What the title says. Activated with pull station. Full building walk. Silence and reset. System worked like it was supposed to. Simplex 4004 conventional system.
@@carwashslayer4235 👏👏👏😂🤣🤣This comment SOOO made my day! Hearing these horrible sounds remind me of the beginning of music class--- BEFORE getting good at playing the instruments, 🤣. This is the worst symphony orchestra I've ever heard, like for sure! I LOVE IT!!!
@@joannestealey4482These are made way before sync was invented. However they do make separate models for sync such as the 4903-9401/9403/9405. They also made electronic counterparts of these. Then they made the 4903 selectables using the same counterparts as the infamous TrueAlert. Most are 2 wire and SmartSync, however they make 4 wire versions such as the 4903-9425/9426/9427.
@@kevinthecat6176 regardless if an alarm system is old or not strobe lights should be synced idk about you but I certainly wouldn't want to be in that building if & when they go off
They are all on Non-Temporal. They should be on Code 3 Stating that NFPA Section 72 states that alarms installed after 1990 Have to use Temporal coding(Meaning Code 3)
LOL!!! that's what i was about to say... better him then me because i use to go had that alarm... more like the old version that wasn't so continuously... but we also had a alarm that sounded like a siren only in a deeper minor alto sound that scared half the living day lights out of us... those alarms brings me back to my old school years
@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign Yea, alarms I don't think get replaced until like 35-40 years. There's still alarms from the 50s-70s still in use in some buildings.
@@CassandraPantaristi Uh they do. My dad's school had White 4903s and it was built in 1997 and the system got replaced in 2013. Less then 20 years in operation
@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign Oh, I didn't know that some would get replaced that soon. My elementary school has those old Space Age 32AVs with opaque strobes when I was there in the late 90s through the mid 2000s. I noticed some got replaced since then last time I was in there. So, those Space Age ones were probably there when those alarms were brand new. I don't know how old the elementary school is. But the high school in the town was built in 1964.
Must be a 1990s Simplex system, judging by the sound! Nowadays a new Simplex system installation would typically be addressable, unless they are just replacing an old hard-wired Simplex panel (like the 4207/8, 2001 or 4002), when in that case a 4005 or 4006 would do the trick nicely while leaving everything else intact (I saw a 2001 panel that was gutted and had a 4006 installed in the cabinet!)
Electronic piezoelectric horn with ADA compliant strobes have been widely used since 1993. The Wheelock MT is first introduced in 1993 and the AS and NS in 1995. Those first 3 notification appliances popularized the code 3 tone. The 4903 has been around since 1990ish in both speaker and mechanical horn flavors. Simplex stopped making mechanical horns in 1998.
@@davidperry4013 I know back in 1993 there was also a non-ADA version of the Wheelock MT horn/strobe, and before that there was the Wheelock EH horn and horn/strobe series. In fact, during the late 80s and early 90s Simplex sometimes used Wheelock EH horns; SafeTech has a video of a Simplex 4001 system with those horns on older 4903 light and strobe plates. I also recall Simplex first began making those ADA-compliant rectangular 4903 horn/strobes and speaker/strobes in 1993, maybe 1994, and they still make the speaker/strobe version and one that uses the TrueAlert horn's sounder, largely for replacing failed 4903 alarm signals on systems from the 90s.
@@davidperry4013 Doesn’t Simplex Still make the 4901 Line of products, Since the 4901 series of products Are horns only. And A few Licensed retailers online still makes the 4903-9405(Newer Version of the Mechancial 4903-9217 horns with a smartsync strobe) and the 9252(Semi Early Truealerts)
@@Jenncollins_They do make selectable 4903s and the 4901-9822. 4902s, I don't think so. These I believe are the 4903-9219s due to the fact the 9217 is 110 candela. These aren't too bright, so these are 19s.
The alarms in my apartment building sound similar to this, but they were louder. We had a mix of faraday 6120 horns with no strobes, and wheelock 7002t's with no strobe. Our's were super loud, and they randomly went off all times of day and night. We had quite a few false alarms at night and early mornings. We still have them. Management refuse to get the problem solved, so a lot of the tenants have moved.
It's like a horror music in a horror movie literally I feel bad for those student's who go there for school because they feel like they are in a horror movie
So I like mechanical horns, but When a whole bunch are packed in EVERY HALLWAY is too much for me. And on continuous... That gives me a headache thinking of it. Imagine if the male dorms fire alarms were torture and the female dorms are chimes. I'd be like, Bruh.
Gary Beltz I don't know when that system was put in. The building itself opened in the late 60s. The original system's bells are still in recessed pockets in the walls of the hallways.
I think continuous is about right for a dorm!! ha we have Siemens UMMTs in my dorm on code 3 and even though they pulse they are very loud and do get our attention immediately upon 1st sounding!!!
I suppose that this system was installed between 1994 and 1998 because the Simplex 4004 was introduced in the first year mentioned, and the 4903 electronic horn-strobe was released during the latter. I suspect the electromechanical version was discontinued after that, so assuming that's the case, this particular system had to be installed between then.
Yeah, it was obviously one of the current-production Simplex 4903 horn/strobes that use the TrueAlert sounder, meant to replace failed 1990s 4903 horn/strobes from the 1990s.
All of the notes of every alarm in each Hallway 1st Hallway 1. C 2. E 3. Ab 2nd Hallway 4. Ab 5. G 6. G 3rd Hallway 7. F# 8. Ab 9. F# 4th Hallway 10. G 11. G 12. F# 5th Hallway 13. G 14. G 15. Ab It appears that each Hallway has 2 alarms on the same horn pitch and 1 is on a different pitch, except the first Hallway as the 1st alarm in the first Hallway has a pitch of C and its a 4903-9252 as it most likely replaced a dysfunctional 4903-9219 making this Hallway unique. If the 1st 4903-9219 still worked to this day or it sounded before it got replaced with a 4903-9252 then it could've sounded in the key of E or Ab which would look like this: 1. E 2. E 3. Ab Or 1. Ab 2. E 3. Ab
This is like my school. 3 buzzers in the hallways set to constant with simplex T cross pulls. If anyone's curious the buzzers have the flash in the middle with slots on either side.
I heard one of those in my elementary school once I was a fifth grader but I'm in 11th grade and I'm dealing with the true alert alarms back at west high but I'm used to it
Those sound like 9219's and some other horns but as for his Fine Arts building that has a Simplex 4100u with white TrueAlert speaker/strobes with the system set on code-3 tone with no evacuation message.
Yeah i think they wanted to test the Fire Alarms when they were still on break before school started again to make sure that they are working very well like when they are Fire Drills or if they have to sit them off for some other reason
They're mechanical horns, not electronic. These older style mechanical horns tend to be a little sensitive and very minor factors can determine their pitch. Newer electronic horns have the same pitch since their tone is generated by a microchip before being blasted through a piezo speaker
The pitch on older-style horns can also be determined on how tightly (Or loosely) each one is screwed in a wall, the composition of a wall can also determine how they sound.
Do you work for a fire alarm service company? I know it can take days to fully test a fire alarm system throughout a premises. Where I work Ive seen the fire alarm technicians for 3 days in a row when doing the annual testing. And normally one day they silence the alarms and test the pull stations as well as check the sprinklers along with testing the smoke detectors then they even have a time when they sound the alarm to make sure all of the indicators work.
I never knew security staff could test the fire alarm systems. So far I've seen fire alarm technicians do it. The building I work in a company called bfpe comes in to do the testing but unfortunately it's during the work day
MrWill1985 We do what we have to do to ensure the safety of our students. The alarm company only inspects annually. We have students in the dorms 9 months out of the year. It's not rocket science to test the system. We needed to make sure it worked.
Well it may not have been you but someone said it while you were going through the building. Is this the same building in your "Fire Drill in Male Dorm" video?
Gary Beltz Ahhh, I remember now. There was a random strobe in one of the upstairs bathrooms. Funny thing is when I was a student, I lived in that dorm and near the restroom. I had never noticed that strobe. As for the 2nd question, no this is a dorm adjacent to the other building. They form an "L" shape.
Damn thats brave going down the dark hallways with these alarms going off. My brain would be messing me thats for sure.
In the dark... O.O
Kayla ? They are Edwards 🤣🤣🤣
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Oh heck yeah, I'd be a bit freaked out.
@@friendlyneighborhoodcow8776Actually, these are Simplex
This sounds more like musical chords than a fire alarm
I know right?
@@XxGG_the_HackerxX I so agree It feels like everyone is tuning there instrument to the wrong note though. Maestro needs to work with them again. Lol
He is just saying
Yea! I agree
@@carwashslayer4235 👏👏👏😂🤣🤣This comment SOOO made my day! Hearing these horrible sounds remind me of the beginning of music class--- BEFORE getting good at playing the instruments, 🤣. This is the worst symphony orchestra I've ever heard, like for sure! I LOVE IT!!!
The real sight and sounds. Simplex mechanical horns on continuous blaring as well as un-synced strobes blinding you as you go! A memory filled place.
They should be synced that's not right
@@joannestealey4482These are made way before sync was invented. However they do make separate models for sync such as the 4903-9401/9403/9405. They also made electronic counterparts of these. Then they made the 4903 selectables using the same counterparts as the infamous TrueAlert. Most are 2 wire and SmartSync, however they make 4 wire versions such as the 4903-9425/9426/9427.
@@joannestealey4482 what do you expect its an old system
@@kevinthecat6176 regardless if an alarm system is old or not strobe lights should be synced idk about you but I certainly wouldn't want to be in that building if & when they go off
@@joannestealey4482These aren't sync strobes. They're free run Simplex 4903-9219 electromechanical horn strobes that date from 1994-1998.
Code “continuous” has always gave me the goosebumps
Creepy and startling having to wake up to that at night half sleep
I would be fine with it. Would rather wake up to 9219s then spectalert advances any day.
is so looking nightmare
@Aidan M Cash (2023) I would rather deal with TrueAlerts then Advances. Advances are nothing but boring
@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSignAbsolutely! I like TrueAlerts more than Advances. TrueAlerts are still pretty common, but not as common as Advances.
The continuous alarm creeps me out more than all of them!
ikr same
all of them are in cont.
They are all on Non-Temporal. They should be on Code 3 Stating that NFPA Section 72 states that alarms installed after 1990 Have to use Temporal coding(Meaning Code 3)
@@armaniwilliams5752 Authority of Jurisdiction tells the codes to the certain area. Not NFPA 72.
@@AlexTraxxas thanks
Sounds like some sort of backing theme to a horror movie
LOL!!! that's what i was about to say... better him then me because i use to go had that alarm... more like the old version that wasn't so continuously... but we also had a alarm that sounded like a siren only in a deeper minor alto sound that scared half the living day lights out of us... those alarms brings me back to my old school years
Some nostalgia fire alarms like that sounded like a fog horn something the new generation doesn’t know of us 90s babies know this system
I am geting grade school flashbacks lol
There are some systems out there with 90s alarms still.
@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign Yea, alarms I don't think get replaced until like 35-40 years. There's still alarms from the 50s-70s still in use in some buildings.
@@CassandraPantaristi Uh they do. My dad's school had White 4903s and it was built in 1997 and the system got replaced in 2013. Less then 20 years in operation
@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign Oh, I didn't know that some would get replaced that soon. My elementary school has those old Space Age 32AVs with opaque strobes when I was there in the late 90s through the mid 2000s. I noticed some got replaced since then last time I was in there. So, those Space Age ones were probably there when those alarms were brand new. I don't know how old the elementary school is. But the high school in the town was built in 1964.
The alarms sound nice because they have different pitches
Nice 4004, and I love the sound of that system. Probably my favorite one you've filmed.
It also sounds a little scary with all the alarms in continuous all with different pitches!
I yui
Must be a 1990s Simplex system, judging by the sound!
Nowadays a new Simplex system installation would typically be addressable, unless they are just replacing an old hard-wired Simplex panel (like the 4207/8, 2001 or 4002), when in that case a 4005 or 4006 would do the trick nicely while leaving everything else intact (I saw a 2001 panel that was gutted and had a 4006 installed in the cabinet!)
Electronic piezoelectric horn with ADA compliant strobes have been widely used since 1993. The Wheelock MT is first introduced in 1993 and the AS and NS in 1995. Those first 3 notification appliances popularized the code 3 tone. The 4903 has been around since 1990ish in both speaker and mechanical horn flavors. Simplex stopped making mechanical horns in 1998.
@@davidperry4013 I know back in 1993 there was also a non-ADA version of the Wheelock MT horn/strobe, and before that there was the Wheelock EH horn and horn/strobe series. In fact, during the late 80s and early 90s Simplex sometimes used Wheelock EH horns; SafeTech has a video of a Simplex 4001 system with those horns on older 4903 light and strobe plates. I also recall Simplex first began making those ADA-compliant rectangular 4903 horn/strobes and speaker/strobes in 1993, maybe 1994, and they still make the speaker/strobe version and one that uses the TrueAlert horn's sounder, largely for replacing failed 4903 alarm signals on systems from the 90s.
@@davidperry4013 Doesn’t Simplex Still make the 4901 Line of products, Since the 4901 series of products Are horns only. And A few Licensed retailers online still makes the 4903-9405(Newer Version of the Mechancial 4903-9217 horns with a smartsync strobe) and the 9252(Semi Early Truealerts)
@@Jenncollins_They do make selectable 4903s and the 4901-9822. 4902s, I don't think so. These I believe are the 4903-9219s due to the fact the 9217 is 110 candela. These aren't too bright, so these are 19s.
I would hate to wake up to this at night
me, too!
Jordan Trivett same
same here
exactly
Well, if it would save you life I don't think you'd be complaining.
Those Corridors look creepy with the lights turned off
The alarms in my apartment building sound similar to this, but they were louder. We had a mix of faraday 6120 horns with no strobes, and wheelock 7002t's with no strobe. Our's were super loud, and they randomly went off all times of day and night. We had quite a few false alarms at night and early mornings. We still have them. Management refuse to get the problem solved, so a lot of the tenants have moved.
Well I certainly wouldn't blame the tenants for that
Though I like the idea of no strobe I'd hate the false alarms
Oh man 7002Ts are deafening without hearing protection. I have one and it’s the loudest alarm I have
@@joannestealey4482I don't. I like strobes and I like super bright strobes rated at 75CD or higher
@@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554 strobes can be dangerous especially if ur prone to seizures
It's like a horror music in a horror movie literally I feel bad for those student's who go there for school because they feel like they are in a horror movie
So I like mechanical horns, but When a whole bunch are packed in EVERY HALLWAY is too much for me. And on continuous... That gives me a headache thinking of it.
Imagine if the male dorms fire alarms were torture and the female dorms are chimes. I'd be like, Bruh.
The building looks like the back rooms
Yes, they're loud. That's the point. No horns in the individual rooms.
At The Beginning Was That a Simplex 4903-9252 Cause It Sounds Like a Truealert?
Marvin Stigall VGCP I agree
***** Actually, yes, 85db at 10 feet is very loud. They are also in the confined space of the hallways. Let me assure you, they are very loud.
4903-9219s with a few 4903-9252s mixed in.
+legomaniac 2407 mee to
I really like this video altho these alarms scared the living crap out of me when I was in preschool same exact ones!!
Same in my grade school and the alarms were in the hall way and the class rooms
Yeah, I just love the symphony of mechanical horns LOL.
0:30 they are in harmony...
Doctor Octagonapus: harmony...
me:hollow
Doctor Octagonapus they’re trying to get inside our heads... O.O
Those are the exact same horns that were in my high school. If you listen carefully sometimes you can hear a swarm of bees. LOL!
Gary Beltz I don't know when that system was put in. The building itself opened in the late 60s. The original system's bells are still in recessed pockets in the walls of the hallways.
+Joel Speck I am asking this because I'm curious to know. What is the name of that university?
scary alarm
Minecraftgamer Jason sounds like music
Should've kept the bells
It’s so nice and loud! 😊❤️
I think continuous is about right for a dorm!! ha we have Siemens UMMTs in my dorm on code 3 and even though they pulse they are very loud and do get our attention immediately upon 1st sounding!!!
(1:31 especially) It all sounds what you would hear when going through a treacherous time warp distortion and you are in the middle of complete chaos.
What is this? Symphony Of The Simplex!?
xD
yeah right haha!! the alarm i called in this vid i call them tru2903
#TrueMusicAtTheBeginning
Yes
It is!
wow! this fire alarm is scary!
I’m terrified of them
Love the sounds at 0:17
Me too :3 I really love Fire Alarms!
The sound looks creepy
The 9252 in the beginning seems to have replaced a dead 9219 at some point.
That seems about right
Sounds like a music chorus!
All the mechanical horns then that ONE electronic horn
I suppose that this system was installed between 1994 and 1998 because the Simplex 4004 was introduced in the first year mentioned, and the 4903 electronic horn-strobe was released during the latter. I suspect the electromechanical version was discontinued after that, so assuming that's the case, this particular system had to be installed between then.
is it just me, or does the alarms at 0:47 sounds like horror movie music?
Same!
devin morgan Me too and it reminds me of Doctor Who
devin morgan OMG IT DOES 😱
YEAH IT DOES IT REMINDS ME OF SCREAM
I thought the same thing😂😂
I love it! Good old Mechanical and Electronic horns because the first horn was electric, it was probably to replace a crappy horn.
Yeah, it was obviously one of the current-production Simplex 4903 horn/strobes that use the TrueAlert sounder, meant to replace failed 1990s 4903 horn/strobes from the 1990s.
2:19 the EXIT red light is very scary in dark!
Welcome to lleH
Nah this is what I call purgatory
6 years ago this was the first fire alarm video I ever watched
Warren Central has a system of Simplex fire alarms, set to either code 3 or continuous.
0:26 sounds like a choir singing their parts for a song
Please welcome the simplex symphony orchestra!!!
I wonder if they ever got the strobes fixed so they sync i wouldnt let anybody be in there while they are going off
This is terrifying... because the alarms in the dark... isn’t that scary???
0:26
No never because of the music band inserted into the album as knows as Fire Alarms at Dorm
I had these at the grade school I went to. They were continuous like these. Those scared me for sure.
All of the notes of every alarm in each Hallway
1st Hallway
1. C
2. E
3. Ab
2nd Hallway
4. Ab
5. G
6. G
3rd Hallway
7. F#
8. Ab
9. F#
4th Hallway
10. G
11. G
12. F#
5th Hallway
13. G
14. G
15. Ab
It appears that each Hallway has 2 alarms on the same horn pitch and 1 is on a different pitch, except the first Hallway as the 1st alarm in the first Hallway has a pitch of C and its a 4903-9252 as it most likely replaced a dysfunctional 4903-9219 making this Hallway unique. If the 1st 4903-9219 still worked to this day or it sounded before it got replaced with a 4903-9252 then it could've sounded in the key of E or Ab which would look like this:
1. E
2. E
3. Ab
Or
1. Ab
2. E
3. Ab
This is like my school. 3 buzzers in the hallways set to constant with simplex T cross pulls. If anyone's curious the buzzers have the flash in the middle with slots on either side.
Faraday 6120??
This sounds just like my middle school fire alarms, music to my ears
0:49 Scary sound!
alexis trinquet nightmare fuel
The fire alarms in continuous makes it sound like a beehive.
your very brave for going down a dark hallway with fire alarms on continuous i couldnt do that
Which zone was in alarm? It looks like 3, but it's kinda hard to tell.
0:11 it sounds like a Simplex Truealert
It really does
This has the same horn as the TrueAlert. It's meant to retrofit/replace the older 4903-9219/9236 series of devices.
The pitches of each alarm makes it sound creepy in that epic way…
nice job with the testing
Those sound more like 2901-9833's rather than 2903-9219's. are they supposed to be so low pitched?
When it first sounded, it sounded like a game show buzzer.
Ahh sounds like 3AM freshman year
I heard one of those in my elementary school once I was a fifth grader but I'm in 11th grade and I'm dealing with the true alert alarms back at west high but I'm used to it
me too someone save me!!!!
When was thst system installed? The 4004 is an old panel and since the system is in continuous suggests it was done in 1996 or earlier.
At the beginning it sounded like an orchestra playing.
Why the fire alarm has different sounds in each hallways
0:27 sound harmonious
In Harmony 0:26
Those sound like 9219's and some other horns but as for his Fine Arts building that has a Simplex 4100u with white TrueAlert speaker/strobes with the system set on code-3 tone with no evacuation message.
are they already tested in female dorm too? since its tested in male dorm
Yeah i think they wanted to test the Fire Alarms when they were still on break before school started again to make sure that they are working very well like when they are Fire Drills or if they have to sit them off for some other reason
And I like that 4100U system as well.
I swear one of those 9219s sounds like an Adaptahorn.
Simplex 4903 horn strobes set on Continuous (Non-Temporal)
How often do they get tested
I'm jonesing for some more fire alarm videos. Please say you have some coming up.
Nothing in the near future, unfortunately.
I would crap myself if if I heard this at night
Simplex 4903-9252 at the beginning and 4903-9219s in the rest of the building.
This building looks so creepy horn strobe sounds also very creepy and this building looks like the back rooms
Yes like a horror game
There is no escape from the fear!!!!
Was that connected to the college or separate
It's weird that most of the alarms have a different pitch. Are they different horns or is the voltage not the same for all of the alarms?
They're mechanical horns, not electronic. These older style mechanical horns tend to be a little sensitive and very minor factors can determine their pitch. Newer electronic horns have the same pitch since their tone is generated by a microchip before being blasted through a piezo speaker
The pitch on older-style horns can also be determined on how tightly (Or loosely) each one is screwed in a wall, the composition of a wall can also determine how they sound.
GandSAfan The screw was usually intended for volume adjustment, but it can affect pitch as well like you said.
the first one scared the crap out of me but the other ones sounded like Angles where singing
That fire alarm sound in 0:33 it sounds like the fire alarm in meh school! And the same model
Same
Creepy a little dark hallway and the alarms
Do you work for a fire alarm service company? I know it can take days to fully test a fire alarm system throughout a premises. Where I work Ive seen the fire alarm technicians for 3 days in a row when doing the annual testing. And normally one day they silence the alarms and test the pull stations as well as check the sprinklers along with testing the smoke detectors then they even have a time when they sound the alarm to make sure all of the indicators work.
I do not. That was at the university where I worked Campus Police.
I never knew security staff could test the fire alarm systems. So far I've seen fire alarm technicians do it. The building I work in a company called bfpe comes in to do the testing but unfortunately it's during the work day
MrWill1985
We do what we have to do to ensure the safety of our students. The alarm company only inspects annually. We have students in the dorms 9 months out of the year. It's not rocket science to test the system. We needed to make sure it worked.
Simplex Continous Is Amazin including March Time
They are too loud for continuous! They'd be better off on Code 3
James Christmas i should mount them all over the place and put speakers that would make my dream come true
I imagine this is what murder hornets sound like
This is really cool!!!!!😎😎😎
A mixture of scariness and sadness
That sounds really loud I hate continuous
at 0:02 sounds like my favorite music
Scary...
0:26
0:23 thats the lowest pitch I ever heard one go..
I would be scared to hear this exact one going off during my sleep
MinerMini2115 this is the scariest fire alarm video I’ve ever seen!
The dark...
It’s a dark Fire Drill season
is it just me or are those 4903's not as loud
That is not a 4100u that is a Simplex 4004 panel. Older model.
Sounds like Hill Hall in Rider
If I was nowhere to go but there I would. Yolo
This looks like a horror movie set
I don't mean this system. I used to own a 4004 myself. I mean the 4100U system that you were talking about.
7:07 is it creepy in a dark or expensive creepy in a dark
What did you mean when you said "I didn't know that was there?"
Gary Beltz ? Where did I say that?
Well it may not have been you but someone said it while you were going through the building. Is this the same building in your "Fire Drill in Male Dorm" video?
Gary Beltz Ahhh, I remember now. There was a random strobe in one of the upstairs bathrooms. Funny thing is when I was a student, I lived in that dorm and near the restroom. I had never noticed that strobe. As for the 2nd question, no this is a dorm adjacent to the other building. They form an "L" shape.
im going to go there when i grow up
Why arent the lights synced toghether?? Most of these models are
Ummmmm, the 4004 doesn't have built in sync capability without a sync module, which there is not one on this system.
Also, the horn strobes are not capable of smart sync.
Joel Speck oh gotcha
0:47 Welcome to the “this is creepy, peace out😣” club
it's a choir of horns lol
was that a Truealert at the beginning?
kfc28371ify no
what was it then?
kfc28371ify it was a simplex 4903-9252
Ah, okay! Thanks!
And Spector alerts as well also wheel lock as well
Geez nothing worse when it comes to fire alarms than that tone any chance it could be changed?
It can but it doesn't need to.
Where was everybody?