Southcentre Mall

System Specifications
FACP: Siemens Desigo Life Safety Modular System Type: Addressable (Two-Stage, Networked) System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage:24VDC Date of last known Upgrade: 2020 Year Opened: 1974/2009

Southcentre Mall is a shopping centre located in the Willow Park neighbourhood of SE Calgary. It opened in 1974, and was extensively renovated and expanded in 2009. The two major tenants (one former) have separate fire alarm systems from the main mall, they will be on seperate pages. They are Hudson's Bay and Sporting Life, and because the former tenant has three stores, it will be under this page. All systems are wired trip each other when one goes into alarm. The current panel is from 2020, and the rest of the system is from 2009. This mall is one of the largest shopping malls in Calgary.

System Specifications

FACP

The mall is protected by a two-stage Siemens Desigo Life Safety Modular fire alarm system. It replaced a Siemens MXL from the 2009 renovation in 2020 due to issues with the CPU. The MXL was 2-bay, with a graphic annunciator in the second bay. The Desigo is single bay, with an LCD display occupying the second bay. There are many other tenants with their own independent fire alarm system, and all systems are wired are as a point on each panel, so when one goes into alarm, all other systems go in alarm. The fire alarm system is two-stage, and does 20BPM march time in first stage, and likely code-3 in general alarm.

Notification Appliances

All of the notification appliances are Siemens MTH-MC-R-B multitone horn/strobes (rebranded bilingual Wheelock MT-24MCW), that were installed in 2009 when the MXL was installed. Most horn/strobes are on the ceiling, however it is not a fail as the strobe is ceiling listed, although a few are on walls. All horn/strobes are set to continuous horn, according to the first stage pattern. For some unknown reason, there is a Siemens U-MCS remote strobe above the drop ceiling. It was installed in 2009 along with the horn/strobes, so it is not from the old system, as the previous system was an EST ESA2000.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations are all Siemens HMS-2S bilingual (English/French lettering) addressable 2-stage pull stations, installed in 2009 when the MXL was installed.

Automatic Detection Devices

The detectors are Siemens "FirePrint" FP-11 multisensor heat/smoke detectors.

System Specifications (PetSmart, Dollarama and Winners)

System Specifications
FACP: Siemens FireFinder XLS System Type: Addressable (Two-stage, Networked) System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage:70.7V RMS (audible) 24VDC (visual) Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 2020

FACP

These three stores are protected by a two-stage Siemens FireFinder XLS fire alarm system. The panel is not visible, but has been confirmed by an annunciator in the Winners entrance. The panel also has voice-evac capabilities, unlike the rest of the mall. The system was installed during the construction of the three stores, which was completed in 2020.

Annunciators

There is a Siemens SSD LCD annunciator in a CAB1 cabinet at the Winners entrance.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliances are all Siemens SE-MC-W-B (white, wall mount, English/French, multi-candela) speaker/strobes, which are rebranded Wheelock E50-24MCW-FW.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations are all Siemens HMS-2S addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed.