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The main notification appliances | The main notification appliances were Edwards MB6-24 motor bells on EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R (15cd) strobe plates. They could also be found in the library, the music room, and even the changerooms! The gym and shop have louder ambient noise levels, so they had Edwards MB10-24 motor bells on EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R strobe plates. There were 3 in the gym, and they were very loud. For outdoor notification, there were three Edwards MB6-24 motor bells. One by the hill where stairs to the basement are, one in the staff parking lot, and one in the tarmac. There is also an EST CS405-8A-T (110cd) weatherproof Integrity strobe installed in February 2020, after the original one stopped flashing in October 2019. The strobe is above the bike rack, close to the main entrance. It is still in use on the Kidde system. | ||
=== Initiating Devices === | === Initiating Devices === | ||
Revision as of 12:58, 12 February 2021
St. Timothy High School is a junior and senior high school in the neighborhood of Sunset Ridge in Cochrane, AB. It was built in 2004, and the current system is from 2020. Only the pull stations are original. The school is two floors. User Simplex NimrodES was been unable to obtain any alarms.
System Specifications
FACP
The fire alarm control panel is a Kidde VS4. It was installed in April-June 2020, replacing an EST QuickStart QS1 from 2016. The main panel is not visible, it's in the caretaker's office. When the system goes into alarm, all horns and strobes (indoor and outdoor) are synchronized, and all horns do code-3. It took Altex Security two whole months to do this system. The annunciator is on a rectangular plate covering the QuickStart's space.
Annunciators
There is a Kidde K-RLCD-C annunciator and a K-RLED24 LED annunciator at the entrance.
Notification Appliances
The notification appliance circuits were mostly re-wired when the VS4 was installed. The main notification appliances are EST "Genesis" GC-HDVM (white, ceiling, no FIRE marking) horn/strobes on the ceiling in the hallways and classrooms. There is one horn/strobe per classroom, and the library, there are three horn/strobes. The open ceiling areas, such as the atrium, gymnasium, band/music room and the shop have EST "Genesis" G1R-HDVM (red, wall, no FIRE marking) horn/strobes. The gym has two of the horn/strobes where the old bell/strobes were, but the other two are in new locations, having two per side. The shop has the horn/strobes moved to different locations as well. All horn/strobes are set to high volume, and random candelas (a few are at 110cd). These horn/strobes were installed in spring 2020. Plates are covering where the bell/strobes were. One of the three outdoor bells was replaced with an EST "Genesis" WG4RN-HVMC (red, no FIRE) horn/strobe by the tarmac, and it is now covered by a cage. Metal plates are covering the former outdoor bells' space. The EST "Integrity" CS405-8A-T weatherproof strobe by the bike rack that was replaced in February 2020 when the QuickStart was still in use, is still in use on the VS4.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All of the pull stations are the original EST SIGA-270 addressable pull stations from 2004.
Automatic Detection Devices
The smoke detectors were replaced with Kidde KIR-PD optical addressable smoke detectors. Installed in spring 2020 when the new system was installed. The duct detectors in the air handling units are Kidde SD-2W two-wire photoelectric duct smoke detectors.
Former System Specifications
FACP
The previous fire alarm panel an EST QuickStart QS1 that was installed in 2016. The original fire alarm panel was also an EST Quickstart QS1, but it failed. It rarely had troubles at all, but usually when the power is out. The panel had an SL30 card. There is an annunciator at the entrance, but the panel itself was in the caretaker's office. The original QuickStart did continuous, and the second one did code-3 with all strobes synchronized. The system was replaced in 2020 with the Kidde system.
Annunciators
There was an EST QS1-CPU-1 annunciator at the entrance, and an SL30 card in it.
Notification Appliances
The main notification appliances were Edwards MB6-24 motor bells on EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R (15cd) strobe plates. They could also be found in the library, the music room, and even the changerooms! The gym and shop have louder ambient noise levels, so they had Edwards MB10-24 motor bells on EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R strobe plates. There were 3 in the gym, and they were very loud. For outdoor notification, there were three Edwards MB6-24 motor bells. One by the hill where stairs to the basement are, one in the staff parking lot, and one in the tarmac. There is also an EST CS405-8A-T (110cd) weatherproof Integrity strobe installed in February 2020, after the original one stopped flashing in October 2019. The strobe is above the bike rack, close to the main entrance. It is still in use on the Kidde system.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All of the pull stations were EST SIGA-270, original to the school in 2004. The gym one is missing its glass rod. These are still in use on the Kidde system.
Automatic Detection Devices
The smoke detectors are EST SIGA-PS, most are original from 2004, but some are newer.