Old School Fire Alarms

Old School Fire Alarms is dedicated to the history, collection, and preservation of older fire alarm systems and the components thereof.  Specifically, manual pull rod systems manufactured during the late 1800's up through the 1970's  where manual trip bells were used.  Before electric, automated fire alarm systems were invented, pull rod fire alarms were commonly used in schools and other public buildings where an audible sound was needed to signal for a fire or conduct a fire drill. As time marched on, fire code regulations required pull rod systems to be automated with electric fire alarm hardware, where control panels and other electrical components took over once the pull rod was activated. In the event of an electrical outage, the pull rod fire alarm could still be utilized by simply pulling the rod multiple times to ring the manual trip bells. To learn more please visit, OldSchoolFireAlarms.com.