Old School Fire Alarms | Museum Quality Vintage Fire Alarms …
Welcome to Old School Fire Alarms, an educational website dedicated to the history, salvage, and preservation of vintage pull rod fire alarm systems and the electrical hardware that automates …
About - Old School Fire Alarms
Welcome to Old School Fire Alarms, an educational website dedicated to the history, salvage, and preservation of vintage pull rod fire alarm systems and the electrical hardware that automates …
Fire Alarm Control Panels - Old School Fire Alarms
Just as the brain controls the body, a fire alarm control panel controls a fire alarm system. Without a control panel, the pull stations, audible devices, and other fire alarm hardware will not …
Pull Rod Fire Alarms | Old School Fire Alarms
Starting in the late nineteenth century, pull rod fire alarm systems were commonly used in schools, factories, apartments, and other public buildings where an audible sound was needed …
Manual Trip Bells - Old School Fire Alarms
All pull rod fire alarms share one major component; manual trip bells, also known as mechanical trip bells. If it were not for trip bells, pull rod fire alarms never would have been invented. …
Videos - Old School Fire Alarms
You are viewing a pull rod fire alarm being activated at a public elementary school that had three floors. The manual pull rod and trip bells were installed when the school was first built in 1930. …
Electric Bells and Horns - Old School Fire Alarms
Electric fire alarm horns, also known as vibrating horns, were, and still are ideal for adverse noisy environments such as industrial facilities, military complexes, schools, and other institutional …
Old Schools | Old School Fire Alarms
Most of the fire alarm artifacts featured on this website came from old public school buildings that were built in the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The page you are now viewing …
Fire Alarm Signs | Old School Fire Alarms
Most fire alarms are identified with posted signage. Some signs simply say, FIRE ALARM, where others give instructions on the proper use or location of a pull station. The signs can be found …
Pull Stations - Old School Fire Alarms
In fact, fire alarm boxes, a.k.a. pull stations, are usually one of the first things you see when entering a public building. Frequently, you will see the little red boxes mounted in hallways …