Uplands Manor

Uplands Manor is a 5 story apartment building in Bankview, SW Calgary. The fire alarm system is another interesting apartment building system utilizing a single 120V circuit with AC bells simply wired in series-parallel with the initiating devices, with no panel in between. (See 7044 Ogden Road SE) The building was constructed in 1969 and the fire alarm system is mostly original, except for the smoke detectors.

System Specifications

FACP

This system does not use a panel and the initiating devices are the control point.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliances are quite rare. They are Edwards 1047 vibrating bells (6" gong, 120VAC). There is one bell per floor, for a total of five. They are original to the building.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations consist of Edwards 270-SPO (1960s era, classic square E shield, FIRE ALARM at the top) single action pull stations, some of which have their original glass rod. They are likely original to the building. There are two on each floor at either stairwell.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are a total of twenty American Sensors ESA5011 120v hardwired ionization smoke alarms installed in the building. Two on each floor attached to each pull station (10), and one for each floor in the two stairwells. (10) It is possible that there is one more in the elevator mechanical room. These were installed later, possibly 2000s-2010s.

There is also a Mirtone 73330 Heat Detector in the Laundry room near the mechanical room door.