Oakridge Mall: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:51, 7 March 2026

System Specifications

FACP: Simplex 4010 FACP Location: Near Co-op Customer Service System Type: Single-StageAddressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Wheelock Date of last known Upgrade: Circa 2004 Year Opened: 1976

Oakridge Mall was a small shopping centre located at 2580 Southland Drive Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The mall's primary tenants were Calgary Co-op and Dollar Store. The mall opened in 1976, and was demolished the fire alarm system was fully replaced in the 2000s. Fire Alarmpedia staff were able to save the FACP, and it is now safe in the Fire Alarmpedia collection!

The new store is now open. Please see Calgary Co-op (Oakridge) for the new system!

Former System Specifications

FACP

The building was protected by a Simplex 4010 addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located near the Co-op customer service desk. The system ran Simplex's IDNet addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.

Annunciators

There were Simplex 4606-9102 LCD annunciators at every mall corridor entrance.

Notification Appliances

Co-op

All notification appliances were Wheelock MB-G10-24 motor bells (10" gong) mounted on Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plates (set to 15cd).

Main Mall

All notification appliances were Simplex 2901-9724 motor bells (10" gong) mounted on Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plates (set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Simplex 4099-9001 addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed.

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 | FACP: Simplex 4010 <br />FACP Location: Near Co-op Customer Service <br>System Type: Single-StageAddressable <br />System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VDC <br />System Coding: Temporal <br>Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Wheelock <br>Date of last known Upgrade: Circa 2004 <br />Year Opened: 1976
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-'''Oakridge Mall''' was a small shopping centre located at 2580 Southland Drive Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The mall's primary tenants were Calgary Co-op and Dollar Store. The mall opened in 1976, and the fire alarm system was fully replaced in the 2000s.
+'''Oakridge Mall''' was a small shopping centre located at 2580 Southland Drive Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The mall's primary tenants were Calgary Co-op and Dollar Store. The mall opened in 1976, and was demolished the fire alarm system was fully replaced in the 2000s.  Fire Alarmpedia staff were able to save the FACP, and it is now safe in the Fire Alarmpedia collection!
-The Calgary Co-op store still exists, however it is slated to be demolished in the near future.  This system is still in service in the store.
+The new store is now open.  Please see [[Calgary Co-op (Oakridge)]] for the new system!
+==Former System Specifications==
-The new store is now open. Stay tuned for a new system!
-==System Specifications==
 ====FACP====
-The building is protected by a Simplex 4010 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located near the Co-op customer service desk. The system runs Simplex's IDNet addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
+The building was protected by a Simplex 4010 addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located near the Co-op customer service desk. The system ran Simplex's IDNet addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.
 =====Annunciators=====
 There were Simplex 4606-9102 LCD annunciators at every mall corridor entrance.
 ====Notification Appliances====
 =====Co-op=====
-All notification appliances are Wheelock MB-G10-24 motor bells (10" gong) mounted on Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plates (set to 15cd).
+All notification appliances were Wheelock MB-G10-24 motor bells (10" gong) mounted on Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plates (set to 15cd).
 =====Main Mall=====
 All notification appliances were Simplex 2901-9724 motor bells (10" gong) mounted on Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plates (set to 15cd).
 ===Initiating Devices===
 ====Pull Stations====
-All pull stations are Simplex 4099-9001 addressable single-action pull stations.
+All pull stations were Simplex 4099-9001 addressable single-action pull stations.
 ====Automatic Detection Devices====
 None noticed.