Not gonna lie, the one that's hidden in the wall, and flips over to reveal itself when it sounds is pretty clever, but was probably complex to get working with the panel.
0:20, Yes. I have this similar sound alarm, I dont know is its real or not, but i will check it. Hello, This is Nash Galvez, This is the exact sound from this fire alarm.
Mine's just a bell. (I've never had a real fire in my school but during fire drills they would sound the loudest bell in the universe. If your in the hall when that happens, Your ears are already dead.)
It was also used to warn students if a attack was to take place on Americans soil or if a nuke was drop it was use from 1950s to 1990s and mid or early 2000s as most were replaced with up to date fire alarms.
My old school changed their unique est genesis voice evac system to the same one shown on the integrity at 6:03 with the fast whoop and a different message. For some reason the sound was so quiet and distorted with the new panel that you couldn’t even understand it unless you were right next to the alarm (whereas the old voice evac was so loud and clear that you could understand it over any sort of noise). The school has the same speaker strobes shown in the next clip, as well as est genesis horn strobes in the classrooms and integrity horns outside
6:36 and 6:45 were the fire alarms of my elementary school, I hated those with a passion cause of my very sensitive hearing as a kid, I'd have to cover my ears every time.
I'm glad i wasn't the only one like that. I was so scared of fire alarm noises as a kid that the first thing I would look for is what kind of fire alarms every building had whan I walked in. If it looked like it would be loud, i would freak out and drag my parents out of the building. Also, in elementary and middle school, the principal would personally call me to the office before a fire drill so I could be outside before they went off (they did offer to let me trigger them, but I wasn't going anywhere near them). This was around 1990s so no talking alarms. Now I'm basically deaf and old and don't really care much.
I don't even think thats rare, that is a very new thing buildings can do but I guess you can consider it rare because not alot of building use it because its not widely known another one is at 7:29, those are est genesis led series and they just came out, the restaurant down a few blocks from me just finished building and has those installed so I'm guessing he's just including ones that are rare as in building don't have them
Times really have changed. Back in 2006-2013 our school lockdown drill was an announcement over the PA system telling teachers to check their email, and in their email there would be a notification that a lockdown is underway. Every building switching over to just having an unmistakable siren is such a huge move in the right direction.
It’s all mechanical not computerized there’s actually a wheel that spins around by a little motor on the controller and when the relay hits the spikes on the code wheel it makes an electrical connection to sound the electrical buzzers but the bell in the beginning is there incase of a power failure
The second one reminds me of ones we had in the elementary school, I swear they would change out the alarms every single school year, it’s like a surprise
1:23 I know I’ve been commenting a lot but this part, I used to watch this guy when I was younger, I had a really bad fear of fire alarms and it actually made it so I’m not scared anymore, weird, but I was just thinking of him
Ambridge area elementary school has a fire alarm that yells three times but theres a seccond alarm prob from outside and is quite nice for them to make a beat
1:59 That is a Wheelock STH-4R "cluster speaker" (more like "speaker cluster)" if anyone's wondering, & yes, it _is_ an actual device (albeit one you're probably not likely to see in most average buildings). Some have strobes (whether it's an RSS-series strobe or a "generic" strobe beacon), but that one does not. I believe they're mainly used for large open areas that need adequate sound coverage.
No wonder the alarm at 2:21 is not used anymore, it could literally be mistaken for the normally much quieter hum that mains electricity makes as it flows through the wires in these older buildings if the wires were loose or poorly insulated
In my elementary school, when the fire alarm goes off, with those annoying sounds, there’s a robot-like human voice that says, “Attention. Attention. Attention. An emergency has been reported. Walk to the nearest stairway. Do not use the elevator. Walk to the nearest stairway.”
That one Commander horn at 4:22 in that system of mechanical horns is not legal. Because it's on code 3 and the mechanical horns are on continuous, That makes it mixed signals. You can't have a mix of code 3 and continuous unless they are on two separate zones.
I've literally seen a fire alarm thats just a red light bulb next to a small air raid siren with the wold 'FIRE" on the lightbulb. Lowest budget thing I've ever seen but at least everyones gonna hear that thing...then again, if you hear an air raid siren, most people think 'Go inside and take shelter' so I guess the less smart ones gon' die XD
Th fire alarm at my new school is just “an emergency has been located in the building, please exit immediately” with come strobes. No loud chirps or anything. It’s so quiet too I could sleep through it. Doesn’t seem very safe to me personally.
It’s a est integrity speaker strobe doing code 3 whoop (one of est voice evac system tones). The fire lettering and strobe are weathered because the unit is outside
BONUS : there is another very rare "fire alarm", that being the very very rare carter minimite sirens. they are sometimes used as fire alarms (which is why i said "fire alarms" earlier), it is just a mini air raid siren that is fire alarm-sized and can literally be used as one, and if you want to see and hear them, heres a video of one : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-APM25cvS2X0.html (not my video, but i own 4 of these, when i get ear protection i might make a video on them)
