Would Inspector Sands...

A common sight on London Underground these days as well as many mainline stations but the first time I have heard it myself so I got it on camera.

In this video we hear the "Would Inspector Sands, please go to the operations room immediately." announcement being used at King's Cross St. Pancras London Underground station on July 21st 2010.

This alarm is used to alert staff an emergency on the station without alarming customers. It is also used on mainline stations but the exact wording may be different, but Inspector Sands is usually the case. I am not sure why it went off on this day however, as it soon stopped and nothing else happened.

Finally, sorry about the bad camera angle, but the BTP were nearby and you know what they're like with people filming.

Category:

Travel & Events

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• Would
• Inspector
• Sands
• Please
• Go
• To
• The Operations
• Room
• Immediately
• London
• Underground
• evacuation
• alarm
• emergency

[NatWest14]

Heard this at Euston last year, went on for a good 25 min,,,,,,so! annoying!!!!!

[HSTChris]

@NatWest14 Yea it can be annoying lol.

[Channel317666]

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?

[HSTChris]

@Channel317666 You get used to these announcements :P

[bradleigh10]

It always ays that lol! Been there loads of times and said that.

[HSTChris]

@bradleigh10 I know, it happens a lot but it was the first time I had seen it so I filmed it :P

[Dr0ctave]

@messylaura lol

[daleksvscybermen]

I heard it at Manchester Piccadilly last week. Drove my girlfriend mental!

[messylaura]

you could go to the area announced and say you are mr sands, wtf do you want......and put that fire out its dangerous

[rachaelmatt]

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! ;)

[Sephyricon]

@davidrobertbrown

top-10-codes-you-arent-meant-t­o-know ;)

[Sephyricon]

@davidrobertbrown

top-10-codes-you-arent-meant-t­o-know ;)

[davidrobertbrown]

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