Evolution of Fire Alarms 1960’s to Present

[@user-wo7rl4nm7w]

Electromechanical horns on march time sound so good

[@wubbzyeas615]

@@user-wo7rl4nm7w yes in fact they do!

[@DieselLocomitive1602]

Real

[@SylvieonPiggyFan29YT]

@@wubbzyeas615 continues is better with Wheelock dsms

[@BlueThunderboltsiren]

That and AC horns like the Simplex 4050s and 4040s.

[@SylvieonPiggyFan29YT]

@@BlueThunderboltsiren it is

[@BlueThunderboltFireAlarm-um4rp]

I remember watching all these as a kid. The late 2000s and early 2010s were an amazing era for the fire alarm enthusiasts. I remember my fair share dealing with Spectralert Advances when my school went from simplex horns in Pre school 2007-2008, to Spectralert Advances in Kindergarden 2008-2009. I went from hating those advances in kindergarten, to owning literally 3 spectralert advances. Lol. I also miss those Edwards 375 Adapdahorns from my Elementary school I went to at the time. D: I want to grab a hold of those so badly. I''m 21 now. LOL

[@officialsimplexguy]

The bells in the first clip are 4vac. The panel uses low voltage signals in series for supervision. You don’t see 120vac appliances on a fire alarm system with an FACP. They were only on closed-contact systems where no panel was used with minimal exceptions. The system in the second clip is not from the 70s rather the early 60s. That system is likely even older than the system in the first clip. Flush style horns like that were the staple of the 1950s and 60s. The system in the 3rd clip is an 80s system. The 12vac horns were left over from an older system (50s-60s) and a simplex 2001 replaced it in the 80s. Voice evacuation systems have been around since the 1970s. They’ve only gotten more popular over the years as codes have gotten more strict on where voice evacuation is required.

[@neohistoryfan1014]

there is a modernist (built in 1969) six story office building in Akron that has the same system as the first clip--panel is a Simplex 4247-4. I think they've had flush mount horns in the 1940s--there's an apartment building in one neighborhood of Akron that has 6 V simplex 4037s--it was built in 1974.

[@United_starplane2424]

2:10 simplex heaven

[@ModricoTV]

Ah, "Simplex Fire Alarm Testing". A classic fire alarm video I used watch in my early days on KZbin.

[@blose774]

From bells to voice evac.Impressive!

[@wubbzyeas615]

Thanks!

[@blose774]

@@wubbzyeas615 yw!

[@audguy]

I loved *rolls eyes* standing next to one of those when they went off for the first time in our new building at the time building. I really do enjoy the hearing damage.

[@aidenthecomputernerd]

Link to 1960s video pls

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

I miss the 2010s. That is when I joined the fire alarm community. The Advance is my favorite alarm.

[@BlueThunderboltsiren]

Same. I didn't have a siren or fire alarm channel yet, but I was in 3rd grade when I joined the community.

[@BlueThunderboltsiren]

Those were the simpler times.

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

Yeah I don't,like voice evac. My system has a System Sensor P2R and a Wheelock NH. They sound so good on continuous together. ​@@BlueThunderboltsiren

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

​@@BlueThunderboltsirenI was in 5th grade. Such a long time ago. I graduate school soon.

[@VintageCollections]

As someone who specializes in fire alarms made between 1920-1970, I can see some inaccurate info.

[@CyberX48583]

2:56 just to let you know the spectralert classics are released in 1997 the ones with a fixed candela strobes, in 2004, system sensor updated the classics with multi candela strobes but most installers uses multi candela spectralert classics after the spectralert advances were released for an example my school has spectralert adavances as well as multi candela spectralert classics, as in 2007, that’s the year we’re the spectralert advances we’re released

[@wubbzyeas615]

Thanks for the info, had trouble finding it on the Internet

[@BotvacProductions469]

my middle school, has the spectralert advances and i even got to pull it twice for the drills

[@wubbzyeas615]

Nice I actually expect to pull the fire alarm for the fire drill at my dad’s work in the coming weeks so expect a video!

[@Trafficlightandfirealarmfan]

How about the spectralert l series that are gaining popularity today

[@wubbzyeas615]

I should have put them in the present but i didnt have space on my computer luckily now i do

[@CentralVirginiaEAS]

im backstage on your streamyard lol

[@wubbzyeas615]

Ok

[@AnArcticBlueFox]

Can I have the video link to 1980's 120BPM March time video?

[@wubbzyeas615]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXPaZ3utqbeWiJYsi=3OxDGskTBdBgkVy2

[@statecollegewx4060]

Thatsvcool

[@ILUVTW33K]

still have 2010

[@Luke202-z8b]

I feel like the advance gets a little bit of a bad rap, yes it is ear piercing and it is over used af. But that is just how a fire alarm is, it is ear bleeding. And this alarm has a lot of features that have ADVANtages: it has multi candela. Any variant can be mounted anywhere, like a wall mount can be mounted on the ceiling, or a ceiling mount can be mounted on the wall and the strobe will not have issues cause it's the same one despite the lens being different from each other. And yet these idiots call it a fail. (though yes i can agree that it does look stupid) anyways.. it has supposedly easier installation, and the fact that everyone hates the sound. That means the fire alarm clearly works well, even in reality it has a lower volume than other alarms, just its shrilling sound gives the illusion.

[@NighTMare-gv8gz]

I can deal with loud and overused, my biggest problem is I can’t stand the way they sound. It’s definitely the worst fire alarm sound ever.

[@Luke202-z8b]

@NighTMare-gv8gz so ig you are more of a train horn person then

[@NighTMare-gv8gz]

@@Luke202-z8b Not really, I can deal with most alarm sounds excluding the noise. It's just the shrilling noise as you mentioned. Not saying they aren't good alarms, but I really don't understand why they gave it such a horrible sounding horn.

[@OH_Elevators]

Do the Autocall pullrod systems fall under the 1960 bell setup?

[@wubbzyeas615]

@@OH_Elevators tbh i have no idea… sorry 😭

[@That_2_guy2T]

1940's era

[@ScantPear]

Could have chose a better spectralert video as the video you used had the terrible fwr sounding which sounds terrible on the classics…

[@JoanneStealey-dz6qm]

Can't hear you over the alarms

[@wubbzyeas615]

@@JoanneStealey-dz6qm sorry, i will try to fix it next time!

[@Luke202-z8b]

I just use the captions, which sometimes work cause youtube😂😂

[@wubbzyeas615]

I would say KZbin captions are completely accurate, but they work LOL

[@JoanneStealey-dz6qm]

@@Luke202-z8b yeah that's what I did