St. Gabriel the Archangel School

System Specifications
FACP: Kidde VS4 FACP Location: Caretaker’s Office System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Genesis Date of last known Upgrade: 2020 Year Opened: 2002

St. Gabriel the Archangel School is a Catholic school located at 197 Invermere Drive, in Chestermere, Alberta, Canada. The school was built in 2002, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 2020.

System Specifications (2020-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Kidde VS4 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the caretaker’s office. The system runs Kidde’s GSA addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Annunciators

There is a Kidde K-RLCD-C annunciator paired with a Kidde K-RLED24 annunciator in the main entrance vestibule.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances are Kidde “Genesis” EGC-HDVM horn/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, no marking, set to 30 or 75cd).
Some areas, such as the gymnasium, have Kidde EG1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15-110cd).
The washrooms have Kidde EGC-VM remote strobes (white, ceiling-mount, no marking, set to 75cd).
For outdoor notification, there is an Edwards CS405-8A-T weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount, 110cd) outside the main entrance, and an Edwards WG4RN-HVMC weatherproof horn/strobe (red, wall-mount) at the back of the school.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

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

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Kidde KI-PD addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building.
There are Kidde KIR-HD addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in all storage rooms.
All aforementioned detectors are mounted on Kidde KI-SB bases.
There are Kidde “SuperDuct” GSA-SD addressable photoelectric duct smoke detectors on all air handling units.

Modules

There are Kidde GSA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There are Kidde GSA-CR addressable relay modules serving various purposes.
There are Kidde GSA-IM addressable isolator modules on the SLC.

EOLs

There are Edwards EOL-P1 end of line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.

System Specifications (2002-2020)

Former System Specifications
FACP: EST QuickStart QS1 FACP Location: Caretaker’s Office System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Installed: 2002 Year Decommissioned: 2020

FACP

The building was protected by an EST QuickStart QS1 addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located in the caretaker’s office. The system ran EST’s Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.

Annunciators

There was an EST QSA-1-S annunciator with a QS1-CPU-1 control card and an SL30 LED card in the main entrance vestibule.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances were Edwards MB6-24 motor bells (6” gong) mounted on Edwards 403-5A-R strobe plates (15cd).
The gymnasium had Edwards MB10-24 motor bells (10” gong) mounted on Edwards 403-5A-R strobe plates (15cd).
For outdoor notification, there were three Edwards MB6-24 motor bells (6” gong) mounted remotely on 3 sides of the school, and an Edwards CS405-8A-T weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount) outside the main entrance.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were EST SIGA-270 addressable single-action pull stations.
These are still in use on the Kidde system.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building.
There were EST SIGA-HRS addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detector in all storage rooms.

Modules

There were EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There were EST SIGA-CR addressable relay modules serving various purposes.

EOLs

There are Edwards EOL-P1 end of line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.