Southcentre Mall

Southcentre Mall is a shopping centre located in the Willow Park neighbourhood of SE Calgary. It opened in 1974, and was extensively renovated and expanded in 2009. The two major tenants (one former) have separate fire alarm systems from the main mall (will be on other pages according to the system) The current panel is from 2020, and the rest of the system is from 2009. This mall is one of the largest shopping malls in Calgary.

System Specifications

FACP

The current fire alarm control panel is a Siemens Desigo Life Safety Modular, which replaced a Siemens MXL from the 2009 renovation in 2020 due to issues with the CPU. The MXL was 2-bay, with a graphic annunciator in the second bay. The Desigo is single bay, with an LCD display occupying the second bay. There are many other tenants with their own independent fire alarm system, and all systems are wired are as a point on each panel, so when one goes into alarm, all other systems go in alarm. The fire alarm system is two-stage, and does 20BPM march time in first stage, and likely code-3 in general alarm.

Notification Appliances

All of the notification appliances are Siemens MTH-MC-R-B multitone horn/strobes (rebranded bilingual Wheelock MT-24MCW), that were installed in 2009 when the MXL was installed. Most horn/strobes are on the ceiling, however it is not a fail as the strobe is ceiling listed, although a few are on walls. All horn/strobes are set to continuous horn, according to the first stage pattern.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations are all Siemens HMS-2S bilingual addressable 2-stage pull stations, installed in 2009 when the MXL was installed.

Automatic Detection Devices

The detectors are Siemens "FirePrint" FP-11 multisensor heat/smoke detectors.