Went to elementary school with you, was reminded of you when talking about fire alarms. pleasantly surprised your still passionate about this topic, awesome stuff
@FireAlarmDude59674 ай бұрын
Hattie, I remember you from elementary school as well! I believe we were in the same 4th grade class with Ms. Martinez. I hope you’re doing well, it’s nice to hear from you
@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire75544 ай бұрын
Awesome explanation. Is a good explanation of why buildings need voice evacuation systems.
@zaynmasalkhi23034 ай бұрын
That Gentex SHG remote strobe you talked about last video was actually called Gentex GXS.
@FireAlarmDude59674 ай бұрын
The last video was about a smoke alarm so I don’t know what you’re referring to
@michellebianchi48474 ай бұрын
As someone who lives in a major city, I’ve always wondered this. Great explanation!
@Mattstuffnidkcare3 ай бұрын
The alarm at 2:57 uses a Notifier System, most of USC does Source: I've seen it go off in March 2020. Does code-3
@FireAlarmDude59673 ай бұрын
Yes, the new systems at the village all play a code three tone and then play the “fire alarm reported” message
@Neptunesalad124 ай бұрын
Cant wait to see what you have for the April system test (great video as well)
@Camporito254 ай бұрын
Awesome explanation. Is a good explanation of why some buildings need voice evacuation systems.
@spatcherw.keyboardsandbaby85864 ай бұрын
On the contrary my apartment building is a 10-story high rise with 150 apartments, but it has a grandfathered traditional horn system. They did technically upgrade the system in 2019, but they chose to grandfather in a horn system rather than putting in a voice system, which beats me. I would have opted for the voice myself since it's a large building. They did replace the Wheelock 7002s, with EST Genesis, and replace the IRC3 with an EST3 panel, and a few other components, but it is still a traditional horn system, there's no speakers.
@dale42314 ай бұрын
This is a well produced video! Even standalone small stores commonly have voice systems now. The benefits of voice systems are very great. The only time where I don’t see a voice system as ever being necessary is in a small, standalone building. Even a normal grocery store I think should always have voice.
@LukeDoyle-fl4wdАй бұрын
I wonder why a lot of stores have this same exact set up where you have random fire alarms, with green strobe commander 3s around the doors. A grey colored spirnkler bell right next to some sort of ademco 702
@FireAlarmDude5967Ай бұрын
The green strobe is probably a shoplift alarm
@user-uv7ne5tv9k4 ай бұрын
I love the speaker strobes every single speaker. I love.
@TyConSherriM4 ай бұрын
I’ve seen voice evac systems in gas stations that were their own building
@aerhardt4 ай бұрын
4:08 This is true. Fore example, a Walmart in my area was built around 2014 with a voice evac system that also doubles as a paging and background music system. Also, at least in my area, all new schools must have voice evac.
@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness4 ай бұрын
I’ve seen videos of that a building that big alone makes sense to have it some small malls were replaced by one big store
@IanGSully4 ай бұрын
My old Middle School used to have a Simplex system. I believe a Simplex 4100U but I could be wrong. But it got replaced with a Notifier Voice Evac system. I bet a NFS2-640 or NFS2-3030 but am not sure.
@firepro-squad77784 ай бұрын
Interesting topic! Thanks for the information!
@waffiewitch3 ай бұрын
Something I notice is that larger restaurants in specifically Florida all seem to have voice evac systems. Even standalone chain restaurants like olive garden are like that there, unlike other states.
@Hellogelloeee4 ай бұрын
Great video
@YourAlarmist4 ай бұрын
In an assembly occupancy typically 300 people or more the intent is to try and counter group adaptive behavior. This is the tendency of lager groups of people to not leave without specific instructions to do so. In other words scientific studies show that the crowd won’t leave without instructions. This is why you see voice evacuation systems in churches, theaters, and other types of gathering spaces.
@FireAlarmDude59674 ай бұрын
Good information. Makes a lot of sense, crowd mentality is usually pretty common and people just remain out until others leave or they’re told to do so
@Aviation1294 ай бұрын
Very nice video! Just came back from Disney World and I saw a lot of wheelock speaker strobe devices, also some Wheelock AS’s and a few Gentex Commander 3’s
@ExitSignAficionado4 ай бұрын
I work in a large factory with a voice alert system. there are red GE loudspeaker horns everywhere and a mix of spectlert and spectralert advance strobes everywhere. Oddly they do not play an evacuation message or even an emulated code 3 alarm, it it a repeditive high to low pitch for thr fire alarm. The other side of the factory has intrinsically safe horns, steobes, and pull stations. A mix of weelock and edwards, but i do not go t to go on that side of the building often. The intrinsically safe horns are continuous tone when the fire alarm goes off though.
@ronaldgibson12742 ай бұрын
At our local mall, the new Round 1 arcade has a voice evac system but the whole rest of the mall just has horn strobes. Why do you think the Round 1 arcade has that type of alarm and the new Target store and everywhere else do not?
@dabitzz4 ай бұрын
there was a chinese buffet by my house that had a really nice spectra alert clasic voice evac system. When the pandemic hit, the restaurant closed, and didn't reopen until about 9 months ago because someone bought it. when it reopened, the voice evac system had been removed and was replaced with l-series horn strobes. i think it was pretty weird that they had a voice evac system in there, but it was sad to see it go
@SimplexTBarGuy3 ай бұрын
Perfect explanation.
@zackthehalloweenguy104 ай бұрын
Nice video keep up the great work man
@JoshCraver90004 ай бұрын
There are voice evac systems in some Walmarts and Sam's Clubs.
@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness4 ай бұрын
0:40 wow so is the genesis really so old that the l-series speakers replaced them
@vinnieversaci4524 ай бұрын
My old elementary school is installing voice evac it's small school to
@TFEAS-094 ай бұрын
Although not a regulation to have voice evac, NZ alarm systems are usually ALWAYS paried with a "Pertronic" EVAC50W24V voice/tone amplifier, making each system have the ability to have a voice with different tones. Although one tone is usually used (under NZS 4512:2010 regulations), many can be chosen with a voice evac. Most buildings in NZ have one tone, but it completely varies on the system age and devices used depending on what the owner of said shops want. So, you'll never really find a code 3 tone, or anything such, just the same tone used over and over again as of NZS 4512:2010.
@gradientgamer54804 ай бұрын
Walmart is no stranger to a voice evac system, infact they are also used as general intercoms
@iansanchez14702 ай бұрын
I was wondering why my Walmart has Voice evac until i watched this video BTW my city had EST Voice evac because there we're retail, apartment, hotels, and even government services for passport, deparment of motor vehicles, etc
@That_2_guy2T4 ай бұрын
Theres a teen challenge thrift store i know of thats in a complex from what i remember and it has E70 speaker/strobes.
@westvirginiascoolestcanadian3 ай бұрын
i’ve never actually seen/heard a voice evac in real life. all the buildings on my campus are old as hell.
@pfefferwal4 ай бұрын
General signals in the beginning and 1:04 also my local walmart has a wheelock speaker strobe system
@jzzhang7264 ай бұрын
I needed this! Cool video
@FireExtinguisherEnthusiast4 ай бұрын
Awesome video!
@alexandersalarms53804 ай бұрын
Florida be like (joke poking at floridas insane amount of voice evac)
@The-creator-of-good-videos-154 ай бұрын
Hello, I love your fire alarm videos, very impressed. About that “destroy my house” thing: Please don’t destroy your house, it’s very beautiful. I just wanted to say that it’s nice. Because I saw it in that Christmas fire alarm video. But I still love your content. Also, what’s the grey fire alarm with the blue strobe? I’m intrigued to find out!
@FireAlarmDude59674 ай бұрын
Thank you! I wasn’t exactly planning to destroy my house but I appreciate the thought
@The-creator-of-good-videos-154 ай бұрын
@@FireAlarmDude5967 Yes, nice house! Very well built! I also love the fire alarm videos and your explanations of the fire alarm devices like, e.g.: Why are they important?, what do they sound like?, where are they used?, when are they activated?, and all that stuff… whatever, but cool videos!
@That_united_airlines2424Ай бұрын
1:05 what is that gentex commander 3 for
@MrKal2223 ай бұрын
But it doesn't matter why there's fire alarm system in small stores it really doesn't matter
@FireSystem454 ай бұрын
Nice video, but what’s with the plain speaker strobes in the Trader Joe’s?
@FireAlarmDude59674 ай бұрын
The USC village has fire alarm devices with no marking
@Ericlovestrains3 ай бұрын
First Photo do you have a video of it or it’s a image from Google
@captainchris20164 ай бұрын
You skipped that all schools are required to have voice evac now when going over what kinds of buildings are required too
@idkanymore95904 ай бұрын
My school doesn’t have voice evac
@roblox_kidyt50394 ай бұрын
@@idkanymore9590 It's a code in the United States now, but if your school was built before the code became a thing, there doesn't need to be a voice evac system unless they replace the system.
@idkanymore95904 ай бұрын
@@roblox_kidyt5039 gotcha. They replaced the system in December of 2022. Did this just now become a code?