IKEA (Calgary)

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST2 System Type: Addressable, Two-Stage System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage:70.7VRMS (audible) 24VDC (visual) System Coding: 20BPM + Message (First Stage) Temporal + Message (GA) Date of last known Upgrade: 2018 Year Opened: 2004

IKEA is a large multinational chain of stores primarily selling ready-to-assemble furniture. This particular store is located at 8000 11 Street Southeast, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The store opened in 2004, and the fire alarm system is mostly original, with unknown upgrades completed in 2018.

System Specifications

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards EST2 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule. The system runs Edwards' Signature-series addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice evacuation. The system is configured for two-stage operation. The evacuation tones are believed to be a 20BPM tone in first stage plus an alert message, followed by a temporal tone with a custom evacuation message in general alarm. The message scripts are unknown, and the general alarm timer length is five minutes.

Notification Appliances

All areas except washrooms have Edwards "Genesis" G4R-S7VM speaker/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, 70V, set to 15cd). The public washrooms have Edwards G1R-VM remote strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed, waterflow likely present. [[]