@MemoryLanes2010 you’re saying that to a comment that is 10 years old lol

Happens regularly to the mall next to my apartment building at like 5am. Keep in mind the mall opens at 7am so it's really strange. My theory is that the resturants inside the mall is frying something. But weird how it happens so often

Tyler Shallue i walked down a few flights of stairs, saw no smoke and was interested. So, i looked

Is it actually considered tampering to press the acknowledge button? Is that the reason you can’t find out where the alarm is coming from? Just curious. Thanks.

Uh I don't know. lol Kyle maybe. I did not catch his name.

Someone was smoking in the parking garage.

hehe thanks for the correction. I thought of that soon after I said it.

Zeo Lightning In most cases the panel is kept somewhere in the basement, office, or utility room and it's usually a room that's kept locked at all times other necessary to get in it. This is the third place I've seen where the panel is at the main entrance. The other two were in real life the one was at a building at my dad's old job where he let me watch guys trying to troubleshoot a find fault in the system idk what panel is was. The second was in the corporate building here where AT&aT does its face to face job interviews and the building had a Simplex 4006 with a red cabinet.

Darn auto correct I meant ground fault shouldn't have used the abbreviation and AT&T

That doesn't mean anything a fire alarm operates the same in a government building as in anything else if a smoke detector or pull station malfunctions it's still going to go off.

Wheelock

I never seen wheelock speaker strobes like that before

in the newer panels, from what i understand, cycle between the whole "***FIRE ALARM***" and where the alarm activated. I will find out more later though, as i have a possible internship with Simplex this summer.

tornadofreak1994 Did you ever find out what sit off the fire alarm that day?

nope. I left before the whole ordeal was over and didnt come back for a while

Someone was smoking in the parking garage.

Weatherdan8820002 the buzz was the emergency exit

Paul Ahejew No. I think he was talking about the fire panel. When the system is in alarm, the red light on the fire panel will flash and the panel will continue beeping until you acknowledge the alarm.

That is smoking and yeah other commenters are asking about what caused the alarm. I keep telling them what you told Firealarm101 and that is someone was smoking in the parking garage.

No it's actually a Simplex 4100 in silver.

if you silence the alarm yes. I would just acknowledge so it scrolls through the activated points on the panel without silencing the alarm

George McIntyre not really only to turn off the sound but not the alarm it self

@@tor94I am curious about why silencing the alarm could get one into trouble?

​@@DCC--vq1ng Premature silencing of fire alarm systems has resulted in fire deaths. In some locations, they "ask" that the alarm, trouble, etc. not be silenced or reset as it allows the fire department to easily identify the situation at the buildings FACP or annunciator panel. In others, such as where I live, there is an orange sticker placed on the panels that state the system shall be silenced and reset only by fire personnel per village ordinance. If someone were to not comply, a $1,000 fine can be charged at the departments discretion. In addition, every alarm should be treated as an emergency. Sources: Kirkland Washington Fire Department "fire alarm response procedures" bulletin. Hope this answers your question

@@tor94 Thanks

lol Good question.

Some librarys are multiple floors. Like the one where i live is 3 floors

Parking Garage.

I can kind of understand how you feel about the situation. But what would happen if there was a real fire somewhere else and those two trucks were still at the false alarm? That could be a life safety concern. Fire departments don’t just respond because they want to, but they are required by law to. This is why pulling a false alarm is a serious criminal offense in some states. In fact, if somebody gets injured,, or even worse, dies because you were fooling around, that could be literally murder or manslaughter.

I can see resetting the system being illegal but the Alarm ACK button only silences the piezo on the panel and shows where the alarm was activated.

@@MrTylerNicole1 I guess they consider if anyone so much as "touching" the equipment without permission as "Tampering with fire alarm/life safety equipment" I've heard on here and read in the NFPA literature that even if the last person left his or her keys in the panel and you mess with it in anyway YOU would get in trouble.

Simplex 4100 or earlier since it has the older style slow whoop

Chrome too!

+MST2474 I thought that was a 4020?

VerifiedNub™ 4020 never have that buzzer

there is 4100es now though since the 4100 is a classic.

I think it was most recently remodeled in 2017-2018

​@@tor94 Is the old 4100 still fhere or was it replaced with a diffrrent panel?

@@bruh3120 Unfortunately, I don’t know. Moved away a few years ago

Or someone was smoking somewhere where they had no business smoking.

I know right!

Yeah!

Right?!

Unfortunately he couldn't actually find out where it was going off since he didn't have a Simplex B key to push the acknowledge button.

Evanston, IL Fire Department

phillies4100 Yes, it could have been, but we don’t know. There are little kids standing outside. Maybe, a child was curious to see what the alarm does.

No someone was smoking in the parking garage.

Someone was smoking in the parking garage so yeah it was real.

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We could say it was a real alarm because someone was smoking in the building and that is a no no.