The Abandoned Fire Alarm
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2020
- Unfortunately, many old schools like the one shown in this video are being demolished at an alarming rate (pardon the pun). With their destruction many historical artifacts are also destroyed, like old fire alarm systems. These old schools are often times replaced with cheaply constructed new ones, that only have a mere lifespan of 30 years.
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That’s one solid Fire Alarm System! Compared to today’s technology, that thing still rings
It’s always sad to see such beautiful buildings go to waste, whether through demolition or ugly-ass gymnasiums
I truly agree
Same
It's like going to a Museum FILLED with Aincent items, And Blowing it ALL up. It's very sad.
sad part is they should have built these schools a little smaller, or taken better care of them. But sad to see them demo'd, they should all be at least converted to housing, I for one would love to live in an old school.
My middle school has one of those metal buildings that is dome shaped except it has 2 domes and there gonna tear it down in about half a year to be replaced with a new gym :(
Old school buildings like this make me feel incredibly safe. I hope to save one built in the 40s or 50s someday by buying it, and restoring it to as close to its former glory as I can... also, when you went into the schools basement, I have to say, now THAT is a fire door.
Yeah the only issue is asbestos abatement would cost up into the millions.
@@iangraves9440 yeah, and that isn't even including roof repairs and such as well
@@Kudlaty771 Man that's one of my biggest dreams. I love the old schools built in from the 30s and older. I'd love to own one some day.
@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471 I'd love to own a building with a fire alarm system like this. But that will never happen
I like how i seen a upgraded station the pull down even tho nobodys there to pull it 💀
That’s a huge school. Got to love old, vintage stuff.
It looks like that school level in the backrooms
But still it looks cool inside
The older building were prettier back then in my opinion.
i like to watch loud powerful fire alarms loud boomen subwoofer heavy metal my powerful desktop teen titans
Johnny Schroeder wuuut??
Blue Thunderbolt 1003 siren I think that’s everyone’s opinion
Yeah they were more beautifully designed, but as years went by they had to bring it up to code and usually that meant just tacking something to the wall which doesn't look very good. Plus old buildings have a lot of asbestos.
All older buildings look better! screw it, nearly all older things look and function better than newer things.
As the building is still abandoned the old vintage fire alarms will still be surviving they made us proud
The music in this video really set the tone of sadness and hopleness to the point where i genuinely feel pity for that old building. Nicely done.
Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Someone needs to salvage the fire alarm before the building gets torn down or save the old building.
I’m going in there today 😭
This is very interesting how these old Fire Alarms work back in the day, and can we get some respect for this guy how much effort he put in these videos 💯🔥.
Thank you, most appreciated!
yes we should
I love seeing old buildings with rare systems. It is just a shame they're being demolished. They're a historic artifact, and they are treated like garbage
I agree with you 100%. Thank you for watching and for your comments.
yeah and i am against it
My old middle school (1964) has the original horns (simplex 4037s) behind some vents and is being demolished in the near future
Would be sweet if you could snag some of those 4037s before the building goes down. Neat rare horns; would kill to add one to the collection someday
My middle school built in 1962 still had two old horns on the exterior. They were replaced by Spectre Alert Classics in 2006.
My high school was built in the late 1800s and is still being used today
O_O
Enjoying your videos very much! I love these old buildings and their mechanical systems. Great choice of music in this one. "Flowers In The Attic" is a strange but neat movie. I'm a sucker for big old houses no matter what the plot is.
Thank you for watching and for your comments, most appreciated.
Wow, you really know how to put together a top grade production! Thanks for taking the time to research and put in the old photos, and the music you found, so melancholy, and spooky. I don't know if anybody would ever make a full length documentary about old fire safety systems and history, but if they did, I sure hope they would let you help with it. Questions I have, 1) what music piece is used? 2) were the bells a brass finish originally? 3) Is this the oldest control panel you have found so far? Thank you, keep up the grand work :)
Thank you for watching and for your comments and questions. The manual trip bells in this school were originally brass and painted black in later years to prevent having to polish them. This is not the oldest control panel I have seen. The oldest control panel I have seen was an Autocall panel that was made in the 1920's in a Cleveland school. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of the musical score. I believe I recorded it sometime in the 1980's.
the fact that fire alarms in a school built in 1918 are still working even after the school was abandoned is amazing as hell. Meanwhile, i remember a bunch of times where the fire alarm system at my elementary school had issues. one time it malfuncted and the buzzing part wouldnt turn on, or once it wouldnt turn off, once the lights wouldnt turn on, once they couldnt turn the system off, etc. etc.
That's typical, especially with the cheap, newer systems being manufactured today.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms*insert compilations of QuickStarts and EST3s failing* Ahh yes, my friend.
**inserts video of exit signs getting destroyed**
I don't think I had ever seen how those alarms worked so glad you found one that still works it was a very cool video
I love to see old systems like this. At least we can see some still in action for the time being.
They should probably convert this school into some kind of hotel or apartment.
I live in an old mill town and they turned the abandoned factory's into apartments
@@gushater is it Connecticut ?
There is one school in Portland which was converted into a hotel. But the original fire alarms has probably Ben removed during the transition from eather abounded school to hotel or school to hotel. The newer system is Wheelock MT-24LSMs,E1070 lsm speaker strobes, Wheelock RS, Spectalert advances in a small building, BG12LXs,SD350 (I assume),the panel is probably a fire lite ms9200,Ms9200ud,or ms9600, the voice panel I believe is a fire lite fire command 25/50x or a ACC (maybe a Wheelock Safepath) the outdoor alarms are MT-24WMs and BG12LOBs.
Hotel would be cool
There was probably a good reason this school was abandoned.
It’s a shame to see these beautiful buildings go to waste 😞
TO GYMS
It sure is 😔
I am also amazed they were still using the 1950s Autocall panel even after that new gym was added in 1980. Usually when something like that happens, the entire existing fire alarm system gets replaced with a new one to make things consistent throughout the school.
Great video. I love the history and technical information, and the music. Totally cool that the old alarm system worked, made when things were made to last.
Thank you for watching and I appreciate your comment.
I truly appreciate these videos not just for the "how things used to work," but also to appreciate the architecture of old school buildings. As an Ohioan, it's a shame when the buildings with personality are destroyed in place of new, bland designs. It's also upsetting to see so many items STILL in the school, like that hole puncher next to the fire alarm system - I could use that, as could any teacher!
I agree with you man
So real! I go to one of the old schools in Ohio right now (The auditorium was built in 1928 and the rest of the building in the early 1970's) and it's going to be demolished after this school year is over. It's a real shame! It has a lot of history, but unfortunately not many people seem to care about that these days. I hope to take some things as mementos from the building before we have to leave!
My mom, grandma, etc. would be sad to see their school like this. Also, god vid! Btw, you gave it a visit, how nice!(This is is not the school I’m talking about, I’m using it as a reference.)
To me it’s no longer abandoned if you visit every once in a while.
Also I wanna hear the song’s name, I like it.
Its the music soundtrack for the movie "Flower In The Attic"
There’s an old school right by my house, sadly it’s been turned Into an apartment building, however the two elementary schools were built in 1963, and still run to this day
This school is beautiful, I don’t get why it was abandoned. The gym in the middle ruined the very well planned and chiseled aesthetic of the architecture, it makes me sad that a monument like this was disrespected. Many other historical buildings are also being abandoned and torn down like this.
Built to last, but as you implement newer technologies, it becomes exponentially more expensive to maintain them. Usually they will find it cheaper and easier to just construct a new school entirely.
@@Bill-bj9fn So true what you said. However, if there were more tradesmen schooled and skilled in renovation construction, this would not be the case. New construction is usually built with non-union, cheap labor. Also, because of this fact, the construction companies and/or general contractors get to keep more of the money from these projects in their pockets. New schools have a mere lifespan of only 30 years. The old schools that are being demolished were designed and built to last a minimum of 100 years. Ask yourself this question; if a tornado or some other severe storm was occurring, which building would you want to take shelter in ??
Buildings can’t be disrespected lol 😂
Homie it's a school it doesn't matter. They needed a gym, they got a gym. One day you'll realize that every single old building can't be saved and it doesn't really matter. I love old buildings too but some of them are just old and borung
@@rexjollesahh yes, *borung*
This music goes well with the video, nice work😊
I recognize this building! My Papa went here for school. It's cool to see the place as it was in the past and as it is now! Very glad the owner hasn't chosen to demolish it. Sometimes we go past it on the way to my school, and I hope someday I'll be able to visit it. It's just so cool to see old buildings, especially schools. It's really quite unfortunate how little people care about these places these days and just have them demolished. My school I'm going to right now has a rather old building that's going to get demolished at the end of this school year, which I'm not very happy about. I totally plan on taking some old stuff from the building before it's demolished. Gotta watch out for asbestos, though- and lead paint. The auditorium was built in 1928 and some of the wires connecting lights contain asbestos. Even with the lead paint and asbestos, I'm saddened it's getting demolished. It has a lot of history to it, so it's unfortunate the renovation costs are so high that it must be demolished. I'm gonna miss this place. Wish I could take a video of the fire alarm before I leave, it's pretty goofy sounding. It kinda sounds like those plastic hand clapper toys, which is fun to hear during drills
Is there no way to preserve old buildings like this one in the states? In the UK, older buildings that have a significant background or have unique architecture are listed which means that any modifications can only be done with permission from the local authority and demolition is strictly forbidden (unless the building falls into dangerous disrepair)
great video! my elementary school built in 1911 has some est system with notifier bells on continuous i attended that school from 2011-2019 [from kindergarten to seventh grade]. now i'm in 8th grade in high school this one has some est system with bells on continuous [forgot the brand] that was probably added in later as the school was built in 1958 fire drills have scared the crap out of me. what i do when we have one is if i have my laptop out: take it and shove it in my backpack which is usually right beside me on the floor then exit with my class with my backpack. if its already in there i just put my backpack on and go go go! also that panel is really cool and the various other autocalls i've seen in your videos cheers for now!
Thank you for watching and for your comment.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms yeah no problem i'm excited for what's next on the channel!
with all the stuff going on, i hope you'll be able to continue making videos like these.
More are coming to be sure.....stay tuned.
Makes me sad to see a building pulled down like that, luckly it isn't common here in Australia
Hey I’m Australian!
It’s really sad to see these majestic old buildings be demolished. They have so much architectural character and ornate attention to detail that isn’t seen today. Unfortunately where I attended school, Revere High School in Richfield, Ohio (the original building is from 1953 and was added onto in 54, 57, 64, 68, 72, 82, and finally in 1995) will meet the bulldozer in mere weeks. Only the newer 1995 addition is being added onto the new school building. Unfortunately poor maintenance caused the older parts of the building to deteriorate over the years, which is a shame.
Here in Dayton, where I live currently, we have a couple old schools (Stivers High School and Wilbur Wright High School) that are still standing. Stivers was completely restored and renovated extensively in 2006 to make it look like it did when it was originally built (it was kept as the school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places). City leaders chose to renovate it because of so many other historic buildings near downtown in that area. Every time I’m downtown and pass by that building I can’t help but look up and admire the detail and character the building has. These buildings were so much more than schools, they were works of art.
Thank you for your comment. You are so right when you say, those buildings were so much more than just schools, they were truly works of art. Stivers and Wilbur Wright were both architectural gems for sure.
I’m with you on that one. I would protest or buy the building myself.
do you have the 77,000 dollars? didn't think so
At least the power was on to the building and you were able to get the system working. I like the bell sounds way better than the horns
If I had a lot of money, I’d buy this school, and restore it to how it looked in 1918.
What would you use it for?
Easier said than done, asbestos abatement is expensive.
Good presentation as always! I trust you are taking protective measures against possible Lead and Asbestos hazards. Thanks for posting and stay safe.
I always use protective equipment when necessary. Thank you for watching and best wishes.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms ...I suspected you do but sometimes it's better to "trust but verify." You make an important contribution to fire safety and I wish you continued success.
@@mjc11a Thank you, much appreciated.
Very good video, love the music and ominous feel.
Thank you, most appreciated.
This channel makes me sad, every video the descriptions says "it's being marked for demolition". These buildings have amazing architecture and should be preserved somehow..
Yeah, it's too bad such old school buildings get demolished. A few here in Brockton MA ended up with that fate, but there were some others that have been preserved but were renovated at some point, thus removing any original fire alarm equipment. There's a school building that wasn't too far from my old house, built in 1896 and added onto in 1914. The current fire alarm system in place is a Simplex 4207 system, installed when the school was renovated in 1978. They have Simplex 4051 horns on 4050-80 light plates (the horns sound on Continuous while the lights flash via the panel's coding wheel) and 4251-30 break-glass pulls and heat sensors (no smoke detectors.)
I know they are currently planning to expand and renovate my old high school, while not as old as the schools you've shown here (it was built in 1969-70) it's still pretty old and in rough shape, and still has much of the original fire alarm equipment in place (Simplex 4040 horns, Edwards 270-SPO pulls, and older heat sensors that are sparsely placed.)
I've never seen an old school in brockton.
@@alexandersalarms5380 There are a few around. There are also school buildings built between the 1950s and 1970s still in use, but several of them have had their original fire alarm systems replaced so far...
I am generally scared of old school buildings, such as these. Just in there.. alone. Scary too me. That music thoo-
I live 1.7 miles from Springfield Hospital Center (Carroll County, Maryland) and it is abandoned, and probably dangerous to enter because of the toxic chemicals/fumes, like lead. But it would be cool to explore inside of it
Its so sad how such beautiful buildings get abandoned only to be replaced by cheap uniform newer buildings that just dont have any real feel to them
Greetings Old School Fire Alarms,
I just love old schools like this, so sad to see a lot of them go! In the video at 5:42 you showed a picture of the fire alarm panel, (im not sure if you are into clocks) BUT, directly above it to the left a little bit was to what I believe was a power supply for a Standard Electric Time Co Clock! I love love love those things! I wonder if you took more pics, it would be cool if it were still there seeing as they still had an older version fire alarm.
I am sure that the original Standard Electric Time clock hardware is still there. This particular school is now privately owned and I do not know what will become of the building .
according to this video, the school building isn't too far gone compared to Hotchkiss which is a complete loss and well beyond repair
I am in awe of how history has been preserved in that building. It's beautiful 😍❤️❤️❤️
The music gets creepier the more close he gets to the pull station
I came for the fire alarm, and leave with a history lesson, which I was very fascinated by. I loved all the pictures of various decades, showing the changes the school went through. I feel quite sad that it's abandoned, as do I many places just like it. I never do see the point in just abandoning perfectly good structures. Sure they're a little rough around the edges, but they're still perfectly good walls and a roof, and don't see why these places can't be converted into something else - a homeless shelter, if nothing else. It's a waste, and a crying shame.
That gym...it's equal parts hilarious and frustrating. It's such an ungodly eyesore. Can you tell it's not original to the building? You have this nicely crafted school designed by someone who knew what they were doing...and then you have this...lazy brick box...just kludged onto it. It doesn't match at all, and stands out like a sore thumb. I can only imagine the original architect rolling in his grave as that gym was built.
Thank you for watching and for your comments. Yes, that gym truly ruined the original appearance of the school. The architect(s) that designed that gym must have been smoking crack. When you try and mix new with old when it comes to building designs and structure, it usually doesn't turn out looking good. This school building is a classic example of what happens when architects attempt to do this.
I don't know that you could call the people who worked on the gym "architects"; a toddler could design that. It's just a box designed by people who clearly didn't care. No attempt whatsoever to give it any creativity or style, no effort to try and make it even sort of match. No windows, no details, just a boring brick box. Somebody woke up one day, drew that up in five seconds, and got paid for it.
@@Seeker-wq8jc I would have to agree with you on that 100%.
sure they need repairs to certain areas but other than that they're good to go
I love old alarms like this
Did this school have some Simplex alarms put in at some point? I saw a Simplex pull station at 7:17 and a horn about 10 seconds later. Also, that Autocall panel gave me some nostalgia to one of the first videos I ever watched. It was your video from about four or five years ago of a panel with similar trouble bells and had the 4030 style horns instead of bells. Thanks for uploading this!
Yes, in the 1980's Simplex pull stations were added to extend the system and wired into the old Autocall panel. Great observation !
I didnt see a horn
My high-school was built in 1856! I wonder if they still have some remains of past fire systems somewhere.. (The fire alarms are new ones that just make a siren noise, not as impressive as the older bells and horns..)
My god your highschool must be made of wood this school was around during the freakin civil war
I like the music you put with your videos by the way
Thank you!
Kinda haunting
Love the sound of the Old School Alarm! Back to the 🔔, gets my vote!
I have recently gotten into collecting old notification appliances from this time period. I managed to snag the exact same type of device seen in this channel’s 2nd video uploaded as well as the channel icon. It’s a Federal Signal 350 horn and it has the exact same dual projector attachment. It’s basically two single projectors screwed into an adapter that covers the device itself. It is LOUD!!!
Yes, they are very loud and one of the very best fire alarm horns ever made. the 350 series was originally made by Federal Sign and Signal and rebranded by several other companies like Autocall and Simplex in the 1960's and 70's. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
I have a 80% chance to get an entire 4002 system from my local fire alarm center. If the project approves, make that 100%
I remember that back in late 2011 early 2012, the school i went to back then was having a new building built, the new building was being built alongside where the old building was (i say was as the old building was demolished over the summer in 2012)
and when the new building was essentially completed and just needed to have the wiring and stuff like that done, i was among a small group of students who got taken on a tour of it (i think i must have been one of the first students to see the inside of the new building)
the old building had a rather unusual layout, where on the upper floors (first, second, and third), on one side, there were 3 classrooms accessible from the stairwell, and on the other side, there were 2 classrooms accessible from the stairwell, there were two stairwells, but normally students were not allowed to directly get from one stairwell to another on the upper floors as it involved going through two classrooms, so we had to go down to the ground floor to access the other stairwell
one thing i do remember is that the maths classrooms were back to back on the third floor, there was a connecting door between the two classrooms, and the music classroom was on the third floor as well, and unfortunatly for me, whenever i had music after maths, i had to go all the way down, walk along the coridor, and all the way up again
In the country where i live (UK) the manual fire alarm switches here are referred to as call points
I am not sure what type of fire alarm system the old building had, but i do remember the fire alarm call points were rectangular with a circular glass window on them, and to activate the alarm you would break the glass window on the call point
athough the new building was nicer in some ways (not including the toilets, those were terrible, the walls of the cubicles could shift, so sometimes you couldnt lock the door, or even worse the door could slip off the lock when the walls were pushed, other times you could not get the door open without pushing on the wall of the cubicle, this is the reason why i liked the one furthest from the entrance, as the door for that one was the only one unaffected by the walls being pushed around, and the cubicle was also a bit larger, as the door faced the entrance rather than the side wall), one of the things i wasnt keen on were the fire alarm call points, which were the plastic resettable ones, square shaped with a rectanglular plastic panel which you press to activate the alarm, and they did NOT have a protective cover over them, so it would only take someone tripping over something and them to apply pressure to the call point as they fell, and that would set the alarm off, and indeed it did happen, someone tripped over a bag and set the fire alarm off
One of the intresting things of the new building was the class change bells, which was a bell sound played through speakers in the ceiling, and i found out the clocks around the school and the class change bells were linked (the clocks were some sort of werid radio controlled thing which must have been controlled by the same server which handled the bells, as if either of those systems went down, the other one followed, and when the clocks stopped working it was rather intresting to watch, as the hands would start spinning until the clock reaches the exact hour of 12, i do not know if it was am or pm, but the control system on the clocks seemed to care about if it was AM or PM, as one time i observed the clocks do the spinny thing, they went past the hour 12 once, and stopped on it the second time
Interesting reading your comment. Thank you for watching and visiting my You Tube channel.
I think the call points you may be referring to are Gent of Leicester 1102 call points
@@alarmmuseum What a great company, Gent of Leicester was. Like many older, great companies, Gent of Leicester has been bought and sold many times. I just wanted to put that out there because many people do not know who or what Gent of Leicester is and/or was. Now regarding your use of the term "call points", if you are referring to the actuation switch next to the control panel, or the pull rod that activates this particular fire alarm system, I'm not really sure what you mean by the 1102 call points??
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms I was meant to reply to the commenter Pineapple Road talking about the old call points in his/her old school!
The 1102s are an old model of call point made by Chloride Gent of Leicester in the 60s and 70s, if you search it up, there are a couple of videos of them. I have two of them myself.
You are right in saying they were a great company! Got bought by Honeywell unfortunately
@@alarmmuseum Thank you so much for clarifying that. I had to re-read the comment by Pineapple to remind myself. Now what you said makes sense. Thanks again!
There are photos on Flickr showing the school right after it closed, they kept the frame of the doors in the gym but still it doesn't look that nice
Love those cowbell trouble bells
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them fire alarms are really cool i've been a fan of your work^^
Thank you so much !! Most appreciated.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms ty i love your channel so much can you do more? fire alarm videos how do you go in there? and pull the rod i wanna be just like you when i grow up!
@@aswellfennek9636 There will be more videos coming in the future. I get permission from the school districts to do my short video documentaries. That allows me access into the schools to pull the fire alarms.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms oki
Everything has a History, this school did, and now no longer has history to make up for. Also I seemed to notice a Simplex T-Bar at 7:18 . Very interesting. And it is also very interesting that the school still works. I noticed that a black Exit Sign with Red LED Lettering was still on at 7:29. I am surprised that they didn't cut the power to the grid for that school! But it is still sad that such a beautiful piece of history was abandoned and put to waste D: .
Surprisingly the power was still on in most of the building. With that said, many circuit breakers had been turned off to most of the building. It took me sometime to find the ones I needed turned back on so I could get enough light to film. Simplex pull stations were added in the 1980's when that new, ugly gym was built to extend the fire alarm system. Interestingly enough, the Simplex pull stations were wired into the old Autocall control panel. Mixing new hardware with old hardware is very common in most older schools, especially if additions to the old building are added.
The middle school I went to was originally built as the high school in my town and looks very much like this building except the exterior is gray stone instead of red brick. It was torn down last year. :(
Stunning video, what's the music that plays around @2:00?
Thank you for watching and for the complement. The music was from a soundtrack archive that my father recorded sometime in the 1980's. My father unfortunately did not document the name of the music.
I have an old Faraday Unipact bell, and the voltage is 11f. Is that in DC or AC?
That is AC and actually 110 volt
Awesome job!!!!
Another classic building simply abandoned. Do you know what kind of school it was (Elementary, Middle, High)?
It is my understanding that the school originally was a High school, then used as a Middle school. Shortly before the school was closed it was also used as a Elementary school.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms Wow, that sounds exactly like the abandoned school building here in town. It was originally built in the early 1910s as a high school (which my grandmother attended), then became a middle school in 1965 (which my mother attended), then became an elementary school in the 80s which my brother and I attended and the building closed in 2003.
What’s the other light and switch for next to the one to silence the trouble bell?
Great question ! The Trouble Bell on the left side of the control panel is for automatic circuit supervision, there is also a silencing switch right next to it. The Trouble light bulb glows when the bell is silenced. This particular Trouble Bell will ring when there is a ground or open circuit anywhere in the system. It also will ring when the system is in actuation mode. Now for your question; The Trouble Bell on the right side of the control panel is for supervisory power, there is also a silencing switch and light bulb that will glow for this bell as well. If for some reason the power to the system should fail, this bell will ring. There are two separate sources of power wired to this type of fire alarm control panel. If one source should fail, the other source will take over. If either fails, the Trouble Bell on the right side of the panel will ring until that power source is restored. You can silence the bell by simply engaging the switch next to it, which in turn will also make the light bulb glow.
That's such a beautiful building, sad to see it in this state
Good job and choice of soundtrack.
Thank you, most appreciated.
Love the old panel! Also, did you happen to see the fallout shelter that’s indicated to be in the school by the sign in the picture at 4:15 by the left side of the door?
Most older schools that were constructed at the turn of the century (early 1900's) were designated as fallout shelters. This particular school was no exception. The lower levels of these older schools were where people would go during a disaster. Thank you for watching.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms thanks!
That trip bell is loud with just 1 “ding”
I hope this school isn’t set for demolition.
I hope this school will get better if it's repaired without the fire alarm replacement.
no...
@@alexandersalarms5380 no?
@@FireRescue80 there's not a chance of it being repaired
@@alexandersalarms5380 you never know. However if you do major overhaul, you will have to replace the whole system at some point to meet with NFPA and other codes.
@@FireRescue80 I mean that would be nice, but do you have millions of dollars?
Does this system only go off for a certain amount of time, or does it need to be turned off?
This particular system does need to be turned off via the actuation switch next to the control panel or one of the pull stations that activates the system wound need to be reset to stop the bells from ringing.
renovation exists btw my school built in the late 50s is gonna get replaced with a new one further up the road by building the new one there and tearing down the current building
What alarms were given to the south annex and the gym?
The south annex was built in the 1950's when the Autocall Company was still in business, so it has all Autocall hardware. The newer gym was added and/or built in the 1980's and again, Autocall was still up and running, so it also has all Autocall hardware. There were some Simplex pull stations added in the late 1990's due to the fact that some of the Autocall pull stations were not working. Thank you for your question and for watching.
What's the difference of an Autocall RF10 Bell vs an Autocall R10 Bell?
That's a good question and I'm not really sure. If I had to guess, it probably has something to do with the time period when the bells were manufactured.
When I was little I always thought if someone pulled the fire alarm the school would catch on fire😭
This is a very cool building. Sad it's in its current state. Hopefully the outcome will be of this results in the building being saved. Nice video. My heart was pounding the entire video.
Thank you Jared for watching and for your comment. I always appreciate your support.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms You're very welcome. I'm quite frankly enjoying and learning about these systems. Question, with these type of old AutoCall, IBM, Simplex panels is it possible to add smoke detectors? Just curious because I have a feeling if you replace a pull station with a smoke detector, the system should go off.
@@FireRescue80 Yes, you can add smoke and heat detectors on the older panels with no problem.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms cool. Thank you very much.
What about starting a petition to prevent demolition or modification of the school building and it’s conversion into a museum
Now if this was a modern day system powered up after all that time it would have let the magic smoke out and complained and moaned about the module failures, NAC issues, supervised problems and just shot its self in the foot
How right you are!
I think that there could be at least 10 troubles if a modern system got powered on after that long time of abandoned. Mainly consists of fire pump trouble, detector trouble, and possibly some alarms as pull stations might get pulled by explorers.
Just curious do you get permission from the owners of these old schools to do this?
Always. I never go in or on the property unless I have permission from the school district and/or legal owners.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms ah ok thanks for replying
There’s no way to try to sneak and pull that alarm 😂
I am so sad 😭 i like The Autocall fire alarm panel where can I find one on eBay?
Our current junior high school was built around 1930 and they’re tearing it down in about a month but at least it got to house this past years students as it’s last class and didn’t close years ago
What is the name of the school and where is it located? Are they going to replace it with a new school ?
Old School Fire Alarms yeah they built a huge new school behind the original buildings and are tearing the old ones out to build the parking lot, it’s called Chamberlain Middle School in the small town of Carlisle Ohio
Old School Fire Alarms they already took the high school down and are making there way towards the middle school which is the oldest, I find it kinda sad that they are tearing down some of our town’s history
My school has a newer simplex fire alarm system with constant device failure. P.O.S. is always in trouble lol. I would be willing to bet 90% of the components on this system are original. I observed in the boiler room the pull station has a switch as opposed to a button. Is there a reason for this? Is that only used for drills?
Sounds like a 4100+,4020, or a 4100u. Those panels have issues (especially the 4020s). I’m a fan of simplex products but I don’t like the 4100+ and the 4020. The 4100u I kinda iffy about. If it’s an 4010,4005, or an es panel. It eather bad programming or devices failing like crazy or the panel is broken.
Wow! So cool to see that!!
The building looks like it was well-maintained, until it was abandoned.
You are absolutely correct. The building immediately went into a rapid state of decline soon after it was closed.
Will you upload more content it's amazing
More videos will be coming......Stay tuned!
Alright
Any update on this school as of this writing?
The status of this school is exactly the same,
Is this building getting demolished next year
You mentioned in other comments how this building is now privately owned. Is the original fire alarm system still in use? Was it scrapped? Was it salvaged?
It has been almost two years since I have been in this building, so I have no idea if the fire alarm system is still there. To the best of my knowledge the system was not removed and/or salvaged.
@@neohistoryfan1014 This is the first time I have heard about this. I would say that these two fires look very suspicious. Especially if the two school buildings were owned by the same person. Sounds like burn for insurance money to me.
Hundreds o f years old and shows its quality
Why was the school closed down in the first place?
The school was closed due to school re-districting and lack of students.
Old School Fire Alarms that is a shame. They should definitely do something with that old building.
Ohio! I went to the School for Creative and Performing Arts in downtown Cincinnati. Talk about a beautiful old building. We didn’t even have fire alarms in that building. They just used a tone over the PA system as a fire alarm.
Wait a minute, that's illegal.
What was that moving thing when you cut the power to the trouble bell that was synth with the single stroked bells
That was the code wheel.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarmscool
Love these videos, are you making more in the near future?
Yes, there are more coming, so stay tuned.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms yay! I hope you're doing well.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms same, for the most part
I am a supporter of OSFA, nothing will change my mind
THANK YOU !!@@Vigilance108
Leave that history as it is ... It's fascinating to see
This is a beautiful and wonderful history. I bet this school was wondering during its heyday. I hope this don’t get demolished. I know many old ones have been demolished and I know some of it might be so kids can be in a healthier school and environment. Though I just don’t understand why they couldn’t have made the old schools better and healthier rather then destroy them. Even though I understand new schools look different. Old school may not be the best but they have great history. Of course the guy Tom Tom (or was originally Thomas Long on the other TH-cam page) is me. I still haven’t decided whether to close that page or keep it since I use this one now and rarely go on the other page.
Honestly some contractors probably think it's easier to demolish rather than deal with asbestos removal. Shame really, schools aren't built like this anymore
@@samanthashafer1742 What you have said is so very true. But there are other reasons why many contractors would rather demolish an old building and build new, instead of just renovating the old building. Removal of asbestos is actually a small reason. The true and real reason boils down to money. New construction with cheap building materials and cheap labor ( non-union sub-contractors) saves the General contractor more money. It also allows the General contractor to pocket more of the money. Renovating an old building takes higher skill to maintain the original buildings aesthetics and integrity of the original design. Therefore, it can cost more money in labor cost and building materials. For example, many new schools are built with cheap cinder block on the outside and cheap drywall on the inside. The cinder block will start to degrade much sooner then say, kiln fired brick that may also be glazed. This type of brick is far superior to cinder block. The old schools used kiln fired brick and the walls were built at least two feet thick or more on most old schools. No cheap drywall, the interior walls were hand troweled thick plaster. I could go on and on with so many more examples, but the bottom line is, old schools were built much better and stronger then the new schools being constructed today.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms you know it's interesting, cuz the schools in my town even though not one of them was built before 1959, with the latest one being built in 2018, they all mainly use brick and actually do have two foot thick walls, so I think the builders that build our city schools actually care about quality.
@@iangraves9440 That is extremely rare and an exception to the rule.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms I'm coming back here kind of late but I think they build them to last in our district because our district has grown so quickly that they really can't feasibly demolish any schools because it would lead to so much overcrowding that it would be detrimental to them. So they build these new schools to last so that they don't have to deal with space crunches (not that they don't already).
my old school near me is soon to get demolished for a new school they have an old fire alarm and the school is still actives for now
What is the name of the school and where is it?
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms it ***** ****** high school it in pennsylvania. Idk how far that from you. But it a very old school it been their when my dad when to that school. it was built in 1963
Well done Old School Fire Alarms! I am so tempted to go pull the one in the apartment building where I live. 😜
That sounds like a bad idea lol
Hmmm I dunno about that.
And risk a hefty fine?? Let natural selection work itself out smfh. Dumbasses 🙄
If you can run from a moving fire truck with a bunch of pissed off firemen, more power to ya.
Any plans on saving the alarms?
I'm working on it.
Good!
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms Have you heard any new statuses of this building as of this writing whether it will be demolished or converted and reopen?
@@sigglass2183 No I have not.
Any response?
Was the circuit breaker box a modern design or old design? I don't think you ever showed it in this video.
The circuit breaker boxes are shown at 11:46 thru 11:47.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms Oh yeah I saw them.
I seen a abandoned TILECO in Zanesville OHIO built in 1926 or 27 closed down in 1967
So as I read your comments regarding why schools aren't built like the ones featured in your videos, I guess it had to do with inflation in ecomonics?
Yes, that is correct. The building materials that were used to build the older schools were superior then the new, cheaper materials that are made today.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms so much for progress. they have cad and pre-fab materials and the end result is worse!
The Old Abandoned Fire Alarm will work again, Mark my words.
Actually, the old fire alarm system was working beautifully before I left the school. I activated the pull rod several different times and it triggered the electric Autocall bells every time.
@@OldSchoolFireAlarms I thought it's going to sound like a siren but nope It's just a fire bell.