Bell Test #3: High Rise Voice Evacuation (EST3) 

My school bus did have that sound, it was a 2016 International IC CE

Thanks!

BAAP BAAP BAAP

Thanks!

YAY LOUD!!!

Interesting! Yeah, I'm in Calgary, Alberta, so it might be similar.

@@Twentythree33 i think Massachussetts has this tone but kinda faster with code 3 just the tone but I revive the familiar classic est voice evac message from general electric style.

We have to test paging anyways, so it makes sense to announce when we're testing instead of relying on notices given to the tenants.

Oh definitely lol. I work for a fire alarm company so I do all sorts of buildings. I don't have a smart watch but I'd assume my step count would be in the 50,000 range.

@@Twentythree33 I would love to legally pull fire alarms all day. I work for Hillsborough County Public Schools, in FLORIDA. I get paid to have FUN. I’m a IT computer support technician.

Oh nice! IT is definitely a good field. Pulling fire alarms all day seemed like a dream when I was younger and now I'm living it! Chasing ground faults, however, is not nearly as fun.

@@Twentythree33 I love the voice Evac systems. The schools I go to that have them, I think it’s the best. It really works with ppl that have a sensory overload, because it tells them what to do instead of just being annoying.

@@kland15haha I live here too

Yeah I'm not fond of EST either. This one worked quite well though.

My pleasure! I have autism too.

The stairwell message says "Your attention. Your attention please. There is an alarm condition in the building. If you are in this stairwell, please evacuate the building using this stairwell." The second stage message says "Your attention. Your attention please. This building is in full alarm. Please evacuate the building using the nearest available stairwell. Fire wardens report the status of your floor at the main floor security desk." The system has custom messages and floor-by-floor evac, with stairwell audio zones as well.

​@Twentythree33 I never knew EST has that functionality on high-rise systems.

I took the elevator 😱

Haha thanks. Yeah it was like 7:30 PM so no one heard me swear. I can't disclose the building name for privacy reasons, sorry.

Same

I think so. I'll ask a sprinkler fitter on Monday.

Yep it's a standpipe connection.

29 floors.

When it's a high rise I think it has about 20-30 floors I'm not sure because I'm not an architect I think I'm right if you think I'm wrong look it up on Google or whatever search engine you use.

It was built around the same time, so that does make sense. This is in Canada though.

The panel is an EST3. The notification appliances are mostly Edwards 965-series speaker/strobes, with Genesis speakers in the stairwells.

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I saw green running man exit signs

It was louder in person. Also in the stairwells it only sounded occasionally for whatever reason.

Not sure if that's a compliment or insult haha

The bell test, in total, took about 45 minutes. The entire inspection took 4 days, or about 37 hours.

That’s not bad at my school they had to fix some problems with the fire alarms so we sat in class all day listening to fire alarms and that went on for a week that was the worst week for my ears ever.

Oh god no. This bell test was done after hours, when the building was closed. I think we started the test at about 7 PM.

That’s what the school should’ve done and the type of the alarms they had made someone jump out their seat and was just annoying it’s like they would start then stop and go for long periods of time the stop and go off at random moments.

Yes definitely. I think the reason they didn't do after hours is because the billing rate for after hours is significantly higher.

Yes it is Edwards.