John J Bowlen Building

System Specifications
FACP: Notifier NFS2-640C FACP Location: Various System Type: Two-Stage Networked Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 70.7VRMS (Audible) 24VDC (Visual) System Coding: 20BPM Tone + Message (Alert) Temporal Tone + Message (Alarm) Strobes Synchronized: Yes, System Sensor Date of last known Upgrade: 2011 Year Opened: 1967

The John J Bowlen Building is an Alberta government building located at 620 7 Ave SW, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The building is operated by Edon management. The building was built in 1967, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 2011.

System Specifications (2011-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Notifier NOTI-FIRE-NET networked fire alarm system. There are 4 nodes on this system; all are Notifier NFS2-640C addressable fire alarm panels. Node 1 is located in the CACF room on the main floor and is equipped with an NCA-2C display. Nodes 2 through 4 are located in the north storage rooms on floors 3, 6 and 9 respectively. The system runs Notifier’s FlashScan addressable protocol, is configured for two-stage operation, and is equipped with Notifier’s “Digital Voice Command” (DVC) voice evacuation system. The alert signal is a 20BPM tone followed by a standby message, and the alarm signal is a temporal tone followed by an evacuation message. See below for message scripts.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances are System Sensor “SpectrAlert Advance” SPSCWA speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, set to 70V/15cd).
Some areas have System Sensor SPCWA remote speakers (white, ceiling-mount, set to 70V).
Some areas, such as the parkade area, have System Sensor SPSRA speaker/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 70V/15cd).
The stairwells have System Sensor SPWA remote speakers (white, wall-mount, set to 70V).
Some areas have System Sensor SWA remote strobes (white, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Notifier N-MPS-2A addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Notifier FSP-851A addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in most areas.
There are Notifier FST-851RA addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in some kitchens and storage rooms, and in the loading dock.
There are Notifier FST-851A addressable 135°F fixed-temperature heat detectors in the mechanical room.
All aforementioned detectors are mounted on System Sensor B210LPA bases.
There are System Sensor DNRA duct smoke detector housings with Notifier FSP-851A addressable photoelectric heads on all air handling units.
There is an FDD CR-135-EWP conventional explosion-proof 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detector in the gas meter room, wired to a Notifier FMM-101A addressable monitor module.

Modules

There are Notifier FMM-1A addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There are Notifier FRM-1A addressable relay modules serving various purposes.
There are Notifier FTM-1A addressable control modules on all fire phones.
There is a Notifier FCM-1A addressable control module controlling a pre-action solenoid.
There are Notifier ISO-XA isolator modules on all SLCs.

Firefighter’s Telephones

There are Notifier FT-300N firefighter’s telephones at each stairwell on each floor.

EOLs

There are Notifier EOL-CR end of line resistor plates on all sprinkler, signal, fire phone and conventional circuits.