Hotel Le Germain Calgary

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Main Floor Office CACF (Main Node) System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 70.7VRMS (Audible) 24VDC (Visual) System Coding: 20BPM 1kHz (First Stage) Temporal 1kHz (GA) Strobes Synchronized: Yes, EST Date of last known Upgrade: 2010s Year Opened: 2009

Hotel Le Germain Calgary is a large upscale hotel located at 899 Centre Street South, in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The hotel is known for its spa, and has a restaurant and bar on site. The hotel has a 4 star rating, and is very highly reviewed. The building was built in 2009, and the hotel opened in 2010; the fire alarm system is original.

The building is also connected to an office tower and Le Germain Residences (108 9 Ave SW). The fire alarm system monitors both of these buildings.

System Specifications (2009-present)

FACP

The buildings are protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The system is a network with 7 nodes, see list below. The system runs Edwards’ Signature addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice evacuation. The system is configured for two-stage operation. The first stage signal is a 20BPM tone, followed by a temporal tone in general alarm. No messages are played.

Panels are in the following locations:

• Main Floor Office CACF (Main Node)
• Office Floor 9
• Parkade P0 Electrical Room
• Hotel Main Floor CACF
• Hotel 10th Floor Electrical Room
• Condo 18th Floor Electrical Room

Annunciators

There are Edwards EST 3-LCDANN LCD annunciators with LCDXL1 displays in the main floor office CACF, and behind the hotel front desk.

Notification Appliances

Common Areas & Offices

All notification appliances are Edwards 965-3A-8RW speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 8” round, 30cd, 70V).

There is an EST "Genesis" G4R-S7VM speaker/strobe (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15cd) in one renovated office unit.

There is also an EST "Genesis" G1R-VM remote strobe (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15cd) in the 2nd floor office area.

Guest Rooms

All guest rooms have Edwards 965-1A-4RW remote speakers (white, ceiling-mount, 4” round, 70V) mounted near the doorway.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

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

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the buildings.

There are EST SIGA-HRS addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in the restaurant kitchen and garbage chute.

All detectors are mounted on SIGA-SB bases.

There are EST "SuperDuct" SIGA-SD addressable photoelectric duct smoke detectors on the air handling units.

Modules

There are EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules and EST SIGA-CT2 addressable dual-input monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches and kitchen suppression system.

There are EST SIGA-CR addressable relays for dampers, door holders, and fans.

There are EST SIGA-IM isolator modules on the SLCs.

Sequence of Operation

NOTE: This is a work in progress.

The hotel/condo tower and office tower systems operate separately from each other. An alarm initiated on the office tower side activates all signaling devices in the tower, plus the spa level of the hotel. An alarm initiated on the hotel side does not activate any signals in the office tower. The hotel is set up in a floor-by-floor manner; an alarm on any floor activates the evacuation signal on the floor of the alarm, and the floors above and below. All other floors go into alert. After 5 minutes, if the system is not acknowledged, the entire hotel goes into evac.