennium brought a new addition! Panel got replaced with a 4005, and the new wing has the brand-new TrueAlert style horn/strobes and remote strobes with the panel on march time because the kids are more familiar with it.

2007 came with another addition. They chose Siemens to install the new addition’s system. They kept the 4005, but they put in a System 3 next to it. They installed new Siemens T-Handles because of how similar to Simplex T-bars they are, and they installed U-MMT’s set to Hi-Lo but the panel is on march time so they do only the “high” tone.

Later in 2007 they decided another mini addition should be put in. In there they put U-HNH’s (for lack of U-MMT’s) and Chevrons (for lack of T-handles).

Now it’s what’s there now!

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That’s what I figured when setting an MT to Hi-Lo and the panel coded to march time.

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The Sarah L. Palin High School is set up like this.

  1. Simplex 4904-9501+2901+9838 in most of the areas

  2. Space Age Electronics 2DCD+V33 Flasher in the art room, psychologist, ESL room, spanish room & inhouse center

  3. Simplex 4903-9219s in smaller classrooms, auditorium, custodial room, assessment center & business office

  4. Edwards 892s in the carpentry room, health room, technical drawing room, home ec. room and library

  5. Spectra Alerts in the smaller classrooms, dining room, resource center, reading room and music room

  6. Wheelock AS in the poolroom, bathrooms, computer room, science labs and small offices

  7. Wheelock MTs at the end of stairwells, OT room, enrichment room, teacher’s room and library

  8. Simplex 4903-9327s in large classrooms, mobile classrooms, lecture hall, drama center and the writing center

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Another good one for a school…

This is another high school

  1. Cerberus Pyrotronics Lift & Pull T-Bars

  2. Gentex Commander3’s (all white) set to continuous mechanical in the halls and fast whoop in the classrooms.

  3. Simplex 2901-9333 bells in the cafeteria.

However, the -9333 bells went bad in 2001 so they replaced the -9333 bells with Wheelock MT’s set to bell.

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An Elementary School. Lewis E. Parsons elementary school:

The alarm system is set up so it has Standard 4-350 horns with the I-Strobe strobe plate, Simplex 9219s, SpectrAlert Advances, Simplex GX-90S-4s, Wheelock MTs, Simplex TrueAlerts, Wheelock EHS-DL1s and Siemens U-MMTs

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A hotel. The hotel name is the Embassy Suites.

  1. Simplex 2903+2901-9806’s.

  2. A mixture of Simplex 4251-20’s and 4251-30’s.

  3. Simplex 2001 to produce 90 BPM

Well, the -9806’s went bad (the 2903s worked fine) in 1991 so they replaced them with -9846s. The 2001 was replaced for a 4002 due to problems. The 4002 is set to march time (120 BPM).

Well, sadly, the 2903 light plates, the -9846s, and all the 4251s went bad in 2003. The 2903+2901-9846s were replaced with Wheelock NS’s (set to code 3), the 4002 was replaced with a Simplex 4100, all 4251s were replaced with 4099-9003 dual-action pulls, Wheelock RSS’s were added in the bathrooms near the lobby, Wheelock MIZ’s (the newer ones, code-3) were added in all the hotel rooms.

A new high school.

  1. Simplex 4050s

  2. Simplex 4251-20 pulls

  3. An old Simplex panel (I don’t know a lot about old Simplex panels; the coding is set to continuous)

The 4050s and the pulls went bad. Here are the changes:

  1. The 4050s were replaced with Edwards 892-1B’s.

  2. The 4251s were replaced with Edwards 270-SPO’s.

  3. The old Simplex panel was replaced with an Edwards 1212B panel.

Unfortunately, once again, the alarms and pulls went bad
Here are the changes:

  1. The 892’s were replaced with EST Genesis’s.

  2. The 270-SPO’s were replaced with EST SIGA-278 pulls.

  3. The Edwards 1212B panel was replaced with an EST3 panel.

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A factory has these alarms.

  1. Simplex 4251-20 pulls.

  2. Mixtures of Simplex 2903+2901-9806’s and Wheelock 34T-24+WS-24’s.

  3. Simplex 4002 that replaced a 2001.

Another factory.

  1. Simplex 4251-20’s.

  2. Simplex 2001 system.

  3. Simplex 4051+4050-85’s.

The 4050-85 light plates went bad in 1987 but the 4051’s were fine so here are the changes:

  1. The 4050-85 light plates were replaced by 2903 incans.

  2. The 2001 was replaced by a 4002.

The 4051’s, the 2903’s, the 4251’s all went bad in 2000 so here are the changes:

  1. The 2903+4051’s were replaced by Wheelock MT’s set to Continuous Horn.

  2. The 4251’s were replaced by Simplex -9754 pulls.

  3. The 4002 was replaced by a 4005 in 2003.

Another conventional center.

  1. Wheelock 7002T’s.

  2. Fire-Lite BG-10’s.

  3. One Wheelock 7002.

Some of the 7002T’s broke in 1999 and got replaced by Wheelock MT’s set to High Volume Code-3 Horn. The 7002 was replaced by a SpectrAlert Advanced (Med Code-3) in early 2007. The BG-10’s were still intact except for one (which was aligned with the 7002) that got replaced by a Fire-Lite BG-12L .

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A Junior High School. The Anthony Colby Junior High School.

A unique mix of these 8 alarms. They are:

  1. Simplex 4903-9238s

  2. Gentex GMSs

  3. Edwards 892-2Bs

  4. Simplex GX-90 mini-horns

  5. Wheelock NSs

  6. SpectrAlerts

  7. Commander 3s

  8. Gentex SHGs

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OK, Bad news. On Christmas Day (they are usually closed on Christmas Day for a round of 7 years [this is their 6th in their 4th round] and open for a round of 2 years), they are going to replace ALL the 7002T’s with Cooper Wheelock AS’s set to High Volume code-3 and on 75 candela, and the 7002T in the entrance will be replaced with a Wheelock MT-24-MCW-FR set to High Volume Code-3 tone, and the BG-10’s are still in good condition.

So with that out of the way, on to a middle school that’s sort of like mine.

This is on a 100% Edwards system.

  1. Edwards 892-1B’s in the hallways and in the gym and Edwards 892-2B’s in the bigger classroom.

  2. Edwards 276B-1120 pulls that replaced Edwards 270-SPO’s.

  3. Edwards Integrities set to continuous that replaced some broken 892s

  4. Edwards Integrity set to code-3 in each of the boys and girls locker rooms.

  5. Edwards 892-7A-HSR’s (piezoelectric horn/strobes) in small classrooms.

  6. Edwards 792-7A-006’s in the cafetorium.

  7. Edwards 802-2B-001 strobes in the downstairs bathrooms.

  8. Edwards 202-8A-T strobes in the upstairs bathrooms.

  9. EST Genesis Horn/Strobes (with the fire lettering, code-3, synchronized) in a new wing and SIGA-278 pulls.

  10. EST Genesis Strobes (with the fire lettering and synchronized) in the classrooms and bathrooms in the new wing.

  11. EST3 Panel that replaced an Edwards 1212B Panel.

  12. Weatherproof Integrity set to Continuous.

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The John Adams Elementary School is set up like this:

  1. Wheelock MT’s (set to high volume continuous horn) in the front of the building, near the exits, in the gymnasium, and the locker rooms.

  2. Silent Knight 5208 system.

  3. Notifier NBG-10L’s.

  4. Wheelock NS’s (code-3) mainly through the building (big classrooms and hallways).

  5. Wheelock AS’s (code-3) in all the administration offices.

  6. Wheelock RSS’s in small classrooms and bathrooms.

  7. Gentex SHG’s (continuous) in the cafeteria.

  8. A weatherproof MT (code-3 tone) placed outside.

NOTE: All the AS’s, NS’s, and RSS’s are synchronized and they are set to 75cd.

A Holiday Inn.

  1. Simplex 4002 System (March Time).

  2. A mix of Simplex -9754’s and 2099 Break Glass T-Bars.

  3. Simplex 4903-9501+2901-9838’s (strobe’s are 100cd).

  4. Simplex 4903-9215’s.

  5. Simplex 4904-9501 strobes in all the hotel rooms and in the bathrooms located near the lobby.

  6. Simplex 4903-9101+2901-9838’s on the 4th floor (penthouse) (strobe on top, 100cd)

A Holiday Inn Express has these alarms.

  1. Notifier system.

  2. Notifier NBG-10LX’s.

  3. Wheelock MT-24-LSM’s set to slow whoop.

  4. Wheelock LSM’s in the bathrooms near the lobby.

  5. Wheelock MIZ-24-LSM’s in all the hotel rooms.

  6. A Wheelock MT-24-WM in the pool room (same audio setting as the rest of the MT’s)

  7. A weatherproof MT placed outside set to continuous horn.

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What happened to making stories of the “evolution” of a system like I do?

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An elementary school built in 1980 had 7002T’s in the hallways and in the Cafeteria, and gym. They upgraded in 1998 to a Simplex 4010 Addressible Panel. They installed 4903-9422’s set to continuous in the Hallways and classrooms, they put 4903 Strobes in the bathrooms. 2 of the fire alarms in the hallways become defective and they were replaced with Gentex Commander 3’s set to Mech C3.

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Sometimes I do that, and sometimes I don’t. Scroll up. I posted some with making stories of the “evolution” of a system.

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Another Holiday Inn.

When it was originally built, they had Simplex 2901-9806’s (by themselves) and 4251-20’s on a 2001 system.

Then all the 9806’s (except five) got replaced with 9219’s, all the 4251’s got replaced with -9754’s, and the 2001 got replaced with a 4002 (march time) in the mid 1990’s.

Then they replaced the 9219’s with 9236’s in 1998 and the panel was replaced with a 4005 to produce code-3.

In 2004, four of the 9806’s were replaced with TrueAlerts, TrueAlert strobes were added in the lavatories near the lobby, Simplex rebranded Gentex GX90’s were added in the hotel rooms (they were taken down from another Simplex system which I’ll mention at a later time), and Simplex was nice enough to let Siemens finish the job. The last 9806 was replaced by a U-NH-MCS horn/strobe set to 15 candela