Us fire alarm enthusiasts have had it up to here with people throwing away good alarms that collectors could be getting, especially when they are vintage and/or rare.
For this, I am now forming a new “alphabet group” called TAFATP, for the Anti-Fire Alarm Trashing Police: a group to help against people throwing fire alarms away, new or old, rare or common.
After I seen the fully-intact and still in service Simplex 2001-8001, I just had to.
Let me know who wants to be a part of this group.
I’m not sure I would include the word “police” in its name as that’s kinda iffy in the way of potentially being accused of trying to impersonate law enforcement, & I for one would also go for a much more professional-sounding name than that, but still, good idea: someone’s gotta do something to help put a stop to such a wasteful practice.
The only guy I know of would be SpockKirk-1701 (Glenn of Old School Fire Alarms). he attempted to get the system out of Cleveland’s St. Vincent Charity Hospital before it was imploded, unfortunately, he never got it because of a communication error between hospital administration and the abatement company. The system consisted of Autocall hardware from the 50s and 60s; the newer sections had Simplex hardware from the 70s and 80s. all that hardware has now most likely been scrapped as of now.
People do that with the word police, people would know the difference.
And this is why I created this group. We can’t even have a Firecom 8500 in our collection cause of these bad practices of throwing equipment away.
Well regardless he’s still one of the many people actually trying to do something in the way of saving these often-overlooked bits of history.
Well regardless: to me including the word “police” in the name makes it seem unprofessional, & if we want to be taken seriously by anyone we might do business with we have to be as professional as possible.
I understand what you’re trying to say. But I like the name. Can I please keep it?
I guess so: just don’t be surprised if someone laughs at it.
I won’t. Trust me I ain’t that sensitive.
Well I understand the concept, I think its kinda silly tho..
But nobody likes alarms getting thrown out.
Well i understand that but not everything can be saved
Not everything… But more than ever before.
Gonna throw in a quick alternate name suggestion here: Fire Alarm Preservationist & Enthusiast Society
Good suggestion, but I want to stick with the name I have for awhile. I might change the name later in the future.
Count Me in! I love saving things from scrap! Especially Rare and Vintage stuff! Nothing deserves to get Scrapped or tossed out!
Exactly! Welcome to my faction!
Not a terrible idea, so count me in.
Anything to save rare detectors from their demise
It’s not just detectors (& residential ones either for that matter): fire alarm control panels (FACPs), manual pull stations, waterflow & pressure switches, notification appliances, sprinkler & suppression system components, addressable modules, security system components, & surely many more types of devices, rare or common, are all at risk of being lost for good if nobody saves at least one example of each (though if you ask me it’d be more ideal to save as many as possible if not all that can be saved (even if of course that would very likely & quickly create a storage space problem, heh).
that should be an actual group! add the word “vintage” in front of it