Calgary General Hospital: Difference between revisions

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System Specifications

FACP: Edwards 6500 System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 1977 Year Demolished: 1998

The Calgary General Hospital was a name given to four hospitals in Calgary. The only system known is the Centennial Wing, which had 5 floors.

Former System Specifications

FACP

The Centennial Wing was protected by an Edwards 6500 conventional fire alarm system. The panel location is unknown. The system was configured for two-stage operation. First stage coding was 20BPM, followed by March Time (120BPM) in general alarm.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances were Edwards "Adaptabel" 333D-6G1 single-stroke bells (6" gong). One bell was salvaged by a retired firefighter, and was given to Alberta Fire Alarms. You can see it in action in this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoT8Js2K3g

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage single-action pull stations. TwentyThree33 and Alberta Fire Alarms each own one pull station from this wing.

Automatic Detection Devices

Not available.

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 | FACP: Edwards 6500 <br />System Type: Conventional <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VDC <br />Date of last known Upgrade: N/A <br />Year Opened: 1977 <br /> Year Demolished: 1998
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+The '''Calgary General Hospital''' was a name given to four hospitals in Calgary. The only system known is the Centennial Wing, which had 5 floors.
-The '''Calgary General Hospital''' was a name given to four hospitals in Calgary. The only system known is the Centennial Wing, which had 5 floors. User Simplex NimrodES has two pull stations and a bell from the wing.
 == Former System Specifications ==
 ==== FACP ====
+The Centennial Wing was protected by an Edwards 6500 conventional fire alarm system.  The panel location is unknown.  The system was configured for two-stage operation.  First stage coding was 20BPM, followed by March Time (120BPM) in general alarm.
-The Centennial Wing was protected by a two-stage Edwards 6500 system. The system did march time in general alarm. The panel was installed in 1977 when this wing was added. It would continue to do its job until the demolition in October 1998.
 ==== Notification Appliances ====
+All notification appliances were Edwards "Adaptabel" 333D-6G1 single-stroke bells (6" gong).  One bell was salvaged by a retired firefighter, and was given to [[User:Alberta Fire Alarms|Alberta Fire Alarms]].  You can see it in action in this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoT8Js2K3g
-The notification appliances were Edwards 333D 6" "Adaptabel" single-stroke bells. At least most of the bells were original, there were probably some from the mid 1990 generation. User Simplex NimrodES has an original bell from this wing that he got from a retired firefighter in 2018, who salvaged it in 1998. You can see it in action in this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoT8Js2K3g
 === Initiating Devices ===
 ==== Pull Stations ====
+All pull stations were Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage single-action pull stations. [[User:TwentyThree33|TwentyThree33]] and [[User:Alberta Fire Alarms|Alberta Fire Alarms]] each own one pull station from this wing.
-The pull stations were Edwards 270-GAO from 1977 with the old shield E logo and no FIRE ALARM at the top. User Simplex NimrodES has two of the original pull stations from this wing! Both work and have their original glass rods.
 ==== Automatic Detection Devices ====
 Not available.
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