how did Goodrich fall into a bad state?

@@Vigilance108 also got vandalized

Today is my 15th birthday, 11/11/2023

If I was rich the first thing I would do is buy all these old buildings and restore them to the former glory 👇 If you would do the same

where would you get the money to do that?

Thank you!

Of course we all would

You'll also hate that everything left went down with the building

RIP

Press F to pay respects

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Yes, it really is a time gone by. I just wish more school districts would preserve their old school buildings.

Personally I agree because tearing them down throws money down the drain and building new ones takes more money and time

personally I don't think tearing down old buildings is a good idea because it throws hundreds of thousands of dollars down the drain including the construction of the new building which is built with inferior material that doesn't last more than 25-30 years when it needs repairs and maintenance these old buildings require little maintenance and yet they last a very long time before needing this stuff.

Thank you for watching and your comments. I know exactly what you mean Joshua, I felt the very same way when my elementary school, George Barber was demolished in 2008. It was like the death of a loved one.

Did you see the link I put on Goodrich middle school fire alarm? The school is deteriorating as I write this

@@Vigilance108 Yes, I saw it. Very sad. It is just a matter of time before the city of Akron will order this building demolished.

I love these kinds of videos, they are fascinating

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms And I will feel the same way when Central Grade School gets torn down in 2026 if the milage passes.

THANK YOU !! Yes, IBM started making fire alarm systems in the 1940's.

You should try and save that system if they replace it or tear the school down, sounds like it is very rare indeed.

You should its a good idea

Aidan Bettes elementary has been demolished and I don't know what happened to the property

@@Vigilance108 Yeah, I took pics as it was being torn down. Property is an empty lot now.

Did they abate the building for asbestos or no

@@Vigilance108 I believe they did.

Good thing

Yes, I try to salvage as much as I can for fire museums and historical preservation.

Why is Hotchkiss in really bad shape

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms With how certain pieces of the system looked, I wonder if a collector took that panel and the bells?

@@tots16 Its possible or they were taken by metal scrappers.

when is the Hotchkiss update? btw happy new year

Hello, and thank you for asking. I am fine but have been terribly busy filming and documenting other schools and fire alarm systems. New videos are coming. Hopefully I will have some to post before the end of this year, so stay tuned.

I live near San Antonio actually

Damn Mike that's sad

It's sad :(

Why would some idiot take an inactive panel

The older systems can very easily be upgraded to be ADA compliant and most of these older systems are and can be tied into security companies and fire departments, I just don't show that in my videos. These older systems are 100 times more dependable then the absolute cheap digital crap that is manufactured today.

HAPPY 4th of July to you as well !!

Desperate people do desperate things. Metal scrapers take a lot of risk in getting caught and prosecuted, that's for sure.

Has the building been fully demolished yet? just asking because I don't live in Akron

@@Vigilance108 The school is gone as of this writing.

Thanks for the update much appreciated

@@Vigilance108 Your welcome.

What does the site look like now?

@@Vigilance108 look the 1950 building which is the north side is delmksheid so that means they delosnhied the entire thing lots of buildings in Akron get deloshimed even schools who are still in Operation get demolished and build newer schools so they don’t have to renovate the school like putting new roofs and new alarms systems and new. Heater you name it all in the book it’s just sad how it is at my job im a custodians at a middle school (junior high school) is gonna be renovate in 2 years from now and other school in the district. That I work for

My current school I go to I believe it was built in the 70s or 80s it is in full operation with a fairly old fire alarm it was implemented in 1989 I believe

@@Vigilance108 Empty field with some trees.

Thanks man

Nice to know you are still watching my You Tube channel. This has been a pretty hectic year for me. I lost my Dad in February and its just been one thing after another. It sure does not get easier the older we get. But I'm still in the saddle and will be posting more videos next year, so stay tuned. Take care and thank you for your concern.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms thank you for telling me and i'm sorry about your loss

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms I'm sorry to hear that, I hope things are going well for you

@@FrozenFan765 Thank you, most appreciated. I just take one day at a time and count my blessings. That's just about all any of us can do

I'm happy you're still alive

Same :(

There was a lot of stuff in that building that was worth salvaging that most likely all ended up in a landfill.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms rip

@Old School Fire Alarms I love your channel and the old pull rod fire alarm

That is correct. IBM got them from Federal also and rebranded them as their own.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms Still lightning quick with the responses after all these years i see (James Wheeler alt account btw if ya recognize that name). Good to be back here since this channel is kinda nostalgic for me since i used to watch it all the time back as a young teen. One more question boss, have you come across a non rebranded Autocall 121-S before and do you know what it was called?

@@CliffNark Great question! The answer is no. The only ones I have in my collection and that I have seen are Autocall, IBM and Faraday. But I'm sure there are other companies that used this type model horn. Edwards and Simplex used Benjamin horns. Wheeler had their own style klaxon horns. I will be posting some new videos soon. Take care.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms Another quick question. Where did you find out that FS was the OEM for those horns? As always, appreciate the responses plus the work you've done and continue to do bud 👍

@@CliffNark I was fortunate to meet with a former employee who worked for the original Autocall Co. out of Shelby, Ohio. He worked the production line and later became a sales represenative. He was the one who told me that Autocall bought the horns from Federal then rebranded them as their own. The former employee was 79 years old when I met him and that was back in 2008.

Yes, I am. Stay tuned.

Unfortunately this school is being demolished.

Is this your alt?

Sorry

@@realandrewcinque22 RIP

Yes indeed

Me too. Those pull stations are collectable. But when you are taking things just for scrape metal purposes, they're not worth that much.

The pull stations must have been valuable since they're so rare

No I was not there during demolition.

when will the hotchkiss update come out? I'm excited to see it

Should be before the end of this year.@@Vigilance108

well, I'm happy to know that the video will come out in 3 months, I'm happy to know that you're doing well in a cold world

Unfortunately, no.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms NOOOOO

I believe Hotchkiss will be demolished within 2024, I took a look at the school and several rooms are overrun with mold and other hazards

​@@Vigilance108I hope the alarms will be saved

me too

I call the school districts to find out what schools are closed and/or decommissioned. I also inquire which schools are scheduled for demolition.

Interesting

I agree with you 100%

Because of the black mold I will not be going back into this school building.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms I understand. Now that I think about it as much as I would love to see it be preserved... this system is pretty much gone. Video turned out great and I hope to see more in the future.

@@jaredthompson3011 God willing, you will see more. Thank you for watching.

How bad has the black mold gotten?

@@Vigilance108 Pretty bad, to the point you would not want to go in.

THANK YOU !!

it makes me upset that old building are treated with almost no respect and they are demolished like they don't even exist anymore

We'll never know.

Why on Earth would a metal scrapper breach the building

@@Vigilance108 Metal scrapers breach abandoned buildings all the time to steal all the copper from the buildings so they can sell it to a metal scrape yard. There is big money to be made doing that.

They don't realize the risk of getting arrested

Everything is going well. Hope you and yours are doing fine. Have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season!!

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms U too.

If you're the editor you do a mighty fine damn job man

@@Vigilance108 Thx.

@@Vigilance108 Thank you! Yes, I do all the editing in each film posted.

It is possible that the school could be salvaged but we're talking millions of dollars and I seriously doubt anyone at this point will invest that kind of money. For one thing, the school is not in the best neighborhood and the building on the inside is 10 times worse now then when this film was produced. I have been fascinated with fire alarm systems ever since I was a youngster. The very first fire alarm I pulled was when I was 10 years old at my elementary school, George Barber. I told one of my teachers that I wish I could conduct a fire drill. Several months later, I was called down to the principle's office one day and told I was going to conduct a fire drill. The rest is history.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms So is it gonna just sit there until they get enough money to tear it down?

@@theray2009 The City of Akron will no doubt order the building demolished due to multiple health and building code violations. Now this process takes time, so I do not know how long that will take.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms how many historic schools in ohio are still active

@@theray2009 For the whole state of Ohio, I'm not sure. There are only 3 left in Akron, Ohio.

You can see the entire system being activated. Watch the video, IBM FIRE ALARM @ BETTES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL on this channel.

Back in 2015 the school looked like it just got out of construction

Watch the video and you will find out.

this place looked so magical when it was in operation and still in good shape, such a shame that this school was met with a horrible fate

@@Vigilance108 Due to that i have been working on a PSA called save the old schools

that's a good thing you're doing, because there's not too many of these old schools left in the world

@@Vigilance108 IK

these old schools are a real gem to find, whoever is making the decision to tear down these old school buildings really needs to reconsider because, normally it costs more to tear down the building than to renovate the inside, the old fire alarm systems are extremely rare to find and the decision to tear down the buildings only makes them more and more hard to find, and whoever is stealing the brass bells is really ticking me off, but in the case of this particular school, it was too far gone to be renovated in the first place and due to the fact that a few weeks after the video was recorded, the inside was 10 times worse than when it was recorded, black mold in every place of the building, a ridiculous amount of asbestos and severe vandalism made it difficult to save the school, because of the black mold and other hazards this building had a lot of health code violations and it would cost too much to get rid of all the hazards and bring the building to health code standards, so those are your reasons why this particular building was demolished by the city of Akron maybe if it was in better shape than in this video, it would have been much cheaper to renovate the building and save money for more important things for the city instead of wasting the city's budget on a cheap school building with a fire alarm system that won't even last 20-30 years before it needs maintenance and other stuff, the end.

Yes, this school is being demolished as of this writing.

@@OldSchoolFireAlarms. rip

Damn

The 1918 school is still standing as of this writing.

The school was sold for over 77,000 dollars and is however still standing

@@Vigilance108 This school is gone. The demolition work finished up this week.

The school from the video "The Abandoned Fire Alarm"

@@adamhicks5550Let me make this very clear, Bettes Elementary School, the school that is featured in the video, The Vandalized Fire Alarm has been demolished. The school that is featured in the video, The Abandon Fire Alarm is still standing and HAS NOT been demolished.

Thank you for checking in on me. I'm still here and working on a new video that will post before the end of this year.

this is a very unique channel with unique videos that you don't see that often

Thank you, most appreciated.@@Vigilance108

Hotchkiss doesn't have too long left, several areas of the building are very dangerous to enter, I took a look at the school when I visited Akron a few weeks ago and it's in pretty rough shape, you might wanna save the old alarms while you still can because it's only a matter of time before the building is demolished and everything in the school will go down with it

I would recommend becoming affiliated with some fire museum(s). Most school districts and other government agencies will not deal with average day citizens. You will have to have some credentials or be employed or affiliated with some organization and/or agency that deal in the collection of historical artifacts.

I'm happy to see you uploading again where were you?

@@Vigilance108 I had some family matters that took up a great deal of my time. I'm hoping to post more videos this year.

I still love your videos

@@Vigilance108 Thank you !!

at least OSFA is a good youtuber