I'm a railway operations controller in London. The Inspector Sands announcement these days can be for anything.
It is simply 1 part of a 2 stage system triggered by a presspoint, analytic sniffer, smoke or heat detector. It can continue for 2 to 4 minutes then can go to stage 2 evcaution unless acknowledged & silenced in that time. Dust is normally the problem.
It's simply informs staff to get into position in case of evacuation.
Going for 25 minutes it was probably in engineers mode.
Its a code for all members of staff to know, it doesn't mean fire, it could be anything. Its usually followed by a station evacuation. It could be anything from a strange looking person or bag or fire, something that will cause the station to be evacuated. If you hear it, get on a train and leave asap or they may stop them all for a while! ;)
Inspector Sands is a code for fire . obviously it would not be appropriate for the service staff to announce a fire publicly, so this code is used to alert the appropriate staff to the danger without upsetting customers.The warning is automatically triggered by smoke detectors. the recording was looped through the underground during the July 7, 2005 bombings, and has been incorrectly described as a code word for a bomb
I heard inspector sands at London Paddington while standing at the end of platforms 2 and 3 while i was videoing. it only went off once so i didnt get a chance to record it.
I heard it at London Bridge once, then went to waterloo and heard it there on the same day! i also heard the actual fire alarm at Kings cross not inspector sands, we where told not to evucate it was just an test.
@lukespencer91 I went through Kings Cross station last Tuesday around 1010 and heard a recorded announcement "may i have your attention please, may i have your attention please, the fire alarm test is now complete thank you for your patience"
I think most stations test their alarms around 1000 once a week. In Kings Cross case its 1000 Tuesday mornings.
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I'm a railway operations controller in London. The Inspector Sands announcement these days can be for anything.
It is simply 1 part of a 2 stage system triggered by a presspoint, analytic sniffer, smoke or heat detector. It can continue for 2 to 4 minutes then can go to stage 2 evcaution unless acknowledged & silenced in that time. Dust is normally the problem.
It's simply informs staff to get into position in case of evacuation.
Going for 25 minutes it was probably in engineers mode.
philcald1 1 month ago
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philcald1 1 month ago
I heard it at Manchester Piccadilly last week. Drove my girlfriend mental!
daleksvscybermen 6 months ago
you could go to the area announced and say you are mr sands, wtf do you want......and put that fire out its dangerous
messylaura 7 months ago
@messylaura lol
Dr0ctave 6 months ago
Its a code for all members of staff to know, it doesn't mean fire, it could be anything. Its usually followed by a station evacuation. It could be anything from a strange looking person or bag or fire, something that will cause the station to be evacuated. If you hear it, get on a train and leave asap or they may stop them all for a while! ;)
rachaelmatt 8 months ago
Inspector Sands is a code for fire . obviously it would not be appropriate for the service staff to announce a fire publicly, so this code is used to alert the appropriate staff to the danger without upsetting customers.The warning is automatically triggered by smoke detectors. the recording was looped through the underground during the July 7, 2005 bombings, and has been incorrectly described as a code word for a bomb
davidrobertbrown 1 year ago
@davidrobertbrown
top-10-codes-you-arent-meant-to-know ;)
Sephyricon 11 months ago
@davidrobertbrown
top-10-codes-you-arent-meant-to-know ;)
Sephyricon 11 months ago
Heard this at Euston last year, went on for a good 25 min,,,,,,so! annoying!!!!!
NatWest14 1 year ago
@NatWest14 Yea it can be annoying lol.
HSTChris 1 year ago
That happened to me at Euston, but there was a really loud alarm and it was the Phil Sayer announcer shouting it really loudly lol - not alarming?
Channel317666 1 year ago
@Channel317666 You get used to these announcements :P
HSTChris 1 year ago
I heard inspector sands at London Paddington while standing at the end of platforms 2 and 3 while i was videoing. it only went off once so i didnt get a chance to record it.
railexchangevideos 1 year ago
@railexchangevideos This was last week (12/8/10)
railexchangevideos 1 year ago
I heard it at London Bridge once, then went to waterloo and heard it there on the same day! i also heard the actual fire alarm at Kings cross not inspector sands, we where told not to evucate it was just an test.
lukespencer91 1 year ago
@lukespencer91 I went through Kings Cross station last Tuesday around 1010 and heard a recorded announcement "may i have your attention please, may i have your attention please, the fire alarm test is now complete thank you for your patience"
I think most stations test their alarms around 1000 once a week. In Kings Cross case its 1000 Tuesday mornings.
railexchangevideos 1 year ago
It always ays that lol! Been there loads of times and said that.
bradleigh10 1 year ago
@bradleigh10 I know, it happens a lot but it was the first time I had seen it so I filmed it :P
HSTChris 1 year ago
Lovely Trainers xD
44871matt 1 year ago
@44871matt £9, Shoe Zone LOL!
HSTChris 1 year ago
@HSTChris OMG there like so awsome
44871matt 1 year ago
It's probably because they saw someone filming their trainers lol!
I've been to KX and SP tube station before, never ever heard that announcement!
IanPooleTrains 1 year ago
@IanPooleTrains This was before I filmed anything :P
HSTChris 1 year ago