My school actually has a system like this, but it's different. There's a button in every room that calls the front desk for normal reasons. But one push if for the front desk, three pushes are for an administrator, and if you push it too many times it triggers a lockdown that goes through every speaker. I learned this during a test run.
Exactly what i was thinking. If there's really an intruder, you dont want to be in long hallways where they could easily see you. (and potentially shoot you)
It's sad how they're actually really needed. The school I went to never actually had an intruder or anything in its entire lifetime I believe, with the only lockdowns being medical ones. I'm actually surprised cause I believe it was one of the largest in my region. However, Toronto is really close to me, and they aren't so lucky. High crime rate areas definitely need a system like this, whether it's the US, Canada, or any other country really.
😆 yup. Same happened at my school. I swear someone pulled the fire alarm everyday. If there was ever a real fire, no one would move an inch because they think its another prank 💀
Simple fix, hold students accountable for that kind of inappropriate behaviour. If the school can’t find a way to do that, then the school is probably underfunded and you should move to a different one.
My school had a few but accidental triggers 1. A kid got mad and punched it. 2. A cleaner walked backwards into it 3. Builders set off it by saw dust getting into detectors 4. Builder smashed one with a 2x4 All 4 resulted in multiple(like 4-6 fire trucks) rocking up. The one time a real fire(tiny) tho we had dozens of units arrive bc the fools said "canteen is on fire" and well the operator on other end WENT TO the school so went "oh canteen linked to 5 other buildings so fire could be huge fast" 😆....it was a 30cm frypan of oil on fire....
A lot of schools in my area have integrated such systems within the past 2 years. I know of an Elementary School (which I attended from Kindergarten to 2nd grade) has an STI push station in the front office that activates the PA system. There’s also several blue strobe lights on the exterior of the building that will flash when that system is set off. And for anyone who’s wondering about the fire alarm system there: it’s a Notifier NFS2-640 (replaced an AFP-400). It has Notifier BGX-101L pull stations (newer areas have NBG-12LX models) under stoppers. The smoke detectors are newer addressable Notifier detectors (they use to be Notifier branded addressable System Sensor 2424s). The alarms are Wheelock ET1010 speaker/strobes (very rare) though there some have been replaced by System Sensor SPSW Advances (there’s also an L Series speaker/strobe now). Some areas have Wheelock AS horn/strobes and RSS remote strobes that were put in back in the early 2000’s.
My school does something similar to this! The system is Simplex speaker strobes that play 500hz continuous for fire, separate voice messages for lockdowns and tornado warnings, and slow whoop for earthquakes. In all emergencies it also overrides the PA so it's quite audible. The only thing is it doesn't have any pull stations for other emergencies, just fire.
At every school in my district, there were lockdown alarms throughout the school that would flash when a lockdown was activated. The main office could activate a lockdown or a person outside the cafeteria or gym could activate it using an STI lockdown push station.
Ironically this is probably needed even more than fire alarm systems. Stuff like this seems to happen way more than fire emergencies, the latter of which are usually effectively controlled by sprinklers anyway
Are you trying to be funny? On average, a fire emergency happens every 3 years at public high schools in the US. These are usually minor events but involved someone activating the fire alarm. Active shooter events are at a much lower rate.
@@Lando_P1 No I actually thought fire emergencies were rarer. I don't count events involving someone pulling the alarm when there's no emergency. I mean an actual fire. I almost never hear about fires at schools in the news, but do hear about school shootings
@@exoticcar5482 You’re wrong. Small fires in school kitchens, HVAC systems, and electrical systems are very common. You need to learn to research something before you spread leftist propaganda.
Mass notification system systems are actually required in schools nowadays. With alert strobes and LOCs in the vestibule or at the front desk. I’ve never seen one with those pull stations yet, but, I’m sure they exist. These systems are incredibly useful in todays world. Nice video!!!
I agree 100 percent that all schools should have emergency notification systems for intrudars especially with all the mass shootings in schools that have taken place across the country. If there’s a way you could help to have people sign a patition to make into law these types of systems, that would be truly great, and more childrens’ lives can be saved from being shot by evil doers in this world. Keep the videos coming. I enjoy them very much.
This is a good idea. I do think they should also have the flashing lights (maybe a different color to differentiate the kind of emergency) in case there are Deaf or hard of hearing people in the building. ~:~
For clarification, are you praising the same "god" that lets it happen almost 300 times per year? That's disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself, praising a god that lets that many kids be murdered...
On the last year of school last year we had a lockdown, thankfully it was a false alarm but I am very thankful to all the first responders that came to help
I’ve never had to experience a real lockdown while I was in school-thank goodness-but we did have several “Hold-In-Places” (basically just staying in your current room until told otherwise-INCLUDING ignoring the bell if it rings) due to medical emergencies. Those weren’t too bad, though. And of course, we also had the usual fire drills. We DID do lockdown drills, however, and they were always initiated via a manual announcement over the PA. I was never lucky enough to witness one of these systems working in person, unfortunately. But despite the lack of a lockdown alarm system, my middle and high schools had other systems in place that worked just as well. They had automatic electronic locks that would engage as soon as the first bell rang, locking all the outside doors to anyone who doesn’t have an RFID badge. And the only way to get in without a badge was to ring the doorbell at the main entrance, which had a camera and an intercom that someone in the main office could use to see who’s at the door and have them verbally identify themselves. They also had what they call a “mantrap” at the main entrance, which consists of two sets of doors-one on the outside of the building and one inside, with a roughly eight foot gap between them. The inner doors were ALWAYS locked whenever those e-locks were engaged-no exceptions-while the outer ones could be unlocked via a badge or by the main office staff. On the side wall of the gap was the door to the main office, so while school was in session, the only way to enter the building was through the main office. Otherwise, you’d be stuck between the two sets of doors until someone found you. It was a very effective system, I must say!
My school did have many of what you called 'hold in places' (My school calls them soft lockdowns), some ranging from car backfire mistaken for gunshots to actual gunshots
I'm surprised your school didn't use the bell to initiate the lockdown, The pa at my school couldn't be heard outside so every alert was sent out via different patterns of bells.
All the schools in Georgia use a company named CENTEGIX. It gives every staff a button that if they press it more than 7 times the whole building goes into lockdown. It calls the police and sends the location of the person who pressed the button. They install strobes and new locks. Also if you press it 3 times it’s sends the location to administration saying there is a medical emergency. It’s helpful just really scary that you might cause the building to go on lockdown. It has already happened twice at the high school a block down.
In Germany, this is a standard requirement in any school, even though we have one very little school shootings. Although it was luckily never used in my school, it's a good feeling to have one just in case. It is placed next to every fire alarm so you can find one really quick. (In comparison: In this year we had 1 school shooting while the USA had over 250 [according to the internet] )
Most statistics on gun violence or gun crimes in the us also include suicides, and anything that uses pressure to potentially cause harm, counts as a gun in the us.
My district has something exactly like this we have special clocks that act as a clock obviously (digital) and integrated PA systems with lights that flash so when a lockdown is activated lights flash with a voice and digital message that announce “lockdown lockdown lockdown this is an emergency announcement immediately follow lockdown procedures” the activation button for this is in the main office and since my district has the high school and middle school on the same campus as well as the district office it immediately puts the appropriate buildings on lockdown and obviously when the button is pressed it calls law enforcement same thing for the elementary schools but they are on there own campus and we also have blue lights outside the building so during a lockdown (even during a drill) these lights flash telling people who drive by there’s ongoing emergency occurring, I live in New York State and a law has passed in 2022 that public schools shall have silent panic alarm systems in case of an emergency
Viewing from the UK I don't know if our schools have installed systems like this or not, but the very fact they're needed in the first place is the most frightening thing... 🔔🕵😨
Yeah I agree. BluePoint is definitely my favorite brand for police alarms. I’m thinking of getting in touch with some people in my school to have these installed
My school has a button you press for a real lockdown. Teachers also have a mobile app where they can call a lockdown as well as class phones. All of those automatically call the police and nobody has to do any speaking. To top it off, the police station is 10 meters (not exaggerating) across the street to the school, can get in on their own, and multiple truancy officers that roam the school.
My high school has a lockdown system and it's installed at all schools in the district. They have yellow STI push stations with a built in stopper and EST Genesis Alert ceiling mount strobes. When the STI stations are pushed, fire doors will close, the alert strobes active, and a audible alarm with a message through the schools PA system.
Yesterday, a cell phone exploded in my school and it was in the hallway right out where I was. I made a ton of smoke and set off the alarms. None of use knew where the smoke was coming from, so we thought there was a fire somewhere. We were in an Island Gym Building so we had one part and had to cover our mouths and go through the smoke to evacuate. I’m sure that smoke was extremely toxic, and had those alarms not gone off, some of us would’ve died.
@@JustAGlitchFL okay let me explain again.... my gym is a building COMPLETELY separate from the main building, around 20 yards away, and it has two hallways sandwhiching the gym and weight rooms. in one hallway, there's also 3 classrooms, in the other, there's locker rooms and bathrooms. I was unfortunate enough to be in the hallway with the classrooms where the phone blew up. the gym and weightroom were locked because classes were going on, and my teacher could unlock it but he gave us the decesion to either wait for him or go through the smoke to get out faster. at the end of both hallways, there is an exit. It is really easy to exit the building
@@Sixitboy ah okay I thought you meant you were just in a gym and there were 3 exits but the only unlocked one was back through the school which would've been very not okay
@@Qatari2007 it’s so parents know right away. Also students get it on their phone, so if they’re off campus they know that the school is on lockdown and not to come back until the all clear is given.
I agree. The same thing we have fire alarms to alert people that there’s a fire so if we have police alarms to alert people that there’s armed intruder then more lives would be saved. The strobes for police alarms should be blue 🔵🔵🚔
There is one major flaw with this, you are alerting the intruder that you are aware of them. Schools use bells because they can convey much more information to the students while the intruder will just hear what to them is just a normal bell. My elementary school had many different bells for different situations, whatever message the school wanted to convey to the students could be conveyed to every student in seconds, while an intruder would only hear what sounds like a normal bell for school. If we needed to shelter in place there was one bell pattern, if we needed to run away from the school there was a different bell pattern, and if we needed to run into the school there was another bell pattern. There were several more, but those were the big ones.
The alert tone the system makes is a bit odd, it's a kind of purring noise that reminds me of the sound people in Australia hear when they make a phone call.
I agree, it's a quiet and harrowing sound. However, you definitely don't want people mistaking it for a fire alarm and trying to get out rather than in.
I’m in the UK so luckily we don’t have to worry about intruders often. It’s so sad that buildings such as schools have so many intruders in the US and other places. Especially since they enter with weaponry like guns that can harm from afar.I hope these get implemented into different buildings soon. ❤
No they don't. School shootings are extraordinarily rare - a kid is more likely to die in an auto accident on the way to school. Google: "Active Shooter Drills Are Traumatizing A Generation"
My school just uses the PA for lockdowns (one drill done in my life), and for evacuating, three sequences of three bell and siren each (played at the same time, the bell for inside and the siren for outside, which was used for the change of classes before the PA was installed, where they play music (popular songs) instead of the bell to indicate start or end of periods). For normal period endings, it is just a long steady tone. Plus, they are manual bells operated by the entrance control.
i feel that having an alarm that says "LOCKDOWN LOCK DOWN ENTRUDER IN THE BUILDING" would be a clear sign that there are people who need to be warned in the building so maybe there would be a secret code or something
How often Do people Go into Schools, with The intention To kill As many People as They can, And the Entire building Is empty When they Get there? In addition, Schools tend To be Pretty public When the School itself Is going To be Empty. (except For private Schools that Is, as Far as I'm aware) So yeah, What's the Issue in Letting a Shooter, who Already knows People are Inside, become Aware that People are Inside?
@@dr.blockcraft6633 private schools are very large, mine has over 500 people attending but the 8th grade only has 25 people in it (in my third grade year 22 people were in one class) And you have a good point
As a current high schooler, it's dystopian to see this stuff. My current school has them and it's just an unfortunate reminder of American terrors. This certainly isn't a solution but as long as solutions aren't happening, these systems should absolutely be installed. I hope lockdown drills eventually become as obsolete as nuclear bomb drills.
I wish as well I was fine in grade school in middle school to the high school have this issues. One year it was so bad the schools removed the rooms on wheels they find it more risky than rooms indoor. That is a shame because rooms on trailers have better hvac systems.
My school district is currently building a new high school to replace the old one from 1957. It is supposed to open at the start of the 2024-25 school year and I hope it will have something like this. I’m almost certain that the FA system will be a Simplex 4100es voice evac system so maybe they could make use of that for intruder alerts. My school district’s method for alerting people of anything that is not a fire is using the PA system. I think that they should try to make updates to all of their schools.
My school had an entire system installed 2 years ago, we just had our second official Blue Point lockdown drill last week where these have a recorded voice message similar to how this sounded, we had to barricade the doors with tables and chairs, lock all doors, and do the casual turn off the lights and hide, and the school brings actual police officers to check to make sure each an every room or classroom is secure. The pre recorded voice messages is played over the PA speakers on repeat until the drill or threat is over. There are a few SpectrAlert Advances painted blue and are strobe only that will flash in certain rooms like the cafeteria, the Gym, weight training class, and outside. There's at least one or 2 strobes located near the office area and another one near the auditorium. The pull stations used a BG-12s and are also painted blue similar to the National Time pull station in this video, there are covers placed on every single pull station including the pulls that go to the fire alarm systems which mainly consists of Gentex Commander 2's and 3's all around the school which use National Time pull stations. Side Note: We also have a bomb and a drug sniffing dog that checks around the school everyday, we also got a new district officer who's taking the place over our old one. After the Oxford incident in 2021 which was about 46 minutes away from my High School or so which isn't super far away, we've had rare instances where people will make a false threat as a joke. We've only had 1 real false bomb threat that was hand written by sticky note by the art teacher of the middle school in my district whom Was my art teacher before High School. Last I heard she has since been put on house arrest on a $75,000 bond.
honestly great system. only thing id change is the speaker pop noise when the message restarts. it sounds like a gunshot and could potentially cause more chaos and panic.
We have such alarms as part of the Voice Mass Notification system, (we actually do not have fire alarm pull stations anywhere other than the main office, but we have police pull stations in all the administrator offices, The SRO‘s office, and the security office. These call the police and initiate lockdown mode on the fire alarm panel and send the lockdown message
So? Its not like they can get in every classroom. The Intruders KNOW that there is someone inside mostly every room hiding, but they just don't know where they are in the room, and how to get in.
My school has a system like this, it activates the PA system instead of going through fire alarm speakers. However the one thing it does not have is a push and pull system
One of the middle schools my district just built has a notifier voice evac system with unlabeled L series speaker strobes, but unfortunately that and 2 other elementary schools are the only 3 in my district that have voice evac, hopefully the new high school they are building will have one. But mainly I was going to address that since these devices do not have lettering in that case you could probably use the strobe since the emergency could vary.
I'd say have less tones because people in that situation need to be able to listen for footsteps ect. A strobe specific to lockdown would be essential for those hard of hearing also.
I can't believe he made this crazy fire alarm panel system that shows leds for fire alarm, superadvisory, and apparentely trouble lol. 1:01 That must have took a lot of effort to make an alarm panel like that. Most alarm systems don't tell you whats wrong or they have false alarms. One time I thought my fire alarm was chirping when it actually was the carbon monoxide alarm needing to be replaced.
This is just about the last thing a school needs. Not only is it totally redundant today, but anyone with half a brain knows that there will be idiots pulling them when they feel like it.
My elementary school had a push to call the office button in every room which would turn on the rooms PA system into two way communication mode. Alot has been done at that school to insure that you must go through the main office to enter the building even after having to be buzzed in to enter the building which has always been the case. Now you need to be buzzed into the main building as well as the main office
While it's good to have a system that lets people know of a particular emergency (as in this isn't just _any_ emergency this is a shooter!) it's all important to have the means to defend against such an emergency. So I would recommend following the implementation of this system up with armed teachers which serve as good back up in relation to the armed school resource officers. Also as soon as people hear this particular alarm that would be a signal for the armed teachers to lock and load so to speak to take on the shooter. So yes I support the implementation of this alarm, I just suggest the implementation of armed teachers too.
That alarm is the most disturbing thing I've ever heard, it put the fear in intruder
Same it is the Most Disturbing thing I’ve Ever Heard
That is the blue alert sound effect from Star Trek FYI
Lockdown Lockdown
@@juanantoniofragacamposlooooooool
this should be installed in the schools even inside the classrooms so they dont have to get outside the rooms
YES
My school actually has a system like this, but it's different.
There's a button in every room that calls the front desk for normal reasons.
But one push if for the front desk, three pushes are for an administrator, and if you push it too many times it triggers a lockdown that goes through every speaker.
I learned this during a test run.
@tamedflame8174 same
Yep correct
Exactly what i was thinking. If there's really an intruder, you dont want to be in long hallways where they could easily see you. (and potentially shoot you)
It's sad how they're actually really needed. The school I went to never actually had an intruder or anything in its entire lifetime I believe, with the only lockdowns being medical ones. I'm actually surprised cause I believe it was one of the largest in my region. However, Toronto is really close to me, and they aren't so lucky. High crime rate areas definitely need a system like this, whether it's the US, Canada, or any other country really.
Completely agree
Agreed
True so true
But all schools in the world should have them
@@anthonysmallwood9856 It's not needed in most places because school shootings are uniquely an american phenomenon
At my school people pull the fire alarm wrongly like 2 times times a week so I think an intruder alarm would make that problem worse
😆 yup. Same happened at my school. I swear someone pulled the fire alarm everyday.
If there was ever a real fire, no one would move an inch because they think its another prank 💀
Simple fix, hold students accountable for that kind of inappropriate behaviour. If the school can’t find a way to do that, then the school is probably underfunded and you should move to a different one.
Doesn't happen in germany, is someone tried that, well.....detention and even fines if it happened often enough
@@Jwellsuhhuhit’s a felony in the US. I doubt all of those false alarms were kids
My school had a few but accidental triggers
1. A kid got mad and punched it.
2. A cleaner walked backwards into it
3. Builders set off it by saw dust getting into detectors
4. Builder smashed one with a 2x4
All 4 resulted in multiple(like 4-6 fire trucks) rocking up.
The one time a real fire(tiny) tho we had dozens of units arrive bc the fools said "canteen is on fire" and well the operator on other end WENT TO the school so went "oh canteen linked to 5 other buildings so fire could be huge fast" 😆....it was a 30cm frypan of oil on fire....
that is the most terrifying sound anyone could possibly choose
Thats the point
It’s supposed to grab your attention
A lot of schools in my area have integrated such systems within the past 2 years. I know of an Elementary School (which I attended from Kindergarten to 2nd grade) has an STI push station in the front office that activates the PA system. There’s also several blue strobe lights on the exterior of the building that will flash when that system is set off. And for anyone who’s wondering about the fire alarm system there: it’s a Notifier NFS2-640 (replaced an AFP-400). It has Notifier BGX-101L pull stations (newer areas have NBG-12LX models) under stoppers. The smoke detectors are newer addressable Notifier detectors (they use to be Notifier branded addressable System Sensor 2424s). The alarms are Wheelock ET1010 speaker/strobes (very rare) though there some have been replaced by System Sensor SPSW Advances (there’s also an L Series speaker/strobe now). Some areas have Wheelock AS horn/strobes and RSS remote strobes that were put in back in the early 2000’s.
My school does something similar to this! The system is Simplex speaker strobes that play 500hz continuous for fire, separate voice messages for lockdowns and tornado warnings, and slow whoop for earthquakes. In all emergencies it also overrides the PA so it's quite audible. The only thing is it doesn't have any pull stations for other emergencies, just fire.
Same but they don’t have the fire pannel to support tornado warnings and stuff, it just yells at you to evacuate the building
At every school in my district, there were lockdown alarms throughout the school that would flash when a lockdown was activated. The main office could activate a lockdown or a person outside the cafeteria or gym could activate it using an STI lockdown push station.
Ironically this is probably needed even more than fire alarm systems. Stuff like this seems to happen way more than fire emergencies, the latter of which are usually effectively controlled by sprinklers anyway
Are you trying to be funny? On average, a fire emergency happens every 3 years at public high schools in the US. These are usually minor events but involved someone activating the fire alarm. Active shooter events are at a much lower rate.
I encourage you to stop making stuff up.
@@Lando_P1 No I actually thought fire emergencies were rarer. I don't count events involving someone pulling the alarm when there's no emergency. I mean an actual fire. I almost never hear about fires at schools in the news, but do hear about school shootings
@@exoticcar5482 You’re wrong. Small fires in school kitchens, HVAC systems, and electrical systems are very common. You need to learn to research something before you spread leftist propaganda.
@@exoticcar5482You can't really sensationalize that.
Mass notification system systems are actually required in schools nowadays. With alert strobes and LOCs in the vestibule or at the front desk. I’ve never seen one with those pull stations yet, but, I’m sure they exist. These systems are incredibly useful in todays world. Nice video!!!
I agree 100 percent that all schools should have emergency notification systems for intrudars especially with all the mass shootings in schools that have taken place across the country. If there’s a way you could help to have people sign a patition to make into law these types of systems, that would be truly great, and more childrens’ lives can be saved from being shot by evil doers in this world. Keep the videos coming. I enjoy them very much.
Our school had three alarms
Fire
Tonado
School out for Sat & sun
This is a good idea. I do think they should also have the flashing lights (maybe a different color to differentiate the kind of emergency) in case there are Deaf or hard of hearing people in the building.
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My principal has a big red lockdown button beside her desk. Thank god she hasn’t used it yet 😢
For clarification, are you praising the same "god" that lets it happen almost 300 times per year?
That's disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself, praising a god that lets that many kids be murdered...
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It’s just truly sad how this is a thing that is needed in schools just as much as fire alarm
On the last year of school last year we had a lockdown, thankfully it was a false alarm but I am very thankful to all the first responders that came to help
I’ve never had to experience a real lockdown while I was in school-thank goodness-but we did have several “Hold-In-Places” (basically just staying in your current room until told otherwise-INCLUDING ignoring the bell if it rings) due to medical emergencies. Those weren’t too bad, though. And of course, we also had the usual fire drills. We DID do lockdown drills, however, and they were always initiated via a manual announcement over the PA. I was never lucky enough to witness one of these systems working in person, unfortunately. But despite the lack of a lockdown alarm system, my middle and high schools had other systems in place that worked just as well. They had automatic electronic locks that would engage as soon as the first bell rang, locking all the outside doors to anyone who doesn’t have an RFID badge. And the only way to get in without a badge was to ring the doorbell at the main entrance, which had a camera and an intercom that someone in the main office could use to see who’s at the door and have them verbally identify themselves. They also had what they call a “mantrap” at the main entrance, which consists of two sets of doors-one on the outside of the building and one inside, with a roughly eight foot gap between them. The inner doors were ALWAYS locked whenever those e-locks were engaged-no exceptions-while the outer ones could be unlocked via a badge or by the main office staff. On the side wall of the gap was the door to the main office, so while school was in session, the only way to enter the building was through the main office. Otherwise, you’d be stuck between the two sets of doors until someone found you. It was a very effective system, I must say!
Shelter in places are one of the 3 security drills across the USA.
The lockdown in school
0:59 Lock the door
My school did have many of what you called 'hold in places' (My school calls them soft lockdowns), some ranging from car backfire mistaken for gunshots to actual gunshots
I'm surprised your school didn't use the bell to initiate the lockdown, The pa at my school couldn't be heard outside so every alert was sent out via different patterns of bells.
All the schools in Georgia use a company named CENTEGIX. It gives every staff a button that if they press it more than 7 times the whole building goes into lockdown. It calls the police and sends the location of the person who pressed the button. They install strobes and new locks. Also if you press it 3 times it’s sends the location to administration saying there is a medical emergency. It’s helpful just really scary that you might cause the building to go on lockdown. It has already happened twice at the high school a block down.
We have that too, and the school tried to keep staff from telling us the amount of presses for lockdown but that did not last long.
my school uses this
what happens if you spam the button like 50 times?
@@Mrs52308 just does a single lockdown
@@Mrs52308 It's just like an elevator. The police get there faster. Duh.
In Germany, this is a standard requirement in any school, even though we have one very little school shootings. Although it was luckily never used in my school, it's a good feeling to have one just in case. It is placed next to every fire alarm so you can find one really quick.
(In comparison: In this year we had 1 school shooting while the USA had over 250 [according to the internet] )
as a german,i have never seen anything like it in any school i have seen
@@letzplayosaurus Komisch, in welchem Bundesland denn? Hier in NRW ist das soweit ich weiß vorgeschrieben
@@derbrot2428 Niedersachsen,nie von so nen systemen gehört
@@derbrot2428 bin auch bei nrw und ich habe es nicht
Most statistics on gun violence or gun crimes in the us also include suicides, and anything that uses pressure to potentially cause harm, counts as a gun in the us.
My district has something exactly like this we have special clocks that act as a clock obviously (digital) and integrated PA systems with lights that flash so when a lockdown is activated lights flash with a voice and digital message that announce “lockdown lockdown lockdown this is an emergency announcement immediately follow lockdown procedures” the activation button for this is in the main office and since my district has the high school and middle school on the same campus as well as the district office it immediately puts the appropriate buildings on lockdown and obviously when the button is pressed it calls law enforcement same thing for the elementary schools but they are on there own campus and we also have blue lights outside the building so during a lockdown (even during a drill) these lights flash telling people who drive by there’s ongoing emergency occurring, I live in New York State and a law has passed in 2022 that public schools shall have silent panic alarm systems in case of an emergency
Viewing from the UK I don't know if our schools have installed systems like this or not, but the very fact they're needed in the first place is the most frightening thing... 🔔🕵😨
0:55 Octopus: WHAT THE HECK IS THAT SOUND?!
These are more needed than fire alarms. Like maybe just integrate them as a central alarm for any disaster. Idk they need something.
congrats on 80K subs
Thats true America needs that
bro that alarm is horrifying
I'm not going to lie, the sound this alarm makes needs to be remixed into a song.
My school where I graduated from has a system like that, but they’re white gentex commander 3s with blue strobes
Man took fight or flight way too seriously.
Yeah I agree. BluePoint is definitely my favorite brand for police alarms. I’m thinking of getting in touch with some people in my school to have these installed
Add and get a blue Point poll station alarm to your collection
My school has a button you press for a real lockdown. Teachers also have a mobile app where they can call a lockdown as well as class phones. All of those automatically call the police and nobody has to do any speaking. To top it off, the police station is 10 meters (not exaggerating) across the street to the school, can get in on their own, and multiple truancy officers that roam the school.
And of course the most effective preventative measure is the truancy officers.
@@MegaLokopo Very much
That tone is still terrifying.
My high school has a lockdown system and it's installed at all schools in the district. They have yellow STI push stations with a built in stopper and EST Genesis Alert ceiling mount strobes. When the STI stations are pushed, fire doors will close, the alert strobes active, and a audible alarm with a message through the schools PA system.
Yesterday, a cell phone exploded in my school and it was in the hallway right out where I was. I made a ton of smoke and set off the alarms. None of use knew where the smoke was coming from, so we thought there was a fire somewhere. We were in an Island Gym Building so we had one part and had to cover our mouths and go through the smoke to evacuate. I’m sure that smoke was extremely toxic, and had those alarms not gone off, some of us would’ve died.
If your gym building was off to the side why was their only one exit that also goes through the main buiding?
@@JustAGlitchFL there was two but the gym door were locked so I couldn't go through.
@@Sixitboy that is a large fire code violation, report that to your local fire marshal
@@JustAGlitchFL okay let me explain again.... my gym is a building COMPLETELY separate from the main building, around 20 yards away, and it has two hallways sandwhiching the gym and weight rooms. in one hallway, there's also 3 classrooms, in the other, there's locker rooms and bathrooms. I was unfortunate enough to be in the hallway with the classrooms where the phone blew up. the gym and weightroom were locked because classes were going on, and my teacher could unlock it but he gave us the decesion to either wait for him or go through the smoke to get out faster. at the end of both hallways, there is an exit. It is really easy to exit the building
@@Sixitboy ah okay I thought you meant you were just in a gym and there were 3 exits but the only unlocked one was back through the school which would've been very not okay
Where did you get the audio from? What website had all the fire alarm speaker strobe audios?
That's what I like to know
My school has an sti lockdown button tied to the PA system and also when it’s pressed blue strobes flash on the outside and text messages are sent out
Why sent text messages to parents right away?
@@Qatari2007 it’s so parents know right away. Also students get it on their phone, so if they’re off campus they know that the school is on lockdown and not to come back until the all clear is given.
My school doesn’t do that, they just say lockdown 3x on the PA and have a special all clear message over the pa that only the teachers know
@@craftergamingyt1450 oh that’s interesting. The message that we have is just Lockdown Lockdown Lockdown and it repeates
@@jaydonvictor3897 why send it to students phones if they are prohibited at school?
Great Video Man!!!!
This needs to be in every building, not just schools.
Schools definitely need this. Grat video!
Just imaging hearing that in the bathroom
I agree. The same thing we have fire alarms to alert people that there’s a fire so if we have police alarms to alert people that there’s armed intruder then more lives would be saved. The strobes for police alarms should be blue 🔵🔵🚔
Mine has sti lockdown push stations. With what I could only assume is an outdoor blue strobe in the hallways.
I seriously get a smoke alarm under this 😂
They should really allow this at school so kids can know and it’s easier where we don’t have to use those announcements
This system isn't necessary in schools, schools already have a more robust system to alert the students to danger.
Yes
We need those in EVERY SCHOOL.
My son wanted me to tell you that he loves fire alarms and loves watching your videos.
There is one major flaw with this, you are alerting the intruder that you are aware of them. Schools use bells because they can convey much more information to the students while the intruder will just hear what to them is just a normal bell. My elementary school had many different bells for different situations, whatever message the school wanted to convey to the students could be conveyed to every student in seconds, while an intruder would only hear what sounds like a normal bell for school. If we needed to shelter in place there was one bell pattern, if we needed to run away from the school there was a different bell pattern, and if we needed to run into the school there was another bell pattern. There were several more, but those were the big ones.
The alert tone the system makes is a bit odd, it's a kind of purring noise that reminds me of the sound people in Australia hear when they make a phone call.
I agree, it's a quiet and harrowing sound. However, you definitely don't want people mistaking it for a fire alarm and trying to get out rather than in.
To me it sounds like the steps of a giant in a video game. I think it is fitting as it screams danger is roaming the halls
@@chrisdlp2287 Interesting suggestion.
It's really needed my school is huge, and needs an alarm for this
I’m in the UK so luckily we don’t have to worry about intruders often. It’s so sad that buildings such as schools have so many intruders in the US and other places. Especially since they enter with weaponry like guns that can harm from afar.I hope these get implemented into different buildings soon. ❤
Absolutely dystopian that a school needs something like this due to the frequency of mass shootings
No they don't. School shootings are extraordinarily rare - a kid is more likely to die in an auto accident on the way to school. Google: "Active Shooter Drills Are Traumatizing A Generation"
Thank you sir. With everything going on in the news right now, this video was needed
lol the alarm at 1:02 sound like some sort of bossfight theme
I am a middle school student in a Texas school system, and I can confirm that my district plasters these around all school entrances.
My school just uses the PA for lockdowns (one drill done in my life), and for evacuating, three sequences of three bell and siren each (played at the same time, the bell for inside and the siren for outside, which was used for the change of classes before the PA was installed, where they play music (popular songs) instead of the bell to indicate start or end of periods). For normal period endings, it is just a long steady tone. Plus, they are manual bells operated by the entrance control.
i feel that having an alarm that says "LOCKDOWN LOCK DOWN ENTRUDER IN THE BUILDING" would be a clear sign that there are people who need to be warned in the building so maybe there would be a secret code or something
there is like in german
Mr Kommar please come to the office
How often Do people Go into Schools, with The intention To kill As many People as They can,
And the Entire building Is empty When they Get there?
In addition, Schools tend To be Pretty public When the School itself Is going To be Empty.
(except For private Schools that Is, as Far as I'm aware)
So yeah, What's the Issue in Letting a Shooter, who Already knows People are Inside, become Aware that People are Inside?
@@dr.blockcraft6633 private schools are very large, mine has over 500 people attending but the 8th grade only has 25 people in it (in my third grade year 22 people were in one class)
And you have a good point
Alertus is one of them. They are mostly seen in collages.
Jesus. The fact that this is considered necessary just paints America as an absolute dystopia.
1:05 picturing hearing that deep alarm sound at my school gave me chills
A blue fire alarm already exists, however it is for HAZMAT. A color like yellow is unused, I believe.
And each time every students pulled it down, we get twice the alarm than the old setup
As a current high schooler, it's dystopian to see this stuff. My current school has them and it's just an unfortunate reminder of American terrors. This certainly isn't a solution but as long as solutions aren't happening, these systems should absolutely be installed. I hope lockdown drills eventually become as obsolete as nuclear bomb drills.
I wish as well I was fine in grade school in middle school to the high school have this issues. One year it was so bad the schools removed the rooms on wheels they find it more risky than rooms indoor. That is a shame because rooms on trailers have better hvac systems.
It feel so weird that schools need this, in my country: Netherlands, i've never had this.
the world is so messed up...
Very good reasons! My schools never had one of these systems.
My school district is currently building a new high school to replace the old one from 1957. It is supposed to open at the start of the 2024-25 school year and I hope it will have something like this. I’m almost certain that the FA system will be a Simplex 4100es voice evac system so maybe they could make use of that for intruder alerts. My school district’s method for alerting people of anything that is not a fire is using the PA system. I think that they should try to make updates to all of their schools.
My school had an entire system installed 2 years ago, we just had our second official Blue Point lockdown drill last week where these have a recorded voice message similar to how this sounded, we had to barricade the doors with tables and chairs, lock all doors, and do the casual turn off the lights and hide, and the school brings actual police officers to check to make sure each an every room or classroom is secure. The pre recorded voice messages is played over the PA speakers on repeat until the drill or threat is over.
There are a few SpectrAlert Advances painted blue and are strobe only that will flash in certain rooms like the cafeteria, the Gym, weight training class, and outside. There's at least one or 2 strobes located near the office area and another one near the auditorium. The pull stations used a BG-12s and are also painted blue similar to the National Time pull station in this video, there are covers placed on every single pull station including the pulls that go to the fire alarm systems which mainly consists of Gentex Commander 2's and 3's all around the school which use National Time pull stations.
Side Note: We also have a bomb and a drug sniffing dog that checks around the school everyday, we also got a new district officer who's taking the place over our old one.
After the Oxford incident in 2021 which was about 46 minutes away from my High School or so which isn't super far away, we've had rare instances where people will make a false threat as a joke. We've only had 1 real false bomb threat that was hand written by sticky note by the art teacher of the middle school in my district whom Was my art teacher before High School. Last I heard she has since been put on house arrest on a $75,000 bond.
"the site is currently experiencing multiple keter and euclid containment breaches, full site lockdown initiated" 0:50
I actually really want to hear that through speakers like that lol
honestly great system. only thing id change is the speaker pop noise when the message restarts. it sounds like a gunshot and could potentially cause more chaos and panic.
Got a kick out of this with that star trek blue alert. Amazing
Real American Hero
they need this in every school in canada
We have such alarms as part of the Voice Mass Notification system, (we actually do not have fire alarm pull stations anywhere other than the main office, but we have police pull stations in all the administrator offices, The SRO‘s office, and the security office. These call the police and initiate lockdown mode on the fire alarm panel and send the lockdown message
"The BOOT" needs to be standardized for lockdowns
What sound was used for that siren. It sounds insane.
But the intruder will hear the alarm from every classroom.
So? Its not like they can get in every classroom. The Intruders KNOW that there is someone inside mostly every room hiding, but they just don't know where they are in the room, and how to get in.
This is a great idea tbh!!
Kind of surprised you didn't show the "special strobe" on the Fire Lite board considering we can see it flash through the hat you put over it.
Where I live we have a fire alarm in every school but not this and it needs to change.
if i heard those noises, and having the knowledge that there's a intruder, then i would probably have a panic attack
is this recording available anywhere so we can implement this alert?
I'm glad you are doing this. I hate that this is even necessary.
These would absolutely get pulled constantly. Also can you not just call the cops and make an announcement?
This is such a great idea
can we get the raw sound files for this, the beat goes hard
My school has a STI push station for lockdown in the main office
Could you add a time delay to make it stop after a minute or 30 seconds with the panel need a modification or could it be something you could set.
My school has a system like this, it activates the PA system instead of going through fire alarm speakers. However the one thing it does not have is a push and pull system
One of the middle schools my district just built has a notifier voice evac system with unlabeled L series speaker strobes, but unfortunately that and 2 other elementary schools are the only 3 in my district that have voice evac, hopefully the new high school they are building will have one.
But mainly I was going to address that since these devices do not have lettering in that case you could probably use the strobe since the emergency could vary.
This noise for the lockdown alert kinda scares me does it scare anyone else?
it sounds like the star trek apocrypha content blue alert sound to me, im not sure though
Well yeah it’s supposed to get your attention
That sound when it finishes saying lockdown is terrifying
Hey @SERSaftey I am going to build a fire alarm demonstration wall and I need your advice, what back boxes do you use on your demonstration boards
that is the most terrifying alarm i have ever heard
I'd say have less tones because people in that situation need to be able to listen for footsteps ect. A strobe specific to lockdown would be essential for those hard of hearing also.
I can't believe he made this crazy fire alarm panel system that shows leds for fire alarm, superadvisory, and apparentely trouble lol. 1:01 That must have took a lot of effort to make an alarm panel like that. Most alarm systems don't tell you whats wrong or they have false alarms. One time I thought my fire alarm was chirping when it actually was the carbon monoxide alarm needing to be replaced.
This is just about the last thing a school needs. Not only is it totally redundant today, but anyone with half a brain knows that there will be idiots pulling them when they feel like it.
This is a really good idea
My elementary school had a push to call the office button in every room which would turn on the rooms PA system into two way communication mode. Alot has been done at that school to insure that you must go through the main office to enter the building even after having to be buzzed in to enter the building which has always been the case. Now you need to be buzzed into the main building as well as the main office
that simplex voice module is chilling
While it's good to have a system that lets people know of a particular emergency (as in this isn't just _any_ emergency this is a shooter!) it's all important to have the means to defend against such an emergency.
So I would recommend following the implementation of this system up with armed teachers which serve as good back up in relation to the armed school resource officers.
Also as soon as people hear this particular alarm that would be a signal for the armed teachers to lock and load so to speak to take on the shooter.
So yes I support the implementation of this alarm, I just suggest the implementation of armed teachers too.