Frank McCool Arena

System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FX-2000 FACP Location: Main Lobby System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Date of last known Upgrade: 2018 Year Opened: 1975

Frank McCool Arena is an indoor hockey arena owned by the city of Calgary. The arena is located at 1900 Lake Bonavista Drive Southeast, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The arena shares a parking lot with the Lake Bonavista Community Association. The arena opened in 1975 and was renovated in 2012. The fire alarm system is from the 2000s.

System Specifications

FACP

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

Notification Appliances

All areas except the dressing rooms have a mix of Mircom BL-6A motor bells (6" gong) and Mircom BL-10A motor bells (10" gong). The dressing rooms have Mircom "Select-A-Horn/Strobe" FHS-340R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

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

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Mircom MIX-2251B addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the facility, mounted on System Sensor B710LPA low-profile bases.

Code Violations

This system has a mix of bells and horn/strobes. This is a code violation, as CAN-ULC codes mandate uniform sound throughout a building, with no mixture of bells, horns and voice. [[Category:Buildings with code violation] [[]