University at Albany Education

System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4120 FACP Location: Electrical/Mechanical Room System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Wheelock Date of last known Upgrade: 2010 Year Opened: Mid-1960s

The University at Albany is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer and Guilderland, NY. It was founded in 1844, is part of the State University of New York system, and enrolls over 17,900 students. The Uptown Campus in Albany is most known for being in weatherdan882002’s UAlbany fire alarm and fire drill videos. This page will cover the Education building. The building was built in the mid-1960s, and the system was upgraded in 2001.

System Specifications (2001-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Simplex 4120 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in an electrical or mechanical room. It is not networked to any of the other buildings on campus. The system runs Simplex’s MAPNET II addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Annunciators

There is a Simplex 4603-9101 LCD annunciator at the entrance.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances are Wheelock AS-24MCW horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, multi-candela) installed throughout, including the individual classrooms. In the bathrooms and areas where more visual coverage is needed, there are Wheelock RSS-24MCW remote strobes (red, wall-mount, multi-candela). In 2010, a portion of the building was renovated, and has Wheelock "Exceder" HSR horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

For outdoor notification, there is a Wheelock ASWP-2475-WP weatherproof horn/strobe (red, wall-mount, 185cd) outside the entrance.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Simplex 4099-9001 addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Simplex 4098-9714 photoelectric addressable smoke detectors installed throughout the facility, mounted on 4098-9792 bases.