Air Canada Hangar 101

System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4100U InfoAlarm FACP Location: Electrical Room (Main Node) System Type: Addressable (Networked, Two-Stage) System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2010 Year Opened: 1980

Air Canada is an airline headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest airline in Canada, carrying over 50 million passengers in 2019. This building is located in Calgary, Alberta. It houses the head office for Air Canada's Calgary operations, Air Canada's hangar, airplane part service shops, Air Canada Jazz operations, and several warehouses. The building was built in 1980, but the current system is from 2010.

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System Specifications

FACP

The building is protected by a Simplex 4100U addressable fire alarm system. There are several nodes, the main panel being located in the main electrical room. The system is configured for two-stage operation. First stage coding is 20BPM, followed by temporal in general alarm.

Annunciators

There are Simplex annunciators in several areas (model to be confirmed).

Notification Appliances

All areas except the main hangar have System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P4RA horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd). The main hangar has Edwards "Duotronic" 5520D explosion-proof high-decibel electronic horns, set to Horn (1.1kHz).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations except one are Simplex 4099-9004CA addressable two-stage single-action pull stations. There is one Simplex 4099-9004CAB bilingual addressable two-stage single-action pull station in the system.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Simplex "TrueAlarm" 4098-9714 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in some parts, and Simplex 4098-9734 addressable heat detectors in other parts. All detectors are mounted on Simplex 4098-9792 addressable bases.