Webster Niblock School

System Specifications
Panel: Edwards Fire Shield Plus System Line Voltage: 120VAC System Signaling Voltage: 24VFWR Date of last known Upgrade: 2012 Year Opened: 1962

Webster Niblock School is an elementary school in Medicine Hat, AB it was opened on the 3rd of September 1962, however only the pull stations are original to the building. It has undergone 2 major additions since construction. One in 1994, and 3 portable units were attached in 2007. However upon examination of Satellite imagery these appear to have been detached. A small addition was constructed in an unknown location in 1988.

System Specifications

FACP

The fire alarm panel is an Edwards "FireShield Plus" FSP-1004 (grey cabinet) installed in 2012 that replaced an Edwards 2280 possibly installed during the 1988 addition. It likely replaced some sort of Edwards 120VAC panel from 1962. The new FireShield does continuous despite having coding options obviously due to the self coded Genesis horn strobes installed in the portables. This may have changed since the removal of the portables sometime after 2016.

Notification Appliances

The Notification appliances are Edwards 439D-6AWC likely installed during the 1988 addition. The original horns were still installed as of 2013 and were surprisingly not Edwards but Federal Signal Vibratone 350 120V AC horns. However these horns no longer operate. In the now removed 2008 portable addition were EST "Genesis" G1R-HDVM (red, no fire marking) horn strobes.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All of the pull stations were Edwards 270-SPO mostly 1st Generation from 1962 except for the additions. Overall all are Edwards 270-SPO.

Automatic Detection Devices

Heat Detectors

There is one CF135-2 fixed/ROR heat detector in the Kitchen located in the 1994 addition.

Duct Detectors

There is one visible Edwards SD-2W 2-wire conventional duct detector installed on an AHU in the Gymnasium Equipment Room. It is unknown when this was installed as it was installed when the 2280 was around.