Fire Alarm Activation Due to Suppression System

My college's fire alarm system activated today due to the a problem with an FM-200 (fire suppression) system in a server room. The cause was most likely a heat detector, as the room was reported to be very hot when maintenance personnel arrived. Fortunately, they were able to respond in time to prevent a discharge, which would've meant a costly tank replacement.
For those of you wondering why the signals in the old building aren't sounding, I assure you nothing is broken. They have it set up that way because there's a brick wall separating the two buildings, so they don't need to evacuate the whole campus the moment the alarm trips in one building.
Signals:
- Simplex TrueAlert speaker/strobes (indoor fire alarm)
- Wheelock MB-24-G10 motor bells (outdoor fire alarm)
- Wheelock Exceder HSR-A (agent release alarm)

[@JBF-GST-Tanda]

The most epic and cinematic fire alarm I've heard! The combination of whoop and 60bpm marchtime is full of overwhelming power

[@mtgau2000]

This video is nostalgic to me. I loved fire alarms when I was little and would always watch this video.

[@ilovebasketball2359]

Same bro 🥹🙏

[@hookerman412]

same

[@DanTDMJace]

Yes

[@TrollAnimations160]

Same and other random stuff too like power lines natural disasters etc

[@radon_alarms]

BRO SO RELATABLE

[@GaryBeltz]

Surprised maintenance was able to prevent the discharge. Usually once a fire suppression system alarm triggers you may get a pre-Alert and then pre-discharge but once it reaches pre-discharge you only have 30 seconds to evacuate before the discharge starts unless someone had his or her finger on the abort switch/button and KEPT it held down until they got there.

[@somepersonwhowatchesandhas5198]

Especially not fun if the suppression system is something like halon.

[@GaryBeltz]

Unless the system was installed before Halon was banned, discontinued, or whatever I doubt it's Halon could be FM200, C02, or some other agent.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Gary Beltz It's FM-200.

[@AnkitAgarwal1990]

Gary Beltz ঙর

[@alexgilbert2]

the exact reason why more fire suppression Installers should Install more notification appliances (like the HSR-A)

[@seanandliv6588]

Hey we’re having a fire alarm!

[@canticuentos7035]

Yes

[@leonorsanchez7382]

0:00 0:47

[@theLG2920]

😂

[@SRR475]

Those upside down speaker-strobes are awesome!

[@ToothlessThedragon9]

Among us

[@SRR475]

@@ToothlessThedragon9😭

[@WheeloveFireAlarms]

Wow! Wheelock exceeders with agent lettering! Awesome!

[@polsi7491]

I saw some that say “alert” instead with some truealerts that also say “alert”

[@timebarb4460]

Timbrab you

[@timebarb4460]

☎me

[@SRR475]

Wheelove Fire Alarms omg

[@christinelson6392]

N

[@bernieduffy1994]

Kinda like my school fire alarm with Simplex truealerts and EST Intergity. With 3 types of different pulls

[@TakoElevators]

My school only has Simplex truealerts.

[@intotheabyss5528]

I never knew they had new speaker strobe models!! They look so cool. Love that classic whoop!!

[@aysesungu802]

Kbsgrgqzz

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Those speaker/strobes are regular TrueAlerts flipped upside down, with plain labels and text stickers. Tunxis loves their upside-down alarms.

[@UrOwnAlbanianPerson]

@@Fahrenheit4051 why some of them are in Cook Islands?

[@krafternotebook1189]

A: Never seen AGENT on wheelock Exceder B: Never seen a upside down Truealet

[@maxiepattie85]

Seen B a lot

[@piktureit]

@@maxiepattie85 Wow, really?

[@user-nz6ck9ee9v]

Those Simplex TruAlert systems would actually be pretty affective and actually have an advantage if they were placed in schools. I wish I could have those systems in my school, so that they sound like fire and police sirens. I seriously hate the newer modeled systems that have the actual horn and blare kind of sounds.

[@twiff3rino28]

Or tv shows like Star Trek.

[@TakoElevators]

That's what the fire alarm sounds like at my school

[@alexandersalarms5380]

My school has a continuous whoop tone which I posted a video of on my channel

[@crystallotus5290]

They have this system in the elementary school I went to and oh my god it scared the crap out of me

[@owentherailfan564]

@@TakoElevators same

[@vintagefirealarmguy5285]

Hey we're having a fire alarm lol. That wheelock exceeder is killing it.

[@timebarb4460]

👎 👎 👎

[@chapizzz79]

KaklalKaklalslKaklalKaklalsljuuuuuuuuuiiiu

[@timebarb4460]

Tim

[@timebarb4460]

@@chapizzz79 l In my jacob

[@PatriciaMartinez-xt4fq]

Yeah Wheelock Exceeder it’s pretty cool

[@The_A_Cast]

That combo of speaker strobes and alarms is awesome. Then the cherry on top are those beautiful bells outside! Great video!

[@taxilthegreenchicken999]

0:39 when the fire alarm is sus

[@CloneMr.Master]

Medicine Square Mall use this awesome massive Square malls now going it's mid city Huntsville now

[@JimLiElevators]

I’m not sure if you have heard of this, but it appears that there’s one stadium that the Florida Georgia Line band was performing at in Florida it’s a Simplex TrueAlert signal as it has the exact same sounding! Did you know that there was a news of the fire alarm going off at a stadium in Florida where the Florida Georgia Line band was having a concert at? It was very devastating as everyone rushed out panicking for mercy!

[@Twentythree33]

In case you're wondering, that was at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

[@BossCoins2]

@@Twentythree33 I have been there

[@_playa_]

Did you say the same thing twice?

[@AA-777-]

Jim is here, cool!

[@tsg931]

You spelled it wrong! 😤

[@sirenfreak57]

Funny thing is, a fire alarm went off in my hotel just a couple hours after I finished watching this. I didn't have the chance to record it though.

[@crissmth6221]

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@user-ti7hg3hh3p]

Fax can n BC x

[@ExitSign250]

Wow! That's crazy! There wouldn't be a mess if it's a server room because it's FM-200 which is a gas and leaves no residue, aka a clean agent. All they would have to do is replace the tank

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Good to know. I edited the description. I don't know much about suppression systems.

[@janesmith6861]

ExitSign250

[@NateCraven318]

So much misinformation about FM-200. Contrary to popular belief, it does NOT displace oxygen. I've been in both FM-200 AND HALON discharge tests, and I didn't suffocate. No one did. The only thing that happened was I got a raging erection.

[@NateCraven318]

@Aslin Fire Safety 🤣

[@alexgilbert2]

@@Fahrenheit4051 does the server room also have HSR-A’s?

[@JHZ_7908]

0:36 why is among us everywhere

[@Fahrenheit4051]

I'd say it's an example of pareidolia - which basically means seeing one thing as another thing.

[@floridianboi6243]

@@Fahrenheit4051 no he’s talking about the alarms

[@floridianboi6243]

@@Fahrenheit4051 because it’s red

[@user-jt6of3hx9p]

@@floridianboi6243WE DO NOT CARE

[@valeriepatterson888]

0:46 what type of Simplex horn is that?

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Either a -9838 without a grille, or a Faraday 6120.

[@luigikoopa8771]

0:43 that transition though (listen closely to the alarm sound)

[@ajbanimatedstudios5014]

This isn't the tipical 3 beeps and a space, no this is constant beeping, with a woooop woooop and a bell

[@mbcommandnerd]

The technical term for that is “March Time,” and the main fire alarms are doing a whoop tone. It’s not Slow Whoop or Fast Whoop, though; it’s actually somewhere in between.

[@ajbanimatedstudios5014]

@@mbcommandnerd glad you adopted the "Woop" term lol! Dang. I forgot I wrote this 4 years ago lmao!

[@ldlcercj]

That separation makes sense! My dorm complex I stayed at my first year of college has 4 dorm halls, though 2 of the buildings are on one panel so both have their own

[@CECFan1992]

Simplex panels have 2 separate alarm systems in one panel, so you can hook up an alert alarm on a separate group

[@SebastianMammoth]

0:37 Why does it sound like a police siren?

[@alexgilbert2]

because It’s simplexs norm to do so 😂 😂

[@wesleyditchko8376]

No no no that's the sound of a alarm clock

[@MF5000]

@@wesleyditchko8376 You hope it does.

[@vcvcf1896]

That Exceeder is just *GOIN!!*

[@HalonPoisoning]

VCVCFans It's a pulse tone indicating each second that passes before a fire suppression system discharges.

[@djbubsongs5812]

VCVCFans the exeeder was in slow March time

[@mbcommandnerd]

That combination of the March Time agent alarms and the Whooping regular ones sounds so cool! But if I were you, I’d be running like hell instead of trying to look at the alarms, because that whole building’s about to be flooded with FM200 or whatever they use there.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

The whole building was not going to be flooded with FM-200. Just the server room. The vast majority of the building just has regular fire sprinklers.

[@mbcommandnerd]

@@Fahrenheit4051 Oh, alright. I read the description after posting that comment (my bad…).

[@firealarmfan]

The upside down simplex truealert speaker strobe looks like a different simplex fire alarm or a wheelock speaker strobe

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

more like sus

[@alexsiessmann1347]

i love this fire alarm speaker strobes

[@ivanchaconj9679]

My to

[@dancarlorata7415]

0:01 Why it causes fire alarm? Well, causing a fire alarm from this 600ft tall building detects something after computer system shuts off causing the alarm sounds, after there were a loud alarm due to sound suppression system

[@SytenixRBX]

wrong

[@littlewishy6432]

“600ft tall building” 💀

[@Kennedifreeman1313]

Red Fire alarm: BUZZ!!! BUZZ!!! BUZZ!!! White fire alarm: aaaaaaaarrrreeeee aaaaarrrreeeee aaaaaarrrreeee Service lady: stop Red fire alarm: why? White fire alarm: why? Service lady: it was a false alarm White Fire alarm: OOOOOOOOHHHHHH it was? Service lady: yes White fire alarm: but I thought- Service lady: No Red Fire alarm: but when- Service lady: don't say anything back *she walks away* White fire alarm: I thought it was a real fire drill Red Fire alarm: yeah, me too

[@wolfhard5758]

THE ALARM NEVER STOPS.

[@sergiokalugio417]

😅😮😅😮😮

[@Italian-h1n]

Pretty interesting how half of the building has regular mounted truealerts and the other has upside down ones without the two logos and the fire lettering below the speaker part right-side up

[@kyrafranke944]

This is the best video but I keep getting confused which way you're going so just make sure you make up your mind soon😊

[@pink3t224]

0:39 an upside down Simplex Trualert? Never seen those before.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Yeah. I just found out how they did that. They used blank covers, and put peel-and-stick letters on them. I figured that out after finding one where the stickers were messed up and peeling off.

[@brandonwilson4281]

💡🔌⚡☔💰🔫

[@metro_ken]

...

[@bekfastisameme885]

Fahrenheit4051 but why tho? What was wrong with the normal letters on the truealert

[@stampycatfan01lol]

The Exceders outdo the TrueAlerts!

[@dankmaster6419]

They Exceed

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

The one video where it has million views. So it has been viewed million times.

[@tpirman1982]

The one at at :38 looks kinda like the Simplex TrueAlert speaker/strobe

[@Fahrenheit4051]

It was a TrueAlert. It just had a custom-ordered cover.

[@isaiahshultz4296]

I liked this alarm

[@YourLocalFireAlarmTech]

absolutely love the combo of the whoop siren with the wheelocks going off. That would be very effective id imagine haha

[@onlyzionblood]

Lol my way of doing it is setting one of my Gentex commander 3’s to whoop and one the mechanical code 3

[@MBond-kv8gc]

Your are a brave man to stand that close to a wheelock exceeder.

[@Fahrenheit4051]

It was pretty gnarly. If you didn't already know, I was able to hear it past a brick wall, 100+ feet of distance, a wall made of two layers of sheetrock, and my headphones. If it was just the 600's speakers, I wouldn't have even known there was a situation.

[@FourtyFiftyEighty]

0:51 I know this vid old but this straight up sounds like new age serveralarm. The hmm sounds almost edited in!

[@MrWill1985]

I wonder if the old simplex with the white cover on the light is part of the previous fire alarms if this is an older building. My middle school replaced the 1950s single stroke bells with est genesis speaker strobes and forgot to remove the bell in the cafeteria. It happened some point after I graduated

[@metro_ken]

A great way to say happy birthday to my dad. (This video was actually uploaded on my dad’s birthday)

[@Reempte]

Lol I just figured out this college is close to my house.

[@BK-ro6hi]

Wait WTF?

[@bernieduffy1994]

Our country Ireland Had it's own system But now there only allowed to install American fire alarms but it can still use its Call points/Pull stations and detectors when they like.

[@GrandmomElaine1]

At Harrison’s preschool they have custom alarms

[@furybolt1474]

0:35 well that's a new one-

[@iluvmerc]

yes the exceeder is doing well

[@bernieduffy1994]

My dads work AXA Uses the same fire alarm system as that and same sound

[@a.r.aproductions1569]

awesome! I would of liked to see the 2903's going off tho 😭

[@Fahrenheit4051]

I would have, too. But you saw the one from a couple years ago, right? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaDKh3-HqtFqo68

[@firealarmsfromsouthtexas125]

Frank Dougherty yea i did too wanted to see that.

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[@Fahrenheit4051]

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[@firealarmsfromsouthtexas125]

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[@MatthewKelley1206]

The simplex truealert es speaker strobe is like that but with a different speaker grille design

[@Consolidation1282]

0:22 My school has these but instead of saying AGENT its FIRE

[@MarsCannon]

CrystalDiamond_1003 yeah. These ones are “Agent Releases”. Your’s probably are just fire alarms.

[@vinnieversaci452]

Those are the old ones the upside down ones the new ones has the strobe light on top

[@danielflorws4210]

Vinnie Versaci pp

[@vortexgirl7317]

Maybe the AC best hotel rated 600 + it probably a music fire alarm in the hotel

[@Fahrenheit4051]

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[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

Is the 2903 in march time or what and voice evacuation is 60 bpm march time

[@terryxd119]

1:04 i used to have those ones at my old school

[@EthanRailfanProductions]

Me too

[@mathiasmorochotacuri4916]

Me too

[@twiff3rino28]

Hmm... Slowed down Wrath of Khan red alert. I guess the 2001 panel was around at that time.

[@keiviyonanderson6576]

I love the wheelock fire alarm 🚨

[@iqwastaken]

My lil bro literally saw the the thumbnail and yelled amogus

[@krafternotebook1189]

0:22 Agent alarm

[@darthplagueis3488]

Lidia Mondragon #AlarmLivesMatter

[@canadianalarmsandsuch1446]

yeah that's interesting never seen that

[@TonythegamerTovar]

Never seen it pretty rare

[@krafternotebook1189]

Subscribe to me

[@A-185TheNommerOfPlayers]

​@TonythegamerTovar more like the new speaker strobes

[@ATTBF96altaccount]

Him: Hey we’re having a fire alarm! Me: ok :3

[@tronicsterspeaker9946]

rare device and tone! wow

[@EthanRailfanProductions]

0:24 that is the Wheelock excceder is a rare

[@EthanRailfanProductions]

Idk if its rare

[@Emmisullivan14]

The Exceeder sounds like it's doing march time at 2× speed

[@Picklebean72]

That_One_Sax 2x? I think not

[@FireRescue80]

@@Emmisullivan14 its doing 60 bpm. Not 120 or 240. Its doing 60.

[@littlewishy6432]

March time at code tempo?

[@tpcshadow]

The wheelock exceeder has an "AGENT" lettering on it. Does it do simplex voice evacuation or slow whoops?

[@TheCarson116]

Sorry to be 3 years late, but the Simplex Truealert speaker/strobes (the long ones that are rounded on the bottom (or top) & say "FIRE" on the bottom (or top) are the ones doing the slow whoop tone. (not sure if there's a message though) The Exceder is doing the code known as "pulse", in this case acting as an agent release alarm for the suppression system.

[@ToothlessThedragon9]

@@TheCarson116 Simplex truealert Attention Attention Attention an emergency has been reported

[@TheCarson116]

@@ToothlessThedragon9 Yes: that's part of the default message at least.

[@gamingwithwilliamyt1341]

Why do they still have the old speaker strobes up

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Because they still work perfectly.

[@gamingwithwilliamyt1341]

Why is there no slow whoop tone coming through them

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Ohh... You mean the ones in the old wing. Those are horn/strobes, not speaker/strobes. They work, they're just not sounding because they don't need to be. It's the same system, but because the two buildings are separated by a brick wall, they don't need to have a total evacuation of the entire campus the moment the fire alarm trips in the other building. If you want to see them in action: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6C3cp95f6l7l7s

[@gamingwithwilliamyt1341]

What type of panel is running the main buildings alarms

[@Fahrenheit4051]

The whole college (excluding the library, which is a standalone building) is run on a network of 4100U and ES panels. The old and new building each has a 4100U. The 2013 addition to the new building has a 4100ES. I believe the ES is where the audio tones come from, since it was said to be different before 2013 (they have a 4003, but it might not be active since all the labeling was removed). During a fire alarm, both sections of the new building will go off together.

[@KevinBelmontLuna]

Challenger Approching!

[@ryugantenkhehe]

Lolol

[@thinhvle]

how do you make a wheelock exceeder do pulse?

[@Fahrenheit4051]

The FM-200 panel is coding it. The only on-board options are code 3 and continuous.

[@melaniebarr]

Everyone gangster until the fire alarm goes off

[@patricagee2365]

0:36 amogus

[@elevatorswithESH]

I believe those sprinkler bells are Wheelock bells but I could be wrong on that. That is bad that the fire suppression system was activated

[@Fahrenheit4051]

They are Wheelock motor bells, but they're general alarm bells as far as I know. I'll have to see what they do if I'm ever there for a drill again.

[@OH_Elevators]

I noticed the other alarms didn’t have the sound on it was just the strobe the only sounds I heard was the agent and the alarm by the door is it supposed to be like that?

[@jen626ful]

0:37 cool part

[@kellydickinson2724]

Sound like a parrot squawking

[@isaiahshultz4296]

More like a tornado siren

[@the_coccol_CCc_bamber]

If that happens next time, touch thebells with your hands and listen to how it sounds like lmfao

[@midnightclubshow4332]

Upside down simplex true alert speaker strobe and a agent wheelock Exeter

[@jacobisworld9516]

Why are the old fire alarms not sounding.

[@LisaLewis5271]

Hey, we’re having a fire alarm!!!!!

[@caseyroberts4612]

is it just a slow whoop or it’s a speaker too

[@Fahrenheit4051]

It's a speaker. The amplifier on the panel feeds it a slow whoop tone. If they needed, emergency responders can pick up the microphone and give instructions over the same speakers. Of course, the slow whoop tone stops once they press the "talk" button.

[@NoahHyser]

Those upside down speaker strobes are very weird

[@DEADCHANNEL564]

Simplex True alert is the best fire alarms

[@pupsthemechanic]

Right at the start of the video. Gave me a jump scare.

[@Itskanes51]

At least there's one that sounds different at exit to know where to escape

[@Kayla-nf5ty]

That’s a good alarm.

[@Ameliathehorselover2]

That sound just like my one in my school has a good scary and good warning

[@princedjcreationz858]

When the fire alarm goes on person who recording:HEAY WHAERer HaVin A FIrre ALramr

[@ToothlessThedragon9]

Why can't the Wheelock exceeder do code 3 and not pulse

[@BossCoins2]

0:47 one of my favorite light/strobe plates

[@BigMitch]

I wonder if that 2903 is still there.

[@user-yd1ee2vr1t]

Probably one of those fire sprinklers

[@myfrenchvocabulary3805]

I like fire alarms. They are cool.

[@christophermoorman6629]

My French Vocabulary me too

[@WeyneAraujo]

Exceder set on slow march time

[@Davesand2003]

The Upside down simplex truealert is looking kinda sussy

[@ThatOneExoRailfan]

The truealert is sus

[@Davesand2003]

@@ThatOneExoRailfan 😂

[@Rubymod]

My college's fire alarm system activated today due to the a problem with an FM-200 (fire suppression) system in a server room. The cause was most likely a heat detector, as the room was reported to be very hot when maintenance personnel arrived. Fortunately, they were able to respond in time to prevent a discharge, which would've meant a costly tank replacement. For those of you wondering why the signals in the old building aren't sounding, I assure you nothing is broken. They have it set up that way because there's a brick wall separating the two buildings, so they don't need to evacuate the whole campus the moment the alarm trips in one building. Signals: - Simplex TrueAlert speaker/strobes (indoor fire alarm) - Wheelock MB-24-G10 motor bells (outdoor fire alarm) - Wheelock Exceder HSR-A (agent release alarm)

[@emilygranus548]

How come there is slow whoop and march time combination in the same hallway?

[@iashbanen]

That’s pulse coding in the hallway

[@nicolaclairejamison6800]

The bell fire alarm made me jump

[@EncryptingJava]

Same

[@lidiamondragon7610]

There was a agent alarm some were in this building

[@melaniebarr]

0:37 Those are my favorite fire alarms

[@BK-ro6hi]

those sound like loud mouth cows

[@duedsfilla2115]

Yea me to

[@Shania_224]

2:00 we’re having a fire alarm

[@Quantumzz]

I got jumpscared by the beginning

[@Petmaster_100]

Idk but the wheelock exceeder said "AGENT" instead of "FIRE and agent is a lot different

[@SeekPlaysStudios]

One time I was at Ross and when I was about to exit the fire alarm went off for no reason probably the duct system detected smoke

[@onfire4664]

I watched this video when I was little THE MEMORIES

[@sebasreyesviajaenmioOFFICIAL]

0:35 why that truealert is upside down?

[@Fahrenheit4051]

Because Tunxis loves their alarms that way. (Just kidding. My guess would be design/installation error. Then they ordered plain covers and made custom labels)

[@maas1208]

​@@Fahrenheit4051 Kinda SUS