Walmart Supercentre (Ellerslie)

System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FX-2000 FACP Location: Main Entrance System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Mircom Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 2015

Walmart is an American chain of big-box stores. They are headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA, and have locations throughout North America. This particular store is located at 110 Watt Common Southwest, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The store opened in 2015, and the fire alarm system is original.

System Specifications (2015-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule. The system runs Mircom’s CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliances are a mix of Mircom “Select-A-Horn/Strobe” FHS-340R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to broadband/15cd) and Mircom “Select-A-Strobe” FS-340R remote strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

These are mounted on poles throughout the store, with horn/strobes and remote strobes facing directions opposite each other. The aforementioned horn/strobes are also installed at exits.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AD addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

All public areas of the store are protected by a sprinkler system with waterflow detection. No detectors are present in these areas.

Modules

There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.