Cochrane Christian Academy

System Specifications
FACP: Vigilant VS2 FACP Location: Main Entrance Vestibule System Type: Hybrid System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes Date of last known Upgrade: late 2010s Year Opened: 1955/1993

129 Powell Street is a the address given to an abandoned school building in Downtown Cochrane, AB. The school was built in the 1955 as Andrew Sibbald School. The school then underwent renovations in 1959, 1969 and 1989. The school went yet another renovation and started to be rented by CCSD in 1993, in which the school became Holy Spirit. The school has had two fire alarm systems in the past 28 years of operation, and there are two old, possibly original pull stations still intact. The current fire alarm system has been in the school since 2014. In June 2021, a new school is going to be constructed to replace Holy Spirit. In 2022, the school moved. The system is serviced and managed by Altex Security Systems. The school is currently getting a major renovation, and there will be a new fire alarm system.

System Specifications (2014-2023)

FACP

The school was protected by a Vigilant VS2 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule, and was installed in June 2014 as a replacement for an EST 6616. The system partially ran Vigilant's GSA addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal. The system was decommissioned very recently with the renovations.

Notification Appliances

All of the notification appliances were from EST's "Genesis" line of products. The notification appliances inside were all EST G1R-HDVM (red, wall, no FIRE lettering) horn/strobes, mostly installed on two-device backboxes in the hallway. They could also be found in three classrooms and the library. Near the portables and in the gym, they were on G1TR trim plates. They were all set to 15 cd, but varied between low and high volume. There was an EST GC-HDVM (white, ceiling, no FIRE lettering) horn/strobe in the 2018 portable. For outdoor notification, there was an EST WG4RF-HVMC (red, FIRE lettering) weatherproof horn/strobe pointed at the large field, under a protective cover. All of these horn/strobes were installed in 2014, replacing the bell/strobes.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations were all Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations left over from the previous system. They were mostly installed in 1993 when the 6616 was installed, however there was one original first-generation 270-SPO (Classic shield, FIRE ALARM) in a portable. As of May 2022, a 270-SPO by the portables was replaced with a current-generation variant (deficiency replacement).

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors were EST SIGA2-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors installed in 2014. The heat detectors were Edwards EC20FTU-3 fixed temperature heat detectors. They were installed in 2020 replacing recalled Edwards 281B-PL rate-of-rise heat detectors that were kept from the 6616 (installed 1993).

Former System Specifications (1993-2014)

System Specifications
FACP: EST 6616 FACP Location: Main Entrance Vestibule System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Continuous Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2000s Year Decomissioned: 2014

FACP

The school was protected by an EST 6616 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the main entrance vestibule, and was installed in 1993. 7 zones were in use. The system coding was continuous. It was replaced in 2014 with the Vigilant system despite no issues.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances were Wheelock MBS-G10-24 motor bell/strobes (10" gong, 1.5cd). There was an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell (10" gong) on an EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R (15cd) strobe plate installed in the early 2000s as a deficiency replacement near the other common area. In the portable, there was an Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bell (6" gong) on a Wheelock WS strobe plate (1.5cd), with the strobe above the bell. For outdoor notification, there were two Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10" gong); one located by the large field and one facing the staff parking lot, installed with the 6616 unlike the bell/strobe. The bells were not loud enough in some areas, and were all replaced in 2014 with horn/strobes.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations were the Edwards 270-SPO pull stations that are still installed today. They were mostly installed when the 6616 was installed, however there was one original first-generation 270-SPO (Classic shield, FIRE ALARM) in a portable.

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors were all Edwards 6249C photoelectric smoke detectors, and the heat detectors were all Edwards 281B-PL fixed-temperature heat detectors that were kept on the Vigilant system. There were also Edwards 6266C-001 photoelectric duct smoke detectors in 6260B housings, located throughout the building behind the ceiling tiles, wired up to 6262B-001 test stations/alarm indicators. [[Category:Facilitie] [[Category:Facilitie]