Fish Creek Recreation Complex

System Specifications
FACP: Siemens FireFinder XLS System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC Date of last known Upgrade: 2012 Year Opened: 2000 Status: Inactive/Powered Down

333 Shawville Blvd SE (also called Fish Creek Recreation Complex according to the floor plan) is a large building complex in Shawnessy, SW Calgary. It consists of Cardel Rec South, the Shawnessy Library, Bishop O'Byrne High School, and the Shawnessy YMCA. The facility was built in 2000, and expanded in 2011-12. The current system is from 2012, but almost all original components still remain. As of February 2021, the system is inactive.

System Specifications

FACP

The fire alarm system is a Siemens FireFinder XLS. The fire panel is in an unmarked electrical room behind the YMCA. It replaced the original Cerberus Pyrotronics MXL in 2012 due to the expansion, and the MXL not having enough capacity to fulfill those requirements. The system is two-stage, and does slow march time in first stage, and code-3 in general alarm.

Annunciators

There is a Siemens SSD system status display annunciator in a CAB1 cabinet in an entrance.

Notification Appliances

The main notification appliances seen throughout the whole building except for 2012 parts are Cerberus Pyrotronics BDC-10 (rebranded Wheelock MB-G10-24) motor bells on Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plates, rebranded by Cerberus Pyrotronics. The 2012 addition in Cardel Rec South has Siemens SFM24-6A motor bells on Siemens ST-MC-RETRO-R-B (rebranded bilingual Wheelock RSSP-24MCW) strobe plates, one of which is mounted on the ceiling. In the original wing, in the hallway to the high school, there is a number of interesting bell/strobe combos as bells and/or strobes broke down. For one, there's a Cerberus BDC-10 bell on a Siemens ST-MC-RETRO-R-B strobe plate, which replaced an original Wheelock strobe plate. There is also a Mircom BL-10B motor bell on a mentioned Siemens strobe plate, a Siemens SFM24-10A motor bell on a Siemens ST-MC-RETRO-R-B strobe plate, and a Potter MBA-10-24VDC motor bell on a Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plate still intact. Outside the entrance of Bishop O'Byrne High School, there is a Cerberus Pyrotronics BDC-10 motor bell, and outside the Cardel Rec South entrance, there is a Siemens ST-75-WP-B (rebranded bilingual Wheelock RSSWP-2475W-FR) weatherproof remote strobe.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The main pull stations are Cerberus MSI-30B throughout the building. The main pull stations for the 2012 wing are Siemens HMS-2S. They can also be seen as replacements for the failed Cerberus pull stations in the 2000 parts. Both models are addressable and two-stage.

Automatic Detection Devices

The automatic detection devices are Siemens FirePrint FP-11 intelligent multi-sensor smoke/heat detectors.

Gallery

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  The annunciator at Cardel Rec South entrance

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  One of the pull stations in the original part.

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  A bell/strobe in one of the hallways.