Renfrew Educational Services Bowness Centre

System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FX-2000 FACP Location: Near Main Entrance System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes. SS Date of last known Upgrade: 2020 Year Opened: 1998

Renfrew Educational Services is a special needs school, with many locations. This particular school is located in at 8620 48 Ave NW, Bowness, in Northwest Calgary. It was built in 1999 and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 2020.

System Specifications (2020-present)

FACP

The school is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located near the main entrance. The system runs Mircom's Advanced addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances are System Sensor "L-Series" P2RLA horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, bilingual, 15cd).

For exterior notification, there is a System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P2RKA weatherproof horn/strobe (red, wall-mount, set to 60cd) on the upper deck.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AP addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Mircom MIX-2251APA addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building, mounted on System Sensor B210LPA bases. There is also a sprinkler system with waterflow detection.

Modules

There are Mircom MIX-M500MAP addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.

EOLs

There are Mircom MP-300 end-of-line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.

System Specifications (1999-2020)

Former System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST2 FACP Location: Near Main Entrance System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, EST Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Installed: 1999 Year Decommissioned: 2020

FACP

The building was protected by an Edwards EST2 addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located near the main entrance. The system ran EST's Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances were EST "Integrity" 757-5A-T horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd).

For outdoor notification, there was an EST "Integrity" 757-7A-T horn/strobe (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) on the upper deck.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were EST SIGA-270 addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in some areas, mounted on SIGA-SB bases.

Modules

There were EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.

EOLs

There are Edwards EOL-P1 end-of-line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.