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System Specifications

FACP: Siemens Cerberus PRO Modular FACP Location: Behind Front Desk System Type: Single-Stage Hybrid-Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Continuous, unconfirmed Date of last known Upgrade: 2021 Year Opened: 1988

Winsport, formerly known as Canada Olympic Park, is a winter sports park and ski hill located at 88 Canada Olympic Road Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The park hosted the ski, snowboard, bobsled, luge, and skeleton events for the 1988 Winter Olympics. This page will cover the Frank King Day Lodge, which is the main building for regular customers. The building contains all customer service departments, locker rooms, offices, and a cafeteria. The building originally opened in 1988, and the fire alarm system was mostly original. The most recent upgrades took place in 2021, which involved an FACP migration and elevator recall addition as part of an elevator modernization project.

The facility is currently closed to the public as it is undergoing a $40 million renovation, involving partial demolition of the existing structure. The redeveloped facility will have a new fire alarm system; Fire Alarmpedia staff are predicting the new system to be a Siemens Cerberus PRO Modular.

Former System Specifications (1987-2025)

FACP

The building was protected by a Siemens Cerberus PRO Modular hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located behind the front desk. The system ran Siemens' FirePrint addressable protocol, and the system coding was most likely continuous.

This panel replaced a Siemens FireFinder XLS in 2021, which in turn replaced the original Edwards 6500 in 2012.

Notification Appliances

The first, third and basement floors had Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells (6” gong).

The second floor had Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong) mounted on Edwards 403-5A-R strobe plates (15cd), likely due to higher ambient noise levels.

There was one Mircom BL-10B motor bell (10” gong) on a Mircom strobe plate (model to be confirmed) in the cafeteria as a deficiency replacement.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations but one were Edwards 275-C111 conventional single-action pull stations.

There was one Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull station by the second floor cafeteria exit, installed in the 1997 expansion.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were Siemens FDOOT411 addressable multi-sensor heat/smoke detectors in all elevator lobbies, mounted on DB-11 bases. These were installed during the 2021 elevator modernization.

Bonus Information

There was an Edwards "Adaptahorn" 884D horn (red, surface-mount, 120V) in the lobby, mounted next to the bell. It is unknown what it was used for.

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-| FACP: Siemens FireFinder XLS <br />System Type: Hybrid <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VDC <br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2012 <br />Year Opened: 1988
+| FACP: Siemens Cerberus PRO Modular<br />FACP Location: Behind Front Desk <br />System Type: Single-Stage Hybrid-Addressable<br />System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VDC <br />System Coding: Continuous, unconfirmed <br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2021<br />Year Opened: 1988
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-'''WinSport''', also known as '''Canada Olympic Park''' is a ski hill and multi-purpose training and competition facility located in Calgary. It is located off of 16 Ave NW, but is in SW Calgary. This page will cover the Frank King Day Lodge, the main daylodge of the resort. The lodge was built in 1988, and everything except for the panel is original.  The fire alarm system is networked to the one in the adjacent [[Markin MacPhail Centre]].
+'''Winsport''', formerly known as Canada Olympic Park, is a winter sports park and ski hill located at 88 Canada Olympic Road Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The park hosted the ski, snowboard, bobsled, luge, and skeleton events for the 1988 Winter Olympics. This page will cover the Frank King Day Lodge, which is the main building for regular customers. The building contains all customer service departments, locker rooms, offices, and a cafeteria. The building originally opened in 1988, and the fire alarm system was mostly original.  The most recent upgrades took place in 2021, which involved an FACP migration and elevator recall addition as part of an elevator modernization project.
-== System Specifications ==
+The facility is currently closed to the public as it is undergoing a $40 million renovation, involving partial demolition of the existing structure.  The redeveloped facility will have a new fire alarm system; Fire Alarmpedia staff are predicting the new system to be a Siemens Cerberus PRO Modular.
+==Former System Specifications (1987-2025)==
+====FACP====
+The building was protected by a Siemens Cerberus PRO Modular hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located behind the front desk. The system ran Siemens' FirePrint addressable protocol, and the system coding was most likely continuous.
-==== FACP ====
+This panel replaced a Siemens FireFinder XLS in 2021, which in turn replaced the original Edwards 6500 in 2012.
+====Notification Appliances====
+The first, third and basement floors had Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells (6” gong).
-The fire alarm panel is a rather large Siemens FireFinder XLS. It is located behind the Guest Services Desk, and replaced the original Edwards 6500 around 2012. The panel is very big, but that may have been to fill up the 6500's space.
+The second floor had Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong) mounted on Edwards 403-5A-R strobe plates (15cd), likely due to higher ambient noise levels.
+There was one Mircom BL-10B motor bell (10” gong) on a Mircom strobe plate (model to be confirmed) in the cafeteria as a deficiency replacement.
+===Initiating Devices===
+====Pull Stations====
+All pull stations but one were Edwards 275-C111 conventional single-action pull stations.
-==== Notification Appliances ====
+There was one Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull station by the second floor cafeteria exit, installed in the 1997 expansion.
+====Automatic Detection Devices====
-The notification appliances are Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells. They are original to the building, however beside the bell near the Guest Services entrance, there is an Edwards "Adaptahorn" 884D-N5 (red, FIRE rated) horn, which is also original, but it is not in use as it is 120VAC, and the bells being 24VDC.  In the cafeteria on the second floor, there is an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell on an EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R strobe plate, and a Mircom BL-10B motor bell on a Mircom strobe plate (model unknown).
+There were Siemens FDOOT411 addressable multi-sensor heat/smoke detectors in all elevator lobbies, mounted on DB-11 bases. These were installed during the 2021 elevator modernization.
-=== Initiating Devices ===
-==== Pull Stations ====
-The pull stations are Edwards 275-C111, also original.  There has only been one replacement spotted, which was by the cafeteria exit to the balcony, and it is an Edwards 270-SPO pull station, from the 2000s.
-==== Automatic Detection Devices ====
-None noticed.
 == Bonus Information ==
-The panel was replaced when the [[Markin MacPhail Centre]] opened its doors.  The panels needed to be networked for some reason, and the 6500 could not be networked to the new system in that building.
+There was an Edwards "Adaptahorn" 884D horn (red, surface-mount, 120V) in the lobby, mounted next to the bell. It is unknown what it was used for.
+[[Category:Calgary]]
+[[Category:Winter Sports]]