Very nice video! It was interesting to learn about Canada’s blue strobe concept and to have a separate notification appliance for first responders and not building occupants. I assume this is why blue strobes are preferred instead of clear ones. Again, awesome video!
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yeah if it's to show the location of annunciator or a building it has to be blue to stand out from the rest of the strobes
@dripking1747
6 ай бұрын
Exit sign 250 😮
@baseballlion1615
5 ай бұрын
Where have you been exitsign250
@TokkiLiin-p1z
2 ай бұрын
EXITSIGN250 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@TokkiLiin-p1z
2 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electric nic is best
@bigelarkin1
6 ай бұрын
in the USA we just have the normal strobe lights on the outside of the building - just to help the firefighter to know what business is in alarm but mainly are the control panels are inside
@ironmatic1
6 ай бұрын
not everywhere
@enterchannelname7568
6 ай бұрын
I know that some places have a mechanical bell to signify where the sprinkler connection is outside
@ironmatic1
6 ай бұрын
@@enterchannelname7568 That's most common in probably a vast majority of the US, though not necessarily for that, it ends up being so because both will typically end up right outside the riser room.
@josephfrye7342
6 ай бұрын
True but we shall take note for Canada to have blue strobe thing for outdoors but I hope Canada might need a specific color of blue for police lockdown too for some colleges in Canada but not all of them I think.
@themexicanmerc
6 ай бұрын
In the United States of America we have white strobes that are used as a fire emergency; any colored strobes are used as a non-fire emergency or some kind of general signal.
@YourLocalFireAlarmTech
6 ай бұрын
I actually like this idea, very clever to show which building it is because in some projects with multi buildings, the fire brigade can get confused on which building it is. We should adopt this!
@TheFirePanel
6 ай бұрын
Interesting! In the US we've had the bells as you mentioned, or strobes outside units in multi-tenant buildings, like strip malls, but generally exterior alarms are just for water flow (this again varies by municipality). The exterior annunciators were interesting to see too! Never seen such a setup here, just knox boxes for FD/PD access when a keyholder isn't present.
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Yes exterior annunciators extremely common just as common as interior ones. We got rid of Knox boxes years ago people kept breaking into them.
@RJARRRPCGP
6 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electric I usually see Knox boxes where there's not one of those iconic Gamewell big boxes.
@SodiumInduction-hv
6 ай бұрын
@@RJARRRPCGPknox boxes are everywhere
@alexandersalarms5380
6 ай бұрын
in my state exterior annunciators are incredibly common.
@TheFirePanel
6 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electric The Knox boxes I've seen have been pretty damn solid. Wild!
@KanoaDeCastro
6 ай бұрын
I am based in the US And I really like this idea. I like that they can be used to show where the annunciator/FACP is, and I personally think we should start implementing this too.
@TYSofficial
6 ай бұрын
Agreed
@JW-fz6tb
6 ай бұрын
In Germany, the fire alarm center is marked with an orange rotating beacon. They are usually placed in the direction of the street so that the emergency services can identify the buildings directly as they drive past.
@josephfrye7342
6 ай бұрын
I should find the gold or orange thing for Europe outdoors though
@mikeross880
6 ай бұрын
Excellent explanation Nic. Always wondered about those blue strobes. Funny thing though; up until the late 80’s here in Canada we also used to have the separate sprinkler bells on the outside of buildings too but then about 1991 or so they were eliminated that in pretty much all new construction. That change seemed to happen at the same time that “occupant” fire hoses were also eliminated from pretty much all new building construction. As of 1992 and later all major buildings were required to have both sprinklers and fire extinguishers in the smaller cabinets but could no longer have the larger internal fire hoses nor did they have the water driven sprinkler bell/gong on the outside of the building.
@Game_Blox9999
6 ай бұрын
The technical school near me, York County School Of Technology, I think has a water-driven bell above one of the fire hose hookups. I've heard it a few times when evacuating during a fire drill, but it's always been kinda hard to hear, probably because the gong wasn't being hit very hard.
@jcc3279
6 ай бұрын
nic one of the portables has a flashing red fault light on its emergency lights you might wanna check into that 6:52 in the video. also nice job explaining the blue strobes
@SlyFoxAlarms
5 ай бұрын
Very Very Interesting!I did not know about strobe zoning. That is crazy cool!
@ForTheBirbs
6 ай бұрын
In Australia we have a red strobe outside the building, the same as you describe. Historically blue was typically used for burglar alarms. We also have an external fire bell in many cases. They were often water-gong types for sprinkler / hydrant flow, otherwise 24V DC Cheers!
@Loganetics1
6 ай бұрын
Great explanation. Nice job!
@HenBasketFireAlarms
6 ай бұрын
Nice video. Even though I already knew this from your various comments, it was definitely cool to see various examples of the blue strobes
@ryguy2006
6 ай бұрын
Most buildings in the US have a horn/strobe or bell above the FDC that usually only sounds during a waterflow. Commonly it's a P2RK or 31T-115.
@A_Canadian_In_Poland
6 ай бұрын
That might just be a local or a British Columbia thing; I know for certain that no building in Ottawa had this. Also, sprinklered townhouses are an anomaly in central and Eastern Canada. Either the townhouse complex building would be under the area limit (Group C, up to 3 storeys, increased area) or partitioned with firewalls to be under the area limit. Many buildings in parts of Europe have red strobes. In Poland, many commercial buildings built before the 1990s don't even have fire alarm systems.
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Interesting any townhomes here have sprinklers if they are more than a four unit building if there are fire walls or not a residential building with an occupancy of more than 10 has to have a sprinkler system
@smorris281
6 ай бұрын
The hospital where I work at in Pennsylvania has steady burn blue lights in the walls above some fire extinguishers in the old wings only, not the new ones.
@robertmailhos8159
6 ай бұрын
That is a great idea for helping the fire department in location of the building that is in fire alarm mode
@keithpierce8458
6 ай бұрын
good explanation
@CAT40tag
6 ай бұрын
Hey we’re both fire alarms!!!
@dutchwolf2675
6 ай бұрын
Really nice and interesting video. Never seen such a thing in the Netherlands or Croatia but in Czechia, some municipalities in Prague do require a red or orange strobe to indicate annunciator and/or key-box. this system is also used more and a lot in Germany. Really great video!
@siphonralarms9411
6 ай бұрын
Always a good day to learn something new about fire alarms!
@reffthecanadien1328
6 ай бұрын
Interesting. They should implement something like this in the US!
@tornadochasingsiege
6 ай бұрын
They do If you go into a grocery store and go to the deli and look to the walk in fridge or go to one of those doors that go to the warehouse area were all the products are kept to be stocked later you can normally see a fire alarm painted grey with a blue strobe and they are normally used to warn of leaking carbon monoxide or leaking refrigerant which both are really toxic
@tornadochasingsiege
6 ай бұрын
But if you are talking about it being used for indicating a fire alarm activation normally we have a regular red horn strobe outside like at my school we have a EST integrity outside that flashes to indicate a fire alarm activation, and then a spectralert classic to indicate sprinkler flow
@ironmatic1
6 ай бұрын
@@tornadochasingsiege that has nothing to do with this
@parker02311
6 ай бұрын
@@tornadochasingsiegeThose are refrigerant leak alarms, not fire alarms. Also in some stores the anti-theft system may use green strobes when a customer walks out with a cart that hasn't been taken through checkstands.
@reffthecanadien1328
6 ай бұрын
@@tornadochasingsiege That’s a general alarm, I know about those (they use gentex commanders like you described in my local one) I mean fire alarms
@theflash9068
6 ай бұрын
Here in Québec, they aren't required, but they absolutely should.
@Williams_elektronik
6 ай бұрын
In sweden we have a red-white flashing light inside and a red flashing outside.
@RJARRRPCGP
6 ай бұрын
I often see red for the outdoor ones in the U.S.
@zspacecaptain8228
6 ай бұрын
Well I didn't know that, thanks for the explanation
@JourdainNovak
6 ай бұрын
In the is US the blue strobes usually means an emergency where police.
@josephfrye7342
6 ай бұрын
Exactly
@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440
6 ай бұрын
I wish my area of USA california has this for the portables as well as it could really help
@7homas0wen
6 ай бұрын
Every fire alarm system in Australia requires an external strobe (red in our case), formally a bell in the old standards, at the designated firefighter entry point. The American standards are so vastly different, interesting to see.
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Interesting, I'm in Canada
@Fredengle
4 ай бұрын
It was a great video I hope for more !
@elevatorhero2458
6 ай бұрын
That must be local to where you live. I live in Alberta and I’ve never seen an outdoor strobe that’s blue. There are a few buildings with horn strobes outside however they are all clear strobes. I’ve also spent time in Kelowna and have not noticed any blue strobes outside
@mbcommandnerd
6 ай бұрын
That is really smart, actually! I wish this was a common thing in the USA, because it would make firefighters’ jobs a LOT easier!
@WHRVJP-ci5ts
6 ай бұрын
love the intro to this video and perfect explanation
@odorouswo1f
6 ай бұрын
In the U.S we have this… at least in Illinois.
@lucasschommer5703
6 ай бұрын
The panels on the outside of the bulding whut would you do if someone ore some kid comes and mess with then and set a alarm off. Do thay have camras out thare to keap stuf save thank you
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
It's not a panel, it's an annunciator all they are going to be able to do is fire drill, acknowledge, signal silence and reset and that's only if it's left unlocked which it shouldn't be as that would compromise the weather proof cabinet anyways.
@br3nd4n
6 ай бұрын
Exceptional explanation!
@NS-LifeSaftey
6 ай бұрын
Hey Nick,you should use 6W led for gym emergency lighting or areas that are big/need a lot of light, got my own ready-lite 6W led self diagnostic and the 6w leds are 3x better than the 4W
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
If we had them but can't get 6w remote heads only 4
@NS-LifeSaftey
6 ай бұрын
ah i see my wholesaler has them but only single head
@NS-LifeSaftey
6 ай бұрын
go to the company called lumen they sell them but if your a contractor they give you a discount like i get
@AlightPlays
6 ай бұрын
Hey Nic, Just got a question which part of canada are you from just wondering because in Ontario we don't have the law on Blue Strobes.
@hotbytesB
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for telling me what the blue strobe light is for
@williamvalderrama401
6 ай бұрын
A M O G U S
@Jimmy06blue
6 ай бұрын
I have a system sensor SR with a blue strobe lens
@Game_Blox9999
6 ай бұрын
Hey Nic, do any of the buildings nearby have any bells above a fire hose hookup? I have a school near me, called York County School Of Technology, that has a bell above one of the hookups. I _believe_ it's water-driven, but I'm not sure. Could you maybe explain how those bells work?
@Game_Blox9999
6 ай бұрын
And I'm not talking about the hookups near the panels, I mean ones on a different wall on the outside of the building.
@BotvacProductions469
27 күн бұрын
bro really said "im blue da ba dee"
@GaryBeltz
6 ай бұрын
Is System Sensor the only company that makes those blue strobes? It seems like regardless of who makes the main fire alarm system in side, the blue strobes are always System Snesor.
@HenBasketFireAlarms
6 ай бұрын
Other companies make them, but System Sensor actually doesn’t. What System Sensor does do is sell colored lens covers. My guess is, it’s cheaper to buy System Sensor with a blue cover than it is to buy a blue strobe from the factory
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Yeah other companies make outdoor alarms but system sensor seems to hold up the best the Edwards ones are crap and just fill up with water and cause ground faults
@CWM030
6 ай бұрын
VERY NEAT!
@SodiumInduction-hv
6 ай бұрын
interesting!
@Redbird45
6 ай бұрын
Is a Canadian thing to have the annunciator outside like that? I’m from the US and I’ve never seen anything fire alarm related outside besides a strobe/horn strobe
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
It's very common on the outside gives firefighters quicker information especially for smaller mixed occupancy buildings that may be used differently so it does not interfere with how the tenant uses it
@Fahrenheit4051
6 ай бұрын
Really interesting video. Drive safe!
@joshfriesen9401
6 ай бұрын
My municipality in Alberta is mostly built in the 50s and 90s with only a few new commercial buildings. Even the new ones do not have blue strobes that I’ve seen. I guess it’s not required in Alberta?
@alexandersalarms5380
6 ай бұрын
here in mass we got red strobes outside rather than blue ones.
@IanGSully
6 ай бұрын
Quick question. Let's say you replaced a fire alarm system that was before the blue strobe requirement. Would that new blue strobe apply as soon as you replace the entire system?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
I've got no idea anymore depends on what they categorize the replacement as if it's a full replacement it should be brought up to new standards but isn't always completely depends on the job
@notarealdruglord
6 ай бұрын
we have red strobes for our FM-200 agent release. We have bells for the countdown and then once the agent is releasing, the red strobes and horns go off.
@wonukchung
6 ай бұрын
Handsome
@B9L3_Official
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the explanation 👍
@zspacecaptain8228
6 ай бұрын
9:23 HPS lamps? That's crazy
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
What's crazy about it?
@TFM6969
6 ай бұрын
very interesting video nic love ur content
@Thunderbolt_1000T
2 ай бұрын
i can already see the among us kids flooding in
@brandongotzpowers
6 ай бұрын
Over in the us we use the bells outside or Whare the main panel is at like at my old job we had 3 bells a big one a medium one and a small one it was in the main lobby with the main panel the big one was for fire the medium was for water flow and the small one I’m not sure but it might be for overflow i don’t remember
@UrLocalRuckaRuckaAliFan
6 ай бұрын
Is no one going to talk about that it looks like among Us
@firetruckstrainsandroblox
6 ай бұрын
I wonder..If you were to replace that 2002 system,would you have to install the blue strobe?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Hard to say likely not the schools are governed differently much like how military is out here
@livestreammaster
6 ай бұрын
I know Federal Signal has limited fire alarm stuff like strobes and horn strobes and maybe a pull station
@robertbeyers1308
6 ай бұрын
Could you please do your next test in the early evening. And record the blue strobe flashing? If you decide that you will do my request let your neighbors know about in advanced.
@themexicanmerc
6 ай бұрын
General signal here in the United States
@ebelray6890
6 ай бұрын
Video quality was just fine at night time. Is that your car back from repair from the donut incident?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Yeah car is back was only out for a few days
@josephb4810
6 ай бұрын
in the US Red lights over the Stam pipes that's where the fire Department hooked up the hose into the building for the sprinklers
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
That's what I said that it's the fire department connection
@ljthefro
6 ай бұрын
The US doesn’t have red lights/strobes over standpipes in all jurisdictions. I have not seen this used in Nevada (which has some of the stricter fire standards in the states). We do tend to have mechanical bells to indicate sprinkler flow. But I do like the idea of the blue strobe to indicate building in alarm and annunciator location. This should be standard in more areas.
@bussesandmore1263
6 ай бұрын
Interesting thanks for that mate!
@vincentgrosshans1218
6 ай бұрын
This is so interesting! I’m in Manitoba and I’ve never seen a blue strobe before. We do have exterior strobes on some buildings, but they are just white to indicate an alarm and there can be multiple of them. You mentioned the fire department hookups a couple of times. Are the fire department connections always by the annunciator panel and therefore always by the blue strobe? What would happen if the connection wasn’t by the panel? Would there be another type of light to indicate its location? I feel like that would be something important to immediately know the location of also without driving around to try to find it. I don’t know about there, but they can be in weird places sometimes here. I also found it so interesting to see so many exterior annunciator panels. They are typically inside the vestibule of the main entrance. In strip mall buildings, they are often inside the electrical or sprinkler room. I have only seen exterior panels on buildings that are residential and each unit has their own entrance with no common part of the building.
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
The fire department connection isn't always near the annunciator if it is in any way hidden there is usually a large sign saying FDC and as you walk in the front door or at the main entrance there is typically a building fire plan that shows the fire department connection location
@vincentgrosshans1218
6 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electric Oh, okay, I see. Thanks.
@Epicgames-mx2ov
6 ай бұрын
Hey Nic i have a question, do you know how to wire a 70 volt speaker strobe because I own a edwards integrity speaker strobe. So do you have any tips how to wire properly?
@maxdutiel
6 ай бұрын
0:06 it feels like there should be an intro thing here or something.
@maxdutiel
6 ай бұрын
Not trying to be rude, but what I am saying is that the setup of this seems like it is a cold open type thing or something, and an intro should follow it.
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
The first 20 seconds of the video was a intro
@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440
6 ай бұрын
have u seen a frosted strobe or a older system with 2903s and a 4602 9102
@adventuresquadofficial
6 ай бұрын
I've watched a lot of videos on the schools but I always wondered. What is a portable?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Portable classrooms I have videos on the process of moving them
@eriklerma8540
6 ай бұрын
*A M O N G U S*
@singlestrobe
6 ай бұрын
I’ve seen a sprinkler alarm that’s not a bell
@Tahiti-1899
2 ай бұрын
How does the Candella work
@jzzhang726
6 ай бұрын
Wow nice
@aerhardt
6 ай бұрын
Nowadays, I don’t really see the point of sprinkler alarms. At least in my area, it used to make sense. Sprinkler systems have been required in almost all buildings in my area for much longer than fire alarm systems have been. They used to make sense because they would alert people outside to call the fire department. They don’t really make sense anymore. For example, almost every new or remodeled building in my area is sprinkled and has a fire alarm system. Every sprinklered building has a Potter SASH sprinkler alarm on the outside. These are now almost completely redundant.
@os7345
6 ай бұрын
he kinda cute...
@josephb4810
6 ай бұрын
I have seen whole bunch of with blue stove. in tuck on Toronto
@ironmatic1
6 ай бұрын
annunciator outside is crazy 😭
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Not at all, very common
@markusryan9424
6 ай бұрын
The blue light here in the United States is used for police call box when someone has pulled for the police to come.
@SPCS
6 ай бұрын
hey, are you near Surrey? looks like LMG's warehouse... (LTT)
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Looks similar they've got Mircom though
@jakethepro4335
6 ай бұрын
In the uk the inside can be red or white and outside is red
@michaelagnew6252
6 ай бұрын
Do you have a blue light on the outside of your house fire alarm system ?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
No
@ptowntrumpet04
6 ай бұрын
Is it common to have the control panel/annunciation on the outside of the buildings? They’re all inside where I live
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Control panel is always inside. Annunciators can be mounted on the outside
@gantmj
6 ай бұрын
Those are just asking to be smashed if they were outside where I live.
@JoshuaKing-qb4fj
6 ай бұрын
P2 7:33 why is that red light blinking on the el
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Somethings wrong with it I only put it up like four or five months ago
@AprilOake
6 ай бұрын
❤
@Siren_StrObE
6 ай бұрын
My High school has blue strobes on the outside only but they mean lockdown. I live in US
@Lando_P1
6 ай бұрын
We’re missing Hayden!
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Me too
@catarmy387
6 ай бұрын
Is there different color strobes? If there is what is it for?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Strobes can be clear blue red green and Amber. Amber can be used for a general hazard red is often used with releasing systems
@UKsystems
6 ай бұрын
Amazing explanation, are blue strobes ever used for other applications?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
No that would create confusion to what it means
@aerhardt
6 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electricI guess that makes sense. We need to get more strict here in the US. Currently, we can use any strobe color for anything other than fire. According to my local code, you cannot have anything other than clear strobes for fire, including outdoors. Labeling on devices is also not required here. For example, you can have voice evac systems that are used for more than just fire that just have clear strobes that flash for everything that are labeled “ALERT” or are simply blank.
@matrix2048
2 ай бұрын
Here in the USA, the state of Massachusetts (at least) does kind of the same thing, only the strobes are RED instead of blue. Here's a video I've seen explaining this... kzitem.info/news/bejne/qoFt12WIjqyQfaAsi=MHc4Tlp1CnMnuKYU
@wibwabz
6 ай бұрын
do you have a video about the microphone announcement system shown at the start of this video: kzitem.info/news/bejne/pJpm16ShrXWhiJg i know i already asked this but i dont know if we were talking about the same thing or not so i found the video it's in. Also, i really like the 'cinematic' start to this video with the camera being close to the alarm, great idea!
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
As I said it is the siren that I had a video of installing on my bike there is nothing more to it it's gone
@wibwabz
6 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electric okay, thanks
@bigfoot13s80
6 ай бұрын
Does the annunciator that are out side like that even though sealed get affected by the extreme cold or hot?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
They are rated from 0°C to 49°C or 32°F to 120°F
@bigfoot13s80
6 ай бұрын
@nics-systems-electric thanks for the info. It's fun to learn new things
@Odd-Bike
6 ай бұрын
Amongus
@nickjohnson9760
Ай бұрын
is there a blue strobe on the house system
@nics-systems-electric
Ай бұрын
no there is not
@mrlightgaming9201
6 ай бұрын
Yo I was born in 2003
@MichaelKsAlarms
6 ай бұрын
Why is there announciators on the outside the building instead of the inside?
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
The building could be set up differently on the inside depending on the tenant of the building if it's on the outside it doesn't matter
@MichaelKsAlarms
6 ай бұрын
Okay. Wouldn't it be damaged by the weather
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
@@MichaelKsAlarms it's meant to be outside that's why it's in a weatherproof enclosure
@MichaelKsAlarms
6 ай бұрын
Have a good night
@MichaelKsAlarms
6 ай бұрын
And when is the next video supposed to be out
@nickolasottman4370
6 ай бұрын
is ontario the same
@All_ConsumingBandu
6 ай бұрын
Where I live there are no blue strobes
@HuskyBadman
4 ай бұрын
Didn't you have a blue strobe fire alarm at your house?
@nics-systems-electric
4 ай бұрын
I showed it in the video multiple times
@Omegamoney32
6 ай бұрын
2nd comment and nice video
@Comens1997
6 ай бұрын
Lockdown
@nics-systems-electric
6 ай бұрын
Nope watch the video
@Comens1997
6 ай бұрын
@@nics-systems-electric the ones of “alert” on General evac or school lockdown
@PoseidoncapsizesHi
6 ай бұрын
My school has these they are simplex truealerts in my state of North Dakota a lot of west Fargo schools in Fargo have blue strobes that are simplex truealerts that have I white cover that say alert they are lockdown alarms for my school and the other schools and the blue alarms are in the schools and outside of the school on the walls
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