Fire Alarm Test at a Local High School

[@rhcpolicechiefk456]

These are probably one of the loudest fire alarms on the face of the planet:)

[@Goldenrod636]

This is a treat for me now since I am working at my old elementary school now which used to have these but now has SpectrAlert Advances

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

IMO these are far better and in fact are prb louder than advances. My 7002T is definitely louder than them although they come close too and are the loudest electronic horns I’ve heard

[@Montecat33]

Solution to everything that doesn't work. Hit it really hard multiple times. 😂

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Fax

[@Goldenrod636]

The way that 9219 in the gym is set up reminds me of my middle school where the two gyms have 1 4051 each but they are almost mounted touching the ceiling.

[@seanjuth]

I love it when the fire alarm panel is in a weird place. In this case, you have to go up a spiral staircase in order to get to it

[@TexasRailfan2008]

Same

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

you dont even no how much love fire alarms thay are so cool

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

i keep coming back to this video every time and i still like your fire alarm videos keep it up

[@brettman273]

I have many videos I made at the time and since and have plans to post them - including different versions of this inspection I believe - don't remember for sure. It's al l about time and how little of it I have lol...

[@joannestealey4482]

Fire alarm: gets hit* ouch what im just doing my job

[@bowlingking300]

LOOOLLLL😂

[@zacharybishop6595]

8:11 Oh god a Spectralert advance. Theres that one system that's nothing but simplex then theres spectralerts and all that stuff

[@BlueThunderboltsiren]

and we got the geneses hornstrobe

[@davidperry4013]

They should’ve put truealerts set to T3 in so it matches the system.

[@Alarmo05221]

They have the spectr alert because it was to replace a bad horn

[@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554]

Would be better to replace it with something more suitable like a Simplex TrueAlert or Selectable 4903

[@marquishalsell]

I can only imagine how the whole school feel when it's time to exit the building those things are super loud OMG

[@AAA-uy2ob]

ur not kidding.

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Mechanical horns are for sure no joke. My 7002T is louder than the SpectrAlert Advance as one going off in a room won’t make me cover my ears unless I were to be right under it. My 7002T however makes me cover my ears from across the room and even vibrates my body a bit when I go near it. Even in this video, the mechanical horns basically drown out that advance. Those must be as loud if not louder than a 7002T

[@bluedragon2048]

The pull stations used are simplex 4251-20 and the alarms are simplex 4903-9217 or 9219 (the 1st one sounds really crappy and a few was skipping), EST Genesis, and System Sensor Spectralert Advance P2R (there is only one btw).

[@carsonmorey2261]

I would hate it if my school made that sound when it went off

[@jusborden]

Carson Morey u

[@zackary1496]

My does but a lot more louder

[@davidperry4013]

I prefer a slow whoop and being told to use the fire exit stairs and not the elevators

[@maddiek5743]

I’d have nightmares all night

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

You don't even know how much I keep coming back to this video and your fire alarm videos just keep on getting better and better keep it up

[@brettman273]

Glad you like them!

[@MatthewKelley1206]

@@brettman273 the alarms that were in the video were the same alarms I had at my middle school and they go off on continuous and they are simplex 4903-9219’s but the weird thing is that the alarms in the gym of my middle school were vertical mount simplex 4903-9219’s mounted horizontal with the strobes on the left that building had no air conditioning and every day when it is humid out the heat goes to the detector and sets off the fire alarms

[@marissatheautisticgirl2024]

@@brettman273I had a fire drill at my high school and it had the exact same fire alarm sound!!! It scared the crap out of me

[@Kudlaty771]

who says I dont like listening to 10 minutes of continuous mechanical horns? xD

[@destisinawe1221]

I actually love it :D

[@reydecastro6651]

Yeah I would hate that. But at least they don't hurt your ears from High pulse and frequencies!

[@DCC--vq1ng]

10 minutes of march time horns would be a lot better

[@brettman273]

@@DCC--vq1ng I agree with that 100%. I prefer march time.

[@Unknownuser72727]

March time is mmmmuuuuuccccchhhhh better

[@tots16]

Wow, that’s a terrifying sounding system.

[@LaKellita]

Its better than those new ones that kill your soul.

[@box3229]

The newer alarms are loud asf

[@RJARRRPCGP]

The Crotched Mountain school, in the Pierce building wing, both 9833s next to the gym unfortunately sound just like 5:01 :( And I last lived on the Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center campus in 2002 and it looked like they were still there on March 20, 2010... I guess in their books, not bad enough to put some random piezo horn in the 2901/2903 strobe plates...

[@jonathanryersonhotel3593]

the horn strobes throughout the building is the Simplex 4903 9220 1 system sensor spectralert advance p2r and in the auditorium we have the EST Genesis

[@scd9046]

The alarms at my school are Wheelock NS horn/strobes set on code 3 (The bell outside is set on continuous).

[@polsi7491]

Cool! I have a french lettered Wheelock ZNS in white

[@christianfabian4539]

That fire alarm is annoying

[@zacharybishop6595]

2:23 that alarm sounded cool

[@reydecastro6651]

It does! EPIC

[@n0clu318]

omg ikrrr

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

i still love this fire alarm video keep it up

[@djijspeakerguy4628]

Interesting how there are a few mismatched alarm devices in here with that SpectrAlert and the EST alarm. The fine arts building at my college has almost entirely FCI mechanical horns (actually rebranded Faraday 6120s) but one device is a ceiling mount EST Genesis horn strobe.

[@Kyle-cv2hj]

This system sounds better than the modernized system at my high school. Notifer FACP, already has issues. Several notification appliances squeal in continuous, half the strobes don't flash in sync, stairwell horns are bugging out, the sprinkler system isn't in good shape after a few years (pipe leaks, some having to be removed from classrooms, only half the school has sprinklers), half the pulls are smashed, damaged, drawn on, scratched, etc., and worst of all the panel tends to crash when tests are conducted because the annunciators will go from the standard temporal buzz to a continous buzz with the LCD's reading SYSTEM CRASH (something along those lines). When the Notifier guy was there, all he did was run a standard test, let it cycle a few times, reset system (crashed during reset), rebooted it, and scanned it for viruses and bugs. He left right after, didn't inform the custodians or administrators. The system is still acting up, and with it getting warmer, tests are going to be more common so we meet state requirements for drills.

[@brettman273]

Kyle Genthon Notifiers piss me off.

[@Kyle-cv2hj]

Notifier FACP's don't work well with System Sensor equipment, esepcially the smokes. Troubles frequent with the smoke relays, sometimes causing the smoke to actually trip the system.

[@ZakWolf]

Kyle Genthon Wow. Most new school fire alarm systems in my area use Notifier systems with System Sensor equipment. Guess they're going cheap...

[@Kyle-cv2hj]

***** All depends on the company that installed the system. In my case, the company had no idea what panel to use for the sprinkler addon, which inturn is also stressing out the stairwell NAC's which control the stairwell horns, smokes, duct detectors, and sprinklers.

[@ncalarms6022]

brettman273 me too (occasionally) At least it's better than the 4100u

[@bridgotloesch7413]

I like the part where you smack the fire alarmsXD

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

3:12, 5:01, 5:19 Got a raspy fire alarm horn? We will beat it up for you until it magically sounds better...or breaks into pieces! (It is not magic, it is all physics)

[@davidperry4013]

Replace them with Truealerts. Always replace simplex with simplex for best results.

[@zingarify]

smack smack smack smack smack

[@XxGG_the_HackerxX]

Lol this is the funniest comment I’ve ever seen!

[@DrAngelKins]

@@zingarify xD

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Lmfao I forgor 💀 this comment even existed

[@stampycatfan01lol]

Simplex 4903-9219, EST Genesis, and - oh god - at 8:11...a System Sensor SpectrAlert Advanced.

[@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554]

@@joeycaridi3030?

[@anthonyarmata3399]

Sounds like a very disturbing fart at the beginning.

[@haz05-06]

lol

[@fruit4evr]

Lol ikr these alarms sound horrid =P

[@RJARRRPCGP]

Strobes rarely fail, lol. The only problem I see is that horns manufactured by Faraday, like these, have contact issues and are more likely to fail when installed near a doorway to outside. Despite several working fine as outdoor horns. I suspect corrosion, oxidation or sticky dust... If multiple ones sound like they're at a low volume and/or a dead strobe, then I would suspect a wiring problem in a wall, if not the panel...

[@JusBor]

Anthony Armata y

[@JusBor]

/ Har_ry \ u

[@WilliePeck]

My high school has wheelock(I think) horn strobes they have the flash in the middle with sound holes on either side. They are set to constant run. Building is from the 60's and all still work perfectly.

[@GaryBeltz]

Sounds like either you have Wheelock MT horn strobes or the other ones that start with an E and I can't remember the exact model number.

[@GaryBeltz]

Devvin Peterson no it's Wheelock Elh something

[@futurealarms121]

EHS-DL1 is what you're thinking of. The MT has a clear strobe, while the EHS-DL1 has a frosted strobe. The MT is also multi-tone, the EHS-DL1 is just a straight 2-wire horn/strobe.

[@WilliePeck]

+Brenden White its weird the fine arts building has ehs-dl1 but the other buildings are getting new MT horn strobes. the ones the MT are replacing have red with white lettering on the side of the strobe and have semicircle holes for the horn. look very similar to the new MT installed.

[@GaryBeltz]

Willie Peck are the vents for the sound below or above the strobes? If they are then the MTs are replacing g either Wheelock NS or ZNS horn strobes.

[@RacheltheHyperCougar2006]

My high school used to have this fire alarm system, now they had a new system because the old system was broken and last school year there were a lot of false alarms

[@thomasnativo6491]

Same with me I hate continues fire alarms like the Wheelock fire alarms makes you go depth like you can't hear.

[@bailbonspolicedispatchtmag9746]

Yep really big Bees 🐝 like bald faced hornets are coming right at your body and it’s so freaking loud and fast :)

[@CDNSpartan]

I would hate to have that as my schools fire alarm. We had a fire drill last week and our alarms are on code 3 not continuous

[@patricklynch1839]

Matthew Walsh nnn

[@patricklynch1839]

P

[@timsironworks9912]

Had these similar Simplex horns at my old elementary school. I remember each of them had a different tone to them.. not sure if those are still there.. but man were they deafening loud.. Definitely attention getters for sure

[@reydecastro6651]

The large gym has ONE SCRATCY HORN! Lol

[@CJWJR]

What an awkward place to put the control panel! Imagine having to go all the way up there just to silence the alarm.

[@GaryBeltz]

+CJWJR Well there might be an annunciator which can silence and reset the system remotely you just have to use a Simplex B key to use the silence and reset buttons

[@brettman273]

+Gary Beltz There is an annunciator at the main entrance. They're useless for anything beyond resetting and silencing.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel2900]

Annunciators are not just there to reset and silence the main reason they are in the front lobby of just about every building is so the fire dept knows where the fire is. Also if the main panel is in a locked room in the basement often people won't see a trouble indication on the system hence why there is an annunciatior by the main entrance so staff can tell if they need to call a service company. Not just reset and silence haha

[@itskingboy189]

CJWJR i know right

[@FireTech7]

@@ethan_blais_old did you just say on the ceiling??!!

[@hullian1113]

It's rather fun to play around with the video timing. Try it yourself.

[@Kkstravelandeducationvlogs7951]

Nice 😊

[@RennellReed]

Have they ever considered tuning each individual horn? I think they should tune them all so that they all ring the same note.

[@Alarmo05221]

Eventually they won’t ring the same note if they do that as mechanical horns have moving parts that will shift overtime which in return changes the pitch

[@TheLegoDudeThendChannel]

In the auditorium, they put est/edwards genesis horn/strobes. They sound like Spectr Alert Classic horn/strobes.

[@brettman273]

+Riley Bruck Going there tomorrow (well..today, Feb 18) Will try to remember to look. I call them them "Vibrate the center of your head A/Vs.

[@captainchris2]

I like how there is a specturalert P2R instead of a simplex device at The end. The contractor most likely ran out of simplex devices, or The horn that was there was made by simplex then it broke.

[@coasterlover1994]

I know where that school is. Took the SAT at this school and went to high school two towns over. Nice to see that they haven't yet replaced everything with an EST 3 system and Genesis horns like so many places in the area have done. My former district ripped out the Simplex systems in most of the buildings and gave everything EST 3s. Heck, the local large university, once almost exclusively Simplex, is going to EST when they upgrade buildings.

[@DrAngelKins]

My school is fully simplex.

[@Alarmo05221]

Had that happen with my high school. They had a system with System Sensor MASSes, they ripped them out 4 years ago and just put in more est voice evac as it was dual voice evac and horn

[@armaniwilliams5752]

At 2:19 You hear double Horns. My school Has these:)

[@brettman273]

Doing this one again tomorrow....plan on recording video as apparently the panel has been changed; something about an addressable duct detector. No idea - I'll find out when I get there.

[@Corvette1658]

+brettman273 Did they replaced all of the horn strobes too or just the panel and duct detector?

[@landonlefevre5167]

Are you gonna post another video of this schools alarms?

[@MrDyson01]

are you a firefighter?

[@hybridram8129]

+brettman273 i feel bad for your ears i mean they arent bad but... ALL DAY EVERY DAY?!

[@DJDevvin]

+Dylan Chalmers Um he's not

[@shirleyerickson1241]

To those who have a real rotating tornado siren (For example, a Thunderbolt or a 2001), can you do a POV of it?

[@dorisrealmotherofcalliou3555]

0:30 sounds like a edwards 757-7A (preintegrity)

[@MEVA1104]

They make them loud to make you wanna leave the building faster to get away from the horrible noise lol

[@Oof-zl6lt]

TRANSIT CENTER so true!! Lmbo

[@SimplyRianna_]

That tone of the fire alarm was the tone of my old elementary schools fire alarm tone back in 2010

[@OwenGFLProductions]

some sounded very horrible and how banging it doesn't work it should work but that test was pretty good.

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

Man I still love this fire alarms videos dude😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@emmanuelmora2384]

I saw a cafeteria with the round tables, which you’ll see at 5:07

[@LoveMyZJ]

5:19 LOL

[@Skulldozer25]

The alarm should be fixed or replaced

[@minneeagle]

They sound like Chewbacca

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

This is not fire alarm testing...THIS IS FIRE ALARM ABUSE!

[@reydecastro6651]

What the hell happens in that cafeteria that Messes with the Fire alarm like that? Lol

[@henrybrookman1067]

I wouldn’t like that! If the fire alarms in my high school sound like that that will suck so much.

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

wow you changed your profile picture and by the way your fire alarm videos just keep on getting better and better keep it up

[@brettman273]

Glad you like them, I'm just finishing up a new video in which I wire up and demonatrate 60 year-old Simplex system, probably gonna be more of those for now as I have at least 5 old panels and a ton of other stuff and haven't been doing many inspections lately.

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

wow ok well good job keep it up and you still got it

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

i keep coming back to this and this just keeps on getting better and better and also in the cafeteria I like how you hit those two fire alarms so that they wouldn't make that weird noise again

[@ZakWolf]

Interesting; I'm surprised they didn't just use a Simplex 4100-series panel or whatever when they initially installed the system. This also kind of reminds me of the campus center at my friend's university. They apparently used to have a Standard system, but in the mid-90s they replaced most of it (except a few heat sensors) with a Simplex 4100 system initially set up with zone adapter modules for use as a conventional system (though some addressable devices were added over the years), and they have similar electromechanical Simplex 4903 horn/strobes, along with TrueAlert horn/strobes in the renovated areas.

[@brettman273]

Simple answer to this: Simplex is insanely expensive . Beyond insane actually. Taxpayers buy fire alarms for schools, and Panels can be replaced with equivalent without upgrading. That is not the first Simplex Panel that building had.

[@RJARRRPCGP]

I suspect that's Tyco's fault... Because they seemed to be more popular in the 1990s... At least since the 2010s, it looks like they're more likely to go to Notifier or Silent Knight, especially Vermont... But, I dunno if Simplex was ever as popular in Vermont? Vermont and western New Hampshire were more likely to have FCi and Wheelock. Except for maybe the True Alert, it looks like Simplex jumped the shark! :(

[@rhcpolicechiefk456]

I love simplex fire alarms

[@Unknownuser72727]

My school has Est genesis horn strobes in white and nearly all of them have paint. Well it clearly says on the top of the alarm do not paint!

[@landonlefevre5167]

I actually read up on this high school. I know the name but I won't reveal. The land this school is on used to be a farm until the late 60s. Then the farm came down so the town could have a high school which opened for the 1970-1971 school year. So that Standard panel was probably manufactured in the late 60s. And I would guess they remodeled the school sometime between 1994 to 1998 with some new wings and the Simplex system. And it looks as though the contractor in the 60s and 70s then in the 90s cheaped out on getting the school sprinkled. Though I see many unsprinkled buildings, I'd hate to see the 2003 Station Nightclub fire happen again in this school on account of a stunt of poor judgement

[@brettman273]

Sounds right. Let's see if you are.. It doesn't really matter anymore as the company I worked for at the time no longer exists, it's been years, and schools are public property, the school in this video is East Aurora High School in the small rural suburb of Buffalo, NY of the same name. The middle school video is the same district. There are no legal consequences of filming on public property, and any confidentiality agreement implied by my company evaporated with them. The company that bought them out is a joke in Western New York that just got bought out themselves by some giant crapola companh so I won't bother mentionimg them. So there you go.

[@n0clu318]

0:31 sounds like the startup of an old eurostar (english ppl will mostly know)

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

i like how you hit the fire alarm so that it wouldn't make that weird noise again

[@brettman273]

It works most of them time :)

[@UltimateManager]

Nice video.. Also I believe the doors in this video are SARGENT doors.. the door hardware looks like it..

[@whelenvortexr4]

I think that all these new piezoelectric horn strobes are disposable compared to great mechanical horns like the Wheelock 7002T.

[@ollykehoe5054]

***** actually 7002ts and 7002s are vibrating horns

[@whelenvortexr4]

These alarms in this video sound good, a lot better than the Tru Alerts.

[@brettman273]

Yes, and way cheaper to produce. Doesn't stop them from charging silly money for them though...

[@whelenvortexr4]

I'm tired of seeing SpectrAlert Advances.

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

whelenvortexr4 I love the 9838 do u?

[@ronaldgibson1274]

That must be extremely loud in person.

[@strumbella2009]

My freaking elementary school had that fire alarm up until I was in fourth grade and that thing was probably my greatest fear. At least my school now has an alarm that isn’t continuous and flashes about three times before it decides to destroy your ears. But seriously that thing was so loud and without warning and so unnecessary. Going to the bathroom was terrifying because it would mean I would be stuck in the stall with that demon screeching in my ear if the alarm went off.

[@XxGG_the_HackerxX]

It’s happened to me before twice I just rushed and didn’t wash my hands and I followed the other classes because I couldn’t find mine but when I got outside I knew where the spot was (This was in my middle school)

[@AustinDickerson2001Tiger]

I believe that the one System Sensor A/V goes with the Silent Knight dialer. Besides, the movie theater I went to see Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice has those kind of appliances by Simplex. No idea if it's a buzzy horn, truck horn, or speaker.

[@GaryBeltz]

+Austin Dickerson You would have to see the panel if there is a telephone and a CB mic in it then they are speakers.

[@AustinDickerson2001Tiger]

Gary Beltz, they are all electromechanical horn. Besides, we know that System Sensor and Silent Knight are owned by the same people just like Fire-Lite and Notifier.

[@brettman273]

It's simple: you cannot replace any part of a fire alarm with used parts. Ever. And you cannot buy from Simplex. Ever. So if it breaks, it gets replaced with what's available.

[@brettman273]

The Silent Knight dialer is ancient; it's what we put in many years ago (and frankly...pretty good stuff, tons of it still in use). So when we took over monitoring the system we put it in because we can't program the Simplex panel. Personally, I Wouldnt have done it that way...all we get at our central station from that giant system is a general fire or trouble trip. Would have been better to recommend paying Simplex to reprogram the internal dialer to call us so we at least get zone info...the panels do Contact ID and several other protocols .

[@xlllestlive5751]

If I heard that noise , ill start saying *God , PLS FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE*

[@vishrutchandra3745]

You pull it, and a button is released which triggers the alarm and locks the handle down.

[@fatnstupidstreams5959]

Imagine being in a pitch black bathroom with a simple horns/trobe going off and the bathroom door being locked..............the reason I bring this up is because I have an ginormous fear of fire alarms and I got kicked in a bathroom when I was like 5 at preschool for 10 mins of non stop flashing and blaring. I get light headed seeing a fire alarm in bathrooms I cant use public restrooms anymore without another person in there do to my fear

[@Dig89076]

I have these alarms at my school but they don't start like how these did.

[@dasupreme7864]

A swarm of bees is coming your way

[@XxGG_the_HackerxX]

?

[@jaesynarana3085]

Bruh🤣🤣🤣

[@MatthewKelley1206]

Nice try there is absolutely no possible way that a swarm of bees would come out of a fire alarm

[@wolfhard5758]

*attention, attention, a swarm of fire alarms are coming your way.*

[@MatthewKelley1206]

@@wolfhard5758 oh hell not true

[@thomasvicente6013]

omg that noise good god

[@OtamaDragon]

5:19 “meh I don’t feel like it” *gets smacked* “OK OK”

[@Tribblekit]

XD

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

i still love this fire alarm video LOL😆😆😆😆😆

[@iangilldjsuperdude]

It’s like living in a city of mechanical horn/strobe fire alarms!!!!!

[@marissatheautisticgirl2024]

man I remember when I was in high school I had a fire drill

[@itskingboy189]

Why each hallways has different fire alarm sounds

[@mtraveler5]

obx kingboy because they are mechanical horns, and the sound is produced by meant of a plate behind the cover of the alarm 🚨 that vibrates but sometimes the plate becomes slightly loose, therefore they don’t sound exactly the same...

[@a.a.industries607]

Sounds like half the alarms are dying...At least the auditoriums alarms sound relatively sane.

[@ncalarms6022]

this sounds so much worse than my gentex GMS' . those things aren't nearly as crap sounding as the 4903 9215, 16,17,18,19,and 20

[@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554]

Actually, they have the same faraday D-Series Mechanism horns.

[@erikbrickman4461]

Is it just me or do the alarms sound like the Freedom Convoy?

[@Goldenrod636]

Can you please post more of these? I really enjoy watching these types of videos and a lot of people I know like them too. You might think they are boring but myself and several other enthusiasts like me like the videos. If you don't want to upload them, we understand, but we think it would be nice if you could. Your decision though! I hope you reply with what you plan to do.

[@brettman273]

See below, I plan on uploading more. Some of them are boring, yes, but I do enjoy my work and I am an avid collector of older stuff as you've probably seen in my videos. To be honest most of this newer stuff is kind of boring. I have to be careful with respect to anonymity of locations and people but will try to not just record my feet and the floor...

[@Goldenrod636]

brettman273 I understand that also. Personally this is just my opinion and you don't need to respect it, but I like electromechanical horns in continuous rather than in code-3 so I hope you don't change the system.

[@Goldenrod636]

brettman273 I love your company.

[@ollykehoe5054]

Goldenrod636 same for me i love listening to fire alarms. to my family it sounds like repetitive buzzing or screeching but its music to me and bretman273 you are amazing i am so subscribing to you

[@barbaraochendalska7789]

Ghast3965 Gaming on

[@american0153]

some loud and out of shape simplex alarms nice video!

[@huskypuppypaws4850]

Holy smokes. That would be too loud.

[@Tribblekit]

It sounds like it's broken :0

[@keithgreene8489]

Try hearing the spectralerts

[@gavinokunzsanchez6834]

Some fire alarms are working. Some fire alarms are acting strange with the speakers

[@landonlefevre5167]

how long was it to do an inspection of the entire building? I've never seen a one floor high school before

[@brettman273]

+Landon Lefevre This one takes about four hours - it can be done in less but since it's bi-annual I'm usually a little more thorough. The vast majority of the inspections I do are quarterly.

[@paulculhane6187]

The alarms at my school are really not that loud but they are on continus which is annoying Tornado : Code 3 Fire : Continus

[@any123-og]

They need to switch the codings around

[@fireblaze82]

Maybe continuous wasn't the best for those alarms...

[@GaryBeltz]

+fireblaze82 Well when they were new it wasn't a problem I'm sure

[@fruit4evr]

Luckily at the end of the vid the alarms were code three and have the regular horn sound

[@fruit4evr]

I heard est genesis horn strobes and spectalert advanves at the end

[@box3229]

At my school they use wheelock a.s and h.s at code 3

[@majesticcrane9962]

Simplex 4903 series with system sensor spectraleart advanced and est genesises on 1 system

[@latrisatate8613]

What school is that I want to go there

[@DJDevvin]

Same

[@GaryBeltz]

I've watched the part with the darkened auditorium a few times and maybe the janitor/custodian mistook when you said "Almost done" for that it was ok to turn the lights off. I noticed you yell that shortly before going in there just a thought.

[@brettman273]

No, he was dealing with some teacher that was bitching about the alarms.

[@GaryBeltz]

brettman273 I've told the teacher that he was blnotified that a test was being conducted and that the more I get asked questions and so on the longer the alarms will go off

[@brettman273]

Gary Beltz I have been known to do that, yes.

[@tamarahegwood3720]

These types of alarms will scare the hell out of me because they are very loud in my old school days in high school we a faraday fire alarms in our high school OMG there were very real loud I wouldn't jump out of my skin

[@RJARRRPCGP]

Is the one at 2:25 from an NAC extender with a bad cap??? LOL. A bad filtering cap would basically make the NAC act just like a Firelite MS-5024, which is FWR.

[@brettman273]

Interesting...the NAC extender is indeed a Fire Lite unit. It never occurred to me that the output might be FWR... makes sense now. I do quite a few smaller systems with 5024s and many of the horns are electromechanical and sound like dyning giraffes too. 👍

[@RJARRRPCGP]

OK, some FireLite systems don't have filtering at all and while the electromechanical horns won't be killed, AFAIK, I heard that can damage recent Simplex strobes! Simplex electromechanical horns are manufactured by Faraday, whose Tecumseh, Michigan plant was shut down in 2003 I have heard. The Gentex GMS and GMH are the same horn with a different grille.

[@lackedpuppet9022]

i watched the entire video because my elementary school had simplex alarms like those but louder

[@MEVA1104]

My First Fire Drill had to be these evil things I was scared for life lol

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

TRANSIT CENTER my fire drills at my elementary school i'm still in elementary school they r changing the system this year last year the had simplex 2901-9838s on 9101 strobe plate

[@LethaWolf30]

I've always wanted to pull a fire alarm but I didn't want the punishment for doing it

[@brettman273]

I admire your restraint; while it's true that the FBI probably won't come and throw you in jail for such an offense I would take the opportunity to remind everyone that in almost all cases when a monitored fire alarm is activated, central stations do not verify them. They simply contact the local PSAP for that location and they will dispatch fire. Fire departments will almost always run hot to calls like this at least until it is confirmed that there is no fire. This involves exceeding speed limits, passing through red lights, etc. The risk of an accident or injury to both first responders and the public is something we all consider acceptable in emergency situations; however, if a civilian or first responder is injured or ends up taking a dirt nap as a result of a false alarm...well...now you're dealing with some serious business.

[@TexasRailfan2008]

9:32 those panels we’re definitely older than the modern system (the top one at least)

[@brettman273]

The top gutted one that is used as a splice box is the original Standard panel. THe tall rectangular one down low is a Silent Knight 5207 that's used only as a dialer. The Standard panel is ate 1950s, the Silent Knight is 1980s-earlyu 1990s-ish.

[@bibibaum2309]

I remember fire drill practice. I disliked the noise and emergency lights. Imagine how firefighters feel when they get called to a false or real alarm. 8:51 8:51

[@catsgame9282]

we're they 9838s in the gym

[@brettman273]

They are the same original electromechanical AVs as had existed in the rest of the building except the auditorium and the few that had been replaced. I don't know the model numbers.

[@thecoolps4gamer352]

i like your fire alarm video keep it up

[@Faraday1056]

My dream job as a fire alarm enthusiast. dont want the job ill take over for you

[@amandabohac2312]

Every middle school and high school has fire drill🔥

[@XxGG_the_HackerxX]

Duh

[@RJARRRPCGP]

Ratatouille at 9:26 ?

[@lilgoodievevo2400]

That looks like the gym I know

[@AustinDickerson2001Tiger]

+Vera Kafer Sounds like truck horns echoing throughout.