Which Fire Alarm is Actually Loudest? Is the Advance actually the Loudest? Let’s Find Out!

[CivilDefenseSoutherner]

I formerly had fire alarm phobia as a young kid years ago due to my Autism—but now I’m in the life safety hobby and collect fire alarms thx to the people on YouTube who share this interest. Regardless of my former alarm phobia—hearing protection is always a must when testing alarm devices for prolonged time and in close quarters (e.g. the bedroom of your house).

[codfish]

It's all fun and games until you're in a room with an Advance or Genesis reverberating (e.g. a school gymnasium)

[tornadoandfiresirensofohio]

I mean when you have a Wheelock NS horn in the bathroom 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[Deadlocked-yezo]

1:48 this is an alarm sound I never heard before but this one freaked me the fuck out

[maple.syrupdunne]

Why are one of the 2 that are in the 100s the ones in our schools busting out our eardrums :')

[razvandobos]

As a person with Aspergers and hearing sensitivities, this hits home for me. Incredible video! Really expands my knowledge of alarms

[blueauraretriever]

EST Genesis is actually louder than integrity. The integrity is decently loud however it is nowhere near as loud as Genesis.

[lackedpuppet]

On the hearing protection: It's also important to note that the average you took is of data 10ft away. Most enthusiasts are not 10ft away. Pull stations are typically placed nearby notification devices, notification devices are often stationed near the panel, and demo boards obviously put you real close and personal with your alarms. Therefore it's even more important that you wear hearing protection if you're an enthusiast.

[Seeker-wqjc]

I'm amazed the TrueAlert wasn't number one. We had those at a brand new Elementary school back in the early 00s (it had just been built, some of the fire alarms had plastic wrap still on them), and they are the reason I hate fire alarms to this day. I've always had sensitive hearing, always covering my ears for sounds "loud" to others, but not normally intolerable as they are to me. Fire alarms gave me so much anxiety at my Elementary school because they were so damn loud. I remember on multiple occasions I pissed myself because I refused to go to the bathroom, because I was so damn scared the alarms were going to randomly go off. It's kind of interesting that, while I don't like fire alarms in general, most of the time I'm okay to be around them, but I still won't set foot anywhere near a TrueAlert because how much they scared the hell out of me as a kid. I see a building that has them in place, I don't go in there unless I have to. I see a room that has one, I actively avoid that room. Yet I'm strangely enough fascinated by the things that I hate, searching up videos on them. But man, my skin crawls hearing the familiar, shrill beeping of a TrueAlert.

[DiscordC]

this is a botched test you have the phones mic pointed at the floor into the carpet instead of directly at the alarms, becuase of that these are NOT accurate readings.

[ABCEasyas--]

I thought that the Advsnce and Genesis were the loudest

[danielberryman]

Spectralert Advance Dies [When It Cuts Off] [And TrueAlert]

[nebulavortex]

I wish we had those bells at my school but nope we have slectralert classic and the layout of the alarm in each classroom is that its behind everybody

[dabeckfestgamez_yt]

My kindergarten had AS-24MCC's. Every time we had a fire drill I would cry cause they were so loud

[yelissfirealarms]

What is the thing that you use to connect the fire alarms

[catsgame]

Wow I thought the simplex true alert is the loudest can you try Wheelock 7002t

The second fire alarm is same as my schools

[GabetheSlacker]

The fact that fire alarms are ear piercing with the 90s or hundreds of decibels they generate, that is the reason why I need ear protection for the fire drills at my school.

[sabellcarstens]

1:33 I have a horn strobe in my bedroom
(A true alert)

[maas]

As a person who lives in Chicago, my old Elementry/Middle school had Spectralert Advances and my High school has Simplex Mechanical Horns, Remote Strobe TrueAlerts (I think a Horn Strobe TrueAlert in the main office), 4903s, and 1 Spectralert L-series and 1 Gray Edwards Intergrity Amber Horn Strobe as a CO alarm.