Elementary/middle school fire alarm drill

[@All_ConsumingBandu]

I like how schools have bells like at my school over horns because horns for one are too scary and they are bad for my autism considering the fact that they give me heart attacks. So that's why I like bells better

[@Neptunesalad12]

Same but my school don't have bells

[@rt-beast_88kv]

@@Neptunesalad12same as i

[@ShadowL1th1]

As another on the spectrum, you couldn't have said it any better. My school had horns

[@joechiarappa6807]

I agree

[@All_ConsumingBandu]

@@joechiarappa6807 Besides Nic himself, who even likes horns?

[@boo62919]

All those bells remind me of being back home in BC Canada. Almost every building in Canada had bells for the fire alarm system.

[@firealarm421]

Great fire drill videos. The panel looks just like your panel

[@joeycaridi3030]

I remember that you had a fire drill video at this school where at the end you said: "Don't press my buttons!" But unfortunately the video is now removed

[@nics-systems-electric]

I don't recall removing it

[@joeycaridi3030]

@@nics-systems-electric I don't see it in your channel and since you didn't remove it you've must've put it on private viewing or KZbin themselves removed it over something

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@joeycaridi3030 not that I remember

[@GavenGaskill]

I just wired a specter alert classic to my garage pull station

[@achannelwithnopurpose1977]

These wheelock bells sound pretty bad. Almost like hitting a pan with a metal spoon. There’s just not optimal output carry in the bells.

[@nics-systems-electric]

Pretty much

[@aerhardt]

I don’t mind most Wheelock products, but their bells are terrible. I would never consider using them.

[@Dilsonalarmsandelectrics]

I agree

[@ryancrooks123]

4:37 Fire Alarm Replacement Needed

[@nics-systems-electric]

System does not need replacing

[@Bryson_aviation]

6:12 - Seeing the pride flags made me so happy because schools are supporting LGBTQ+ youth. (Im in Florida and teachers can't discuss LGBTQ+)

[@notifierfan6078]

sorry to say but imo i feel like lgbt is a bad thing because it means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and that really feels disgusting to make your self transgender and gay and lesbian really looks weird when you have 2 girls/women that like and are dating each other or with boys/men. and questioning people who arent heterosexual is too far and being heterosexual is really weird imo. i can imagine pain when your going through the trans proccess.

[@notifierfan6078]

and besides cutting your pee off or ur baj is really weird, disgusting, and painful af

[@jdtayloruk]

The kids should be in class as this teaches them how to evacuate in a real emergency later in life.

[@mikeross880]

Awesome system…crappy Wheelocks let’s face it, even modern horns today sound much better than those.

[@Aero-ko5ex]

i dont know why but In my local mall they have speaker strobes, bells, horn strobes in the same building same place beside each other at each fire alarm point

[@rusefoxghost]

Man, those Wheelock bells really are crap, they don't sound healthy at all lmao.

[@xxigilz]

playing gta online while this is playing isnt a good mix some people thought i was playing GTA in a middle of a fire drill 😭🙏

[@gradyvr1440]

And shi**y wheelock, 10 inch fire bells

[@lutinogamesofficial4347]

Great Video as always Nic! Best tech youtuber I've seen!!!

[@13kyky13]

Hey nic I got a question for ya, why do the wheel lock bells sound so dead and weird? Some of them almost sound like someone’s farting and burping in a temporal 3 coding. They sound good from a far. But up close, why is that? Hoe can that even be allowed?

[@nics-systems-electric]

They are just crappy bells the ones that sound good are ones that have been replaced

[@AllysonMartinez-uc5vq]

So that's why the horn at Mt my school are loud so everyone knows

[@The_FireAlarmGuy]

Oo two vids 🤩 Nice video and system 😊

[@ryancrooks123]

3:35 Fire Alarm Fail Items On The Cabinet Blocking The Fire Alarm

[@spykillergames8402]

maybe add a form of smaller bell in the classrooms im sure 10" isnt the only size of bells u can use

[@nics-systems-electric]

They just need to keep their class quieter when they're the only room in the school that's had an issue and it's been there for 16 years

[@ryancrooks123]

1:47 Fire Alarm Number 1 Needs Replaced

[@nics-systems-electric]

It's working

[@ryancrooks123]

7:13 Fire Alarm Replacement Needed

[@nics-systems-electric]

You don't replace a new system just because one device failed. That device was working just fine anyway.

[@ryancrooks123]

4:26 Fire Alarm Replacement Needed

[@nics-systems-electric]

System does not need replace

[@ryancrooks123]

1:45 Fire Alarm Replacement Needed

[@nics-systems-electric]

The system Does not need replaced

[@caposey]

I'd honestly rather have those bells than what is at my school, which is the Honeywell P2RK. Some of these bells seem to be a bit quieter than the P2RK. Edit: 7:08 bro fr said: PARKOUR!

[@ryancrooks123]

2:56 System Sensor Spectralert Classic Needs Replaced

[@nics-systems-electric]

Why?

[@bjthedjdutchdude1992]

It's a strobe only. It's in working order.

[@IanGSully]

Well, tomorrow is my last day of school before summer. Then I still have one more year left, unlike you where you will get to graduate this year. What will you miss most about High School?

[@wibwabz]

- in this video [ kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4iyaIZrnbqEha8 ], what does the "LNLNL" on the storage closet door mean? also, great video!

[@Trenten.Fieldstad]

Awesome Nic posted on my Birthday :)

[@nics-systems-electric]

Happy birthday!

[@gamerboy12970]

happy birthday

[@Trenten.Fieldstad]

@@nics-systems-electric thanks

[@Trenten.Fieldstad]

@@gamerboy12970 thanks

[@The_FireAlarmGuy]

Happy Birthday 😊🎉

[@Grayson_Da_Wolf]

I had a fire drill yesterday and my social studies teacher got the poop scared out of him by the alarm directly next to him

[@weatherdan882002]

A lot of the ones where you say “that’s done” do seem to have a weak ring, but they still sound loud enough.

[@nics-systems-electric]

Maybe it doesn't show up on camera but it's pretty clear when you're walking beside them if it's not ringing at all as some were or if it is extremely weak then you know it's failing and going to be completely gone soon

[@hotbytesB]

I like when you pull the fire alarm in both school today that was cool to see

[@Dani8lYT]

Nick, please stop uploading videos as 30fps. Attempting to run as 60fps thru your devices will not work with 30fps through “DaVinci Resolve”. My videos are currently 60fps per new uploads.

[@nics-systems-electric]

It's Nic and I do upload some videos at 60 fps if it's needed for the video. But you are not my only viewer and many do not like 60 fps as it looks unnatural for many.

[@sterlinggarcia9859]

Nic you should talk to Jamie and the supervisor to get the bell replaced completely and switch out the wheelock bells to another brand. All the bells except a few sounded SOOOOO bad. ALSO LOVE YOUR VIDEOS🙂!!!

[@nics-systems-electric]

We replaced them as we go find dead ones replaced another three a couple weeks ago

[@sterlinggarcia9859]

@@nics-systems-electric u guys should just replace all or mostly all of them bc it sounds like a lot of them are slowly dyeing out

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@sterlinggarcia9859 there isn't really time to just swap all of the devices just because we have to wait till they die.

[@sterlinggarcia9859]

@@nics-systems-electric understandable. Also love your vids

[@brandonkonicki2177]

Have you guys ever thought of doing a voice evacuation system at one of the schools when you replace the old system at a school?

[@nics-systems-electric]

No voice evacuation systems aren't required, More expensive, more complicated, buildings aren't wired for it and unnecessary

[@kashtonklein4608]

One question Nic, can you still buy fire bells from some companies or do they only just have horn strobes to buy for now on?

[@nics-systems-electric]

Yes you can buy bells that's what we install here when devices fail

[@kashtonklein4608]

@@nics-systems-electric oh nice. Where does your team buy bells?

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@kashtonklein4608 local electrical wholesalers

[@kashtonklein4608]

@@nics-systems-electric nice

[@Liamblox1223]

Can you try and set off a United Kingdom fire alarm?

[@nics-systems-electric]

I live in Canada

[@Siren_StrObE]

I noticed the strobes were picked up by the camera better in this video. Did you change anything?

[@Siren_StrObE]

I'm an idiot. I should have watched the entire thing before commenting!

[@SplatoonGG2.0]

To be honest those wheelock bells sound like cheap garbage

[@nics-systems-electric]

Yup

[@SplatoonGG2.0]

​​@@nics-systems-electric that's why Edwards' motor bells are better than wheelock

[@weatherdan882002]

@@SplatoonGG2.0Edwards bells are actually electromagnet driven, not motor driven.

[@SplatoonGG2.0]

@weatherdan882002 Edwards make motor bells too The Edwards MB10-24

[@tritime1236]

You are much appreciated Nic! 🎉

[@Hani-Vr]

All the bells sounds like they need to be tightened

[@nics-systems-electric]

Not all of them and it's not a tightness issue the wheellock bells are wearing out they have plastic mechanisms and they don't hold up well that's why many of them have been replaced

[@Max_And_His_Tech]

2 videos?? I love this channel

[@FI-TECH-250]

Wow! Nice vid, as always!!!

[@FASTSHARK86]

Built in 2007 but using old school tech with those bells? Most places here are required to go to voice evacuation systems, so I'm supprised to see bells still in use. Interesting video and thank you for sharing!

[@nics-systems-electric]

It's a school so it doesn't require voice evacuation

[@FASTSHARK86]

@@nics-systems-electric I understand that’s how it is for you all over there. I just simply meant here where I’m from any building with more than a certain amount of occupants needs to have a voice evacuation system per the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code. I have a video posted showing how are fire alarms are setup with a fire drill from the middle school behind me. The system is still prior to the new code but this is how they all mostly used to be. Using the intercom speaker along with wheelock horn/strobes in each room set to code 3.

[@mircomamsecosirensnalarms]

Is the system going to be replaced with the l series

[@nics-systems-electric]

Doubt that would happen in the next 10 years

[@keithpierce8458]

nice video

[@Trenten.Fieldstad]

The System Sounds good in the areas where you can actually hear it what the heck is the theory behind not having bells in the Classrooms... you would have thought that the original designer would have checked it unless the Decibel rating must have changed...

[@nics-systems-electric]

I've never seen a school with bells in the classrooms

[@spykillergames8402]

@@nics-systems-electric my high school in the UK had a bell (probably 6") in each classroom all mounted on strobe plate things for a red xenon flash...(in the UK we use a red flash for fire not white) and had 2 of said bells in each corridor....man that system was loud....

[@Hello-u2d]

Do you work there?

[@nics-systems-electric]

Yes I did work with the school district electrical department

[@Hello-u2d]

@@nics-systems-electric Sorry for the late text, I was sleeping when you replied.

[@GavenGaskill]

First

[@FireSystem45]

Nice

[@whgpjm]

I believe that "mixed signals" refers to coding options on signals with one or more signal options and/or industry-specific tone format templates on signals with multiple tone options and/or strobe colors. That's how I take it.

[@nics-systems-electric]

Has to be same coding and same type of device to produce a similar sound. So no bells and horn strobes or horn strobes that sound significantly different.

[@HenBasketFireAlarms]

@@nics-systems-electricI think I remember seeing some Canadian techs on Reddit mention that there are some exceptions like bells in hallways and minihorns in rooms in apartments and hotels. Have you heard anything like that from your time in the field, or has that not come up?

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@HenBasketFireAlarms A situation like that it would be ok as they are likely not audible from each other. So if you're in a space that you can't hear the other space it can have different alarms if it's a reasonable situation like that.

[@RangerFindings]

Nice!

[@Fredengle]

Hi Nick I am confused can you tell me what you wanted to accomplish in this video ?

[@nics-systems-electric]

My name is Nic it's in the name of my channel. This was a fire drill video.

[@Fredengle]

Please let me apologize for spelling your name wrong I dont like it when People get my name wrong either will have to be more careful next time sorry bout that

[@Fredengle]

@@nics-systems-electric any way great job on providing great videos !

[@Fredengle]

no my user name is not my real name it might not good to have your actuall name posted in to many places on the internet !

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@Fredengle all good it happens about 10 times a day just thought I would start pointing it out

[@joshfriesen9401]

I believe that in every fire drill video at this school, there are always wheelock bells that are dead or dying. It is really time for that school to get the bells switched to horn strobes.

[@nics-systems-electric]

Won't happen that idea was shut down. So it will be one bell at a time