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The Vanessa Apartments

From FireAlarmPedia
System Specifications
FACP: None
System Type: 120V Hardwired
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
System Coding: Continuous
Date of last known Upgrade: N/A
Most Recent Known Modification: 2020s, 2nd Floor Pull
Year Opened: 1957

The Vanessa Apartments is a small walkup apartment building located at 815 48 Ave SW, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The building is owned and operated by Boardwalk. The building was built in 1957, and the fire alarm system is mostly original.

System Specifications

The building is protected by a 120VAC hardwired fire alarm system, with bells and initiating devices wired in series-parallel. The system coding is continuous.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances are Federal Signal "Vibratone" A-6 vibrating bells (6" gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations but one are Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations.
There is a Summit SPS-101CA conventional single-action pull station on the 2nd floor as a deficiency replacement.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are American Sensors ESA5011 ionization smoke alarms on each floor, which trip the bells when activated.
There are FDD CR-135 conventional 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in the boiler and laundry rooms.