Speakers & Sounders

A fire alarm is not a fire alarm unless it makes a noise! This page lists all of the speakers, sounders, horns and bells that can be found on Fire Alarm Systems in New Zealand.

## Electronic Horns

These are biggest, the bulkiest and the loudest in the fire alarm speaker range! Horns are also my personal favourite...

### **Standard Horn - Current Design**

This is the modern-version of these horns. These used to come in red but new ones nowadays seem to always be white.

### **Standard Horn - Old Design**

This is an older version of the horn found above. These are sometimes more common in Gold-Silver, but were also found in red and white (and I've even found a black one).

Wow! This is in bad shape! (This store just closed, replaced by a brand new building next door)Wow! This is in bad shape! (This store just closed, replaced by a brand new building next door)
### **Old & New together!**

There are actually a couple of places where you can find old and new horns together!

### **RedBack Horn**

These big grey horns are huge, and are also very very loud. You will often find these if big warehouses and large open spaces, such as malls, stadiums or supermarkets. These are only available in grey.

This RedBack Horn has been sprayed Red.This RedBack Horn has been sprayed Red.
### **Notifier by Honeywell Horn**

These have started being installed recently by some companies. They are only available in white.

### **MPH-5300 Horn**

This is a horn that is very rare on New Zealand systems. I found this at a School, which has just one of these. Pertronic advertises these on their website.

### **Other Horns**

These are just a few other designs of horn that have been used by companies.

## Ceiling Speakers

The majority of modern fire alarm systems use white, round speakers fitted into the ceiling (or sometimes mounted on a wall).

### **Newer Speakers**

These speakers have become more common lately.

### **Mini Ceiling Speakers**

These have been around for a few years now and have become very popular.

Rare black speaker! Photo by: Sebastian Crow
### **Standard Speakers**

These are absolutly everywhere. There are some slight variations between certain designs.

### **Large Speaker**

This is a larger version of the speaker above. These are not very common.

### **Another type of Speaker**

This is another type of Ceiling speaker that is way less common that the types above.

### **Honeywell Speakers**

These are round speakers in a square box, which have only recently started to appear. They are made by Honeywell.

## Small Speakers

### **Small Speakers**

These little speakers are by Pertronic, using a cover-plate made by PDL-Schneider. These come in either red or white, and have the option to add a flashing red light.

### **Mini Speaker**

Similar to above, but with just a tiny little speaker.

## European Sounder

### **Vantage Sounder**

These are pretty common alarms that are distributed throughout nz by AMPAC. They come in both red and white.

## Old Speakers

### **Big Red Speakers**

These big red speakers were used mostly by Guardian Alarms from the 70's to the 90's. I have also seen them used on a Vigilant system from the 90s. They can be super loud!

### **Old Square Speakers**

These old speakers are quite rare. They were sometimes used alongside a flashing red light.

### **Old Rectangle Speakers**

These little speakers can sometimes be found on older Vigilant systems. These can be found in both red and white, and can even be found accompanied by US-style strobes!

### **Old Ceiling Speakers**

These are some old speakers I have found on Vigilant system from the 1990's.

### **US-Style Speakers**

These old US-style speakers are very rare. They sometime have the attached flashing light/strobe.

### **Square Speakers**

These speakers are not often used for fire alarms, rather they are usually for radio/stereo systems in malls, shops. etc. However, some Guardian Alarms systems from the 1990's used these speakers for fire alarms.

### **Vigilant Barrel Speakers**

These incredibly rare old speakers were made by vigilant, using the frame from their old-style call-points. I have only seen these once, and the location in question only has two of them left!

## Other Speakers

### **Little Square Speakers**

These are some very rare European Speakers!

### **Other European Speakers**

These are some of the other European-style speakers I have seen used in NZ.

## Bells

There have been many designs of bells from many companies. These days, due to standardization of alarms, bells are becoming more and more uncommon. The most common place to find them is schools.