That last integrity is the true hero. I'm actually surprised for only one who could be heard from where you were at and yea they need to replace the broken alarms. It's odd that even the strobes didn't work on the broken ones. I'd say that place would fail a fire alarm inspection.
@@gentexguy Usually it does kinda the reason why we they don't really put horns in bathrooms anymore because of ceramics and how sounds bounce off of it. That said, obviously you want all your alarms working.
@@trevormacewan Yeah, and also NFPA 72 says that the alarms have to be 15dB louder than the average ambient noise in any given area. A bathroom isn't typically a very loud place with the exception of hand dryers, and those are usually only on for a brief period of time. But the alarms outside of a restroom are usually loud enough that they can be distinctly heard inside the restroom, which is why most only have strobes now. However, I have seen horn/strobes in larger restrooms with lots of traffic, but even those are probably set on low volume.
I love the sound of Integrities. They always remind me of the schools I’ve been to (well, three out of the four; the second school I went to had 892-2bs)
I went to Burleigh manner middle school which was built in the 1980s that had 892 and my elementary school (Northfield) had simplex 2903 light plates that school opened in 1977 and I went to two different high schools but there are plenty videos of both of those schools on my channel
Melissa please stop claiming all of my fire drills and real activations are your father I’m asking you nicely it’s starting to become annoying I don’t like telling my followers on here what to do normally I ignore but this is getting nutty
and dont use the elevators during a fire alarm, and that broken integritys are a fail! did you tell someone? and you found the pulled station, interesting.
well since its most of the alarms that arent working, that tells me its not the alarms, its the wiring. something about the wiring in the system is incorrect
Great video. I like these kinds of fire alarm videos. Fire alarms are so fascinating to me. i just subscribed and liked the video. watching from Virginia
This garage has an unused elevator shaft, visible near the end of the video, which I originally found when I visited that garage in person. I wonder why they did that?
@@ElyseHorvath Interesting. I thought it was planned but never installed. Huntington and Largo both have unused elevator shafts in their garages. You've lived in the area for longer than me though so I believe you.
It reminds me of the time that when I was outside of my middle school, I heard fire alarms going off at a nearby parking garage. Also, my apartment complex has those same fire alarms.
I saw this video I see some of the alarms are not working that’s not good they can get a fine for that from the fire department did you report it to them to let them now but I did see that someone pulled the fire alarm because you showed us the pull station i’m impressed that you love fire alarms
European here. An Integrity is much better sounding than the awful wailing sirens that we have here as fire alarms. You won't believe how ear piercingly loud they are, at high frequencies as well! I wanna get myself an Integrity because of how cool it sounds. Also code 3 is much better for an alert than constant frequency sweeping and alternating tones.
There is no shortage of integrity’s in this area they are common in many buildings in this area especially schools many of the Fairfax County Public schools have integrity’s.
Those two next each other, one was sounding the other was not or maybe it was cant tell and some are broken which needs to be addressed also hopefully they found the person who pulled it
Oh no it’s not good someone pulled the fire alarm. This is the exact sound I would hear if there were ever a fire emergency in my school I Heard integrity in drills all these years when I first heard this alarm I didn’t recognize the sound of it but I know what it sounds like now after all these drills I had.
I am going to hear the integrity next month at school because there is going to be a drill because drills are the state law in Virginia and the integrity is the alarm installed in my school.
It is no good that someone pulled the alarm in that garage The person that pulled the alarm should be in jail because what that person did was against the law you don’t ever pull fire alarms anywhere unless there is a fire or if you have permission to come on people wake up if you think it’s funny to pull fire alarms what you are doing by doing that is putting peoples lives in danger because the fire department has to respond to your false fire alarm that you pulled and there could be another fire in another building somewhere else the fire department can’t be there because you pulled that false fire alarm that you pulled because of you people are dying that is not OKAY at all.
Just depends. But you can have all notes in Music for each fire alarm tone. C-C including all flats and sharps. If you cannot tell I am a pianist and organist.
@@ElyseHorvath my school has integrity’s all over the place and I heard them going off many times because of the drills and the alarm in my school sounds the same as the alarm in this parking garage.
Okay please understand I can’t keep answering the same question over and over again between the few videos of mine you comment on These alarms are in a public building and I can’t touch them because they aren’t mine
My least favorite fire alarm. Of course it was the alarm at both my elementary school and middle school. I don't know why but I associate it with horror for some reason
I always thought these EST integrity horns were the loudest ones due to their pitch. We had the rare “power saver” integrity horn strobes mixed with a few normal ones, and they were torture to my little ears whenever they decided to do a fire drill. While the ones at my high school (EST Genesis EG1) were still startling, they never had the same effect for me. The single worst thing about the integrity horn strobe was, they had a little noise from the strobe before the horn went off. (This seemed to be true with both the normal ones and the power savers.) When I heard this noise, I would reflexively move my hands toward my ears, and it sometimes even triggered a “duck for cover” Response as if someone kicked a ball and it flew right near my head. Unfortunately, this caused similar noises to trigger that reflex, so if I heard a little high pitched buzz, there was a good chance for many years afterwards that I would either jump, blink, move my hands toward my ears, or duck slightly.
I’ve grown up in the city all my life pee on the floor of an elevator within public tranist is fairly normal (even if it’s nasty) we even have a game “what will the elevator smell like today” A. Fresh pee B.a cleaned urinal smell C. Normal non pee
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That last integrity is the true hero. I'm actually surprised for only one who could be heard from where you were at and yea they need to replace the broken alarms. It's odd that even the strobes didn't work on the broken ones. I'd say that place would fail a fire alarm inspection.
I think the echo-y concrete ceilings and floors helped amplify the sound a bit.
@@gentexguy Usually it does kinda the reason why we they don't really put horns in bathrooms anymore because of ceramics and how sounds bounce off of it. That said, obviously you want all your alarms working.
@@trevormacewan Yeah, and also NFPA 72 says that the alarms have to be 15dB louder than the average ambient noise in any given area. A bathroom isn't typically a very loud place with the exception of hand dryers, and those are usually only on for a brief period of time. But the alarms outside of a restroom are usually loud enough that they can be distinctly heard inside the restroom, which is why most only have strobes now. However, I have seen horn/strobes in larger restrooms with lots of traffic, but even those are probably set on low volume.
I love the sound of Integrities. They always remind me of the schools I’ve been to (well, three out of the four; the second school I went to had 892-2bs)
I went to Burleigh manner middle school which was built in the 1980s that had 892 and my elementary school (Northfield) had simplex 2903 light plates that school opened in 1977 and I went to two different high schools but there are plenty videos of both of those schools on my channel
We had Integrities in my old elementary school - crofton elementary school
My school has EST Integrity’s
@@ElyseHorvath 3:08 that’s my dad
Melissa please stop claiming all of my fire drills and real activations are your father I’m asking you nicely it’s starting to become annoying I don’t like telling my followers on here what to do normally I ignore but this is getting nutty
and dont use the elevators during a fire alarm, and that broken integritys are a fail! did you tell someone?
and you found the pulled station, interesting.
It was just a false alarm!
@@CS8sirenwastaken Not really.
They better have *integrity* when explaining what happened here...
Trust me I'm reporting this to county code violations as well as metro (it's a metro owned garage)
Good one they better have integrity seems legit
tkefan29 Ha
@@ElyseHorvath Any updates?
Integrity is my FAVORITE :) and also the low frequency Sounders from Spectralert
UP CLOSE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Integrity have always been a favorite of mine
@@ElyseHorvath my school has integrities on the outside of the building that do slow whoop
Clinton Township Lifts by MagicalLift256 are You sure they’re not Wheelock MT
@@ElyseHorvath LOL. The interior alarms are est Genesis speaker strobes on the ceiling which also do the same slow whoop tone
Ahh speakers that makes more sense lol
Integrities are usually for use outside, when they're inside, they're loud. These remind me of my old school.
There is other alarms too
Cute pfp!
My high school had those alarms. I think they sound cool.
The two Integrities next to each other look really cool!
It dose
@@ElyseHorvath yes
Fred Smith ???
Damn right it's cool, but it's also loud.
@@ElyseHorvath these sound like a mallard
wow this system would fail a fire inspection
They should replace the alarms that do not work! It is not good that only one is sounding. But it was cool hearing the reverb from it!
Yes
The need to fix them
well since its most of the alarms that arent working, that tells me its not the alarms, its the wiring. something about the wiring in the system is incorrect
Why did a person pull the fire alarm in the parking garage at Wheaton Station, not knowing that some of them were broken?
Great video. I like these kinds of fire alarm videos. Fire alarms are so fascinating to me. i just subscribed and liked the video. watching from Virginia
Thanks much! I like these better than system test videos as well because these are a genuine activation
This garage has an unused elevator shaft, visible near the end of the video, which I originally found when I visited that garage in person. I wonder why they did that?
There used to be an elevator on the mall side of the garage as there was a bridge over to the mall
@@ElyseHorvath Interesting. I thought it was planned but never installed. Huntington and Largo both have unused elevator shafts in their garages. You've lived in the area for longer than me though so I believe you.
Yes sadly this was ripped out I remember riding it when I was little
Guys don’t pull fire alarms in public without an emergency.
I found you again
@@United_airlines2424 yeah he comments on every fire alarm video
@@United_airlines2424 but that’s OK if he does
It reminds me of the time that when I was outside of my middle school, I heard fire alarms going off at a nearby parking garage. Also, my apartment complex has those same fire alarms.
Edwards (EST) integrity are rather common late 90s early 2000 alarms
Makes me NOT want to live in that complex.
@@jediskunk67 I would not want to live in an apartment with Est integrity horn strobes
so just like that mall you filmed I guess there’s two integrities back to back
Half of the horns don't even work? Comes with the territory, I suppose.
The sound of my childhood nightmares. Still haunt me to this day.
Glad to know that one integrity is keeping us aafe
What happened to someone who pulled the fire alarm
I saw this video I see some of the alarms are not working that’s not good they can get a fine for that from the fire department did you report it to them to let them now but I did see that someone pulled the fire alarm because you showed us the pull station i’m impressed that you love fire alarms
European here. An Integrity is much better sounding than the awful wailing sirens that we have here as fire alarms. You won't believe how ear piercingly loud they are, at high frequencies as well! I wanna get myself an Integrity because of how cool it sounds. Also code 3 is much better for an alert than constant frequency sweeping and alternating tones.
Us Canadians use them bells. My school has Edwards, Simplex, and Mircom bells and 2 Edwards integrity horn strobes.
The Star Trek whoop was popular in the US in the 90s. One of my schools was built in '99 and used Wheelock alarms set to that tone.
Why are there two integrities right next to each other? Just one is loud enough.
Pointing different ways in the garage
@@ElyseHorvath yeah but like there’s normally just one by itself, not two.
There is no shortage of integrity’s in this area they are common in many buildings in this area especially schools many of the Fairfax County Public schools have integrity’s.
I rarely see outdoor Integrities with "FIRE" lettering. Either it erodes easily, or installers prefer the blank version.
The sound of my high school nightmares.
1:35 oh okay I wasn't sure, thanks for clarifying.
Those two next each other, one was sounding the other was not or maybe it was cant tell and some are broken which needs to be addressed also hopefully they found the person who pulled it
This is a code violation because half of the alarms don't work
My best guess for why some aren't working would be a NAC booster failure. It's almost impossible for all of those but one to fail.
I've been into a building constructed in 1991 and half the simplex 4903-9252 indoor alarms don't even work.
Yikes ! That’s no good!
Definitely seems that the other Integrities need replacing A.S.A.P; and do you know how the pull station was pulled?
Nice video BTW
Some wmata stations have fire alarms the silver line stations in Virginia has some
I remember one night i was walking home then i heard a edwards integrity horn i didnt know where it was coming from tho
I really love the sound! But best of all, I want an Integrity. Do you think I should get one? Or not?
If you have the funds and permission to do that I don’t see why not
@@ElyseHorvath 3:14 you need a key to reset it
And thats why you dont buy EST products. EST sure lived up to its faulty product reputation in this one.
Well the principal’s need to tell that to the fire marshal when remodeling the schools and updating the fire alarm systems in the school buildings.
That alarm sounds the same as the alarm in our school
3:14 reply to me why can’t you use a key to reset it to reset it you need a key
It isn’t mine to reset or touch
I'm surprised the elevators didn't go into a shunt trip
It's metro owned nothing works lol
Who pulled the alarm
I wonder if some of those fire alarms were broken
have they replaced the ones that didnt sound
Probably not it’s metro everything is broken
3:14 you need a key to turn the fire alarm off
The key that you need is a CAT 45 EST key
Who put the alarm
I looks like the first integrity either wasn't on or it may not be working.
2:36 that one isn’t even souding
As said in the video most are not working
@@ElyseHorvath they’re totaled
The fact you can hear those 2 that far tho
I don't even think the one next to it was working, so it was only 1 working
Oh no it’s not good someone pulled the fire alarm. This is the exact sound I would hear if there were ever a fire emergency in my school I Heard integrity in drills all these years when I first heard this alarm I didn’t recognize the sound of it but I know what it sounds like now after all these drills I had.
It is a problem that the elevator is working while the fire alarms are going off. I'm also having a problem with one of the strobes not working
Most of the alarms in that garage don’t function
I don’t recommend you to use elevator in a fire situation
There is no fire someone pulled it I was aware of the situation
I know but just in case of real fire using elevators is unsafe
no duh
I am going to hear this in December and January February March April May and June in school because of the drills.
I’m no fire inspector but I’m sure that’s against fire code..
I love the echo
I am going to hear the integrity next month at school because there is going to be a drill because drills are the state law in Virginia and the integrity is the alarm installed in my school.
Am i the only one wondering why these integritys are mounted side by side it this position at 4:09?
Angled for all viewing angles within the parking garage doing it that way provides better coverage
It is no good that someone pulled the alarm in that garage The person that pulled the alarm should be in jail because what that person did was against the law you don’t ever pull fire alarms anywhere unless there is a fire or if you have permission to come on people wake up if you think it’s funny to pull fire alarms what you are doing by doing that is putting peoples lives in danger because the fire department has to respond to your false fire alarm that you pulled and there could be another fire in another building somewhere else the fire department can’t be there because you pulled that false fire alarm that you pulled because of you people are dying that is not OKAY at all.
I mean, he has a point
Bb is the tone :D
Same here! Maybe 432 Hz.
PLEASE tell me what all the alarm tones are in notes??
Just depends. But you can have all notes in Music for each fire alarm tone. C-C including all flats and sharps. If you cannot tell I am a pianist and organist.
i filmed a bus the other day
why dident you get a look instide of thar bus
Huh? I ended up actually get 7258 who I showed in the video on the Q6 after I stopped filming
By the way this was the sound of the alarm in my first preschool.
I know right!
That pull station probley doesn't go to those fire alarm that aren't sounding
Integrity’s are very common across this area.
Integrity are rather common
@@ElyseHorvath my school has integrity’s all over the place and I heard them going off many times because of the drills and the alarm in my school sounds the same as the alarm in this parking garage.
Fire alarms are connected to different pull stations
Some of the Edwards Integrity Horn Strobes were not working so they need to be replaced
Not up to fire code
some of the alarms need replaced
That system needs urgent maintenance
2:34 That Edwards Integrity Needs Replaced
very interesting device placement.
3:38 The integritys kinda sound like a mechanical horn
3:12 usually you need a key sometimes you need a hex and sometimes a screwdriver
3:13 answer my question you need a key to reset it can you reply to me and say it isn’t mine to mess with you need a key to reset it
Okay please understand I can’t keep answering the same question over and over again between the few videos of mine you comment on
These alarms are in a public building and I can’t touch them because they aren’t mine
EST Integrity at wheaton station (Note: EST Integrity is crooked)
Someone pulled the fire alarm in 3:11
My least favorite fire alarm. Of course it was the alarm at both my elementary school and middle school. I don't know why but I associate it with horror for some reason
4:11 sounds like a mallard
Hello this the 911 call what's ur emergency hello I need to report a fire alarm lol
2 fails
1. 4 Edwards Integritys weren't working
2. The elevator didn't recall / go out of service
Its not uncommon to see eleavtor recall not in buildings
Everything
Doesn't
Work
Actually
Really
Disappointing
Service
Its probably age and no matinence.
@EthanBlaisAlarms I noticed it too.
@EthanBlaisAlarms That's the joke.
@EthanBlaisAlarms that's the point...🤦♂️
3:12 why are you not gonna reset it you need a key to reset
BECAUSE HE DOESNT HAVE IT
Oh the fire alarm going off?
Let's use the elevators
Wow
We have them at my school! :D (they are loud oof) I even liked!
I never found the integrity to be too loud my other high school had them and my middle school had them in the 90s era addition
I always thought these EST integrity horns were the loudest ones due to their pitch. We had the rare “power saver” integrity horn strobes mixed with a few normal ones, and they were torture to my little ears whenever they decided to do a fire drill. While the ones at my high school (EST Genesis EG1) were still startling, they never had the same effect for me. The single worst thing about the integrity horn strobe was, they had a little noise from the strobe before the horn went off. (This seemed to be true with both the normal ones and the power savers.) When I heard this noise, I would reflexively move my hands toward my ears, and it sometimes even triggered a “duck for cover” Response as if someone kicked a ball and it flew right near my head. Unfortunately, this caused similar noises to trigger that reflex, so if I heard a little high pitched buzz, there was a good chance for many years afterwards that I would either jump, blink, move my hands toward my ears, or duck slightly.
U shouldve called the fd to silence it. And look at the others while there
OMG I went there that day I wish I could here it there that day:(
what alarm is that
Edwards (EST) integrity
@@ElyseHorvath thanks
3:14 you need to open it with a key and push the switch down to reset it
😍😍
I heard the integrity on Tuesday because there was a drill at school
3:11 If it was someone’s dad pulling the alarm his daughter his son is crying
Parking garage Eleavtors are like the worst
3:14 to turn the fire alarm off you need a key
2:27 could it have been those men who pulled it?????
Who knows I'm not here to speculate
@@ElyseHorvathyeah
@@ElyseHorvath and how do you always discover alarms? i only have once..
This would be my third time seeing an activated system
@@ElyseHorvath doesnet seem like there is much security around that.
Someone pulled the fire alarm
Nice job EST, as always! NOT!
Eeeehh it’s more of a metro issue than it is a edwards issues lol
I'm in UK. We don't have them
Well you have different models than we do here in the states
I know this was filmed pre-pandemic but if I even smelled foul stench from an elevator I was about to get into I'd put on the PPE VERY quickly
I’ve grown up in the city all my life pee on the floor of an elevator within public tranist is fairly normal (even if it’s nasty) we even have a game “what will the elevator smell like today”
A. Fresh pee
B.a cleaned urinal smell
C. Normal non pee
@@ElyseHorvath true but I don’t want to take a chance on catching a disease or virus kf any kind LOL
Are you in new York
No?
What state do you live
It lookes like new york to me
Washington DC
Oh
Who ever pull it should be charge and lock up
3:13 to reset it you need to open it with a key
3:14 to reset it you need a key
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Y aren’t the other integrity’s working