Cochrane Christian Academy

System Specifications
FACP: Vigilant VS2 System Type:Addressable (Hybrid Manner) System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage:24VFWR Date of last known Upgrade: 2014 Year Opened: 1955 1993 (as Holy Spirit)

Holy Spirit School is a catholic elementary school in Downtown Cochrane, AB. The school was built in the 1955 as St. Andrew's School, hence why the lockers are in there. The school then underwent renovations in 1959, 1969 and 1989. The school went yet another renovation and started to be rented by CCSD in 1993, in which the school became Holy Spirit. The school has had two fire alarm systems in the past 28 years of operation, and there are two old, possibly original pull stations still intact from 1955, 1959 or 1969. The current fire alarm system has been in the school since 2014.

System Specifications

FACP

The fire alarm panel is a Vigilant VS2 (rebranded EST iO500) installed in June 2014. Although this panel is addressable, the system is not set up in an addressable manner, as it replaced an EST 6616 (see below for more info). The panel is located at the front entrance. All strobes on the system are synchronized, and all horns do code-3. The system is serviced and managed by Altex Security.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliances inside are all EST "Genesis" G1R-HDVM (red, wall, no FIRE lettering) horn/strobes. In the hallways, most are on these cool custom trim plates for two horn/strobes each, facing each end, though some are on regular trim plates. There are some surface mounted, for example, in three classrooms (one which was new for 2014), and in the "time-in room". There is also one installed in the library, and there are two in the gymnasium on trim plates. They are all set to 15 candela, but can vary between low and high volume. For outdoor notification, there is an EST "Genesis" WG4RF-HVMC (red, FIRE lettering) horn/strobe pointed at the large field, under a protective cover. It is synchronized with the indoor horn/strobes as well. All of these horn/strobes were installed in 2014, replacing the bell/strobes.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations were kept from the previous system. They are all Edwards 270-SPO pull stations, mostly from 1993 when the 6616 was installed. However, there are two that are the first generation (classic shield, FIRE ALARM at top), installed in 1955, 1959 or 1969. One of which is located in the gymnasium and one is at the end of the school, near emergency exit and where the 6" bell/strobe was.

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors are EST SIGA2-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors installed in 2014. The heat detectors, however, are all Edwards 281B-PL rate-of-rise heat detectors that were kept from the EST 6616 (installed 1993).

Former System Specifications

FACP

The fire alarm panel was an EST 6616, which was installed in 1993. Only eight zones were in use at the time. The system was set to continuous. It was replaced in 2014 with the Vigilant system, although nothing was wrong.

Notification Appliances

The main indoor notification appliances were Wheelock MBS-G10-24 motor bell/strobes. They were only in the hallways and the gymnasium. A couple Wheelock bell/strobes broke down over the years, and the one by the kindergarten classroom and under a water fountain was replaced with an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell on an EST 403-5A-R Integrity strobe plate in the early 2000s. The bell/strobe at the end of the school and by the old 270-SPO was replaced with an Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bell on a Simplex 4903-9101 strobe plate with the strobe above the bell. The outdoor notification appliances were Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells, one by the large field and one by the grade 1 entrance. Unlike the indoor 439Ds, these ones were installed in 1993. For some reason, the bells were not loud enough, and when they removed the outdoor bells, they only replaced one.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations were the Edwards 270-SPO pull stations that are still installed today.

Automatic Detection Devices

The heat detectors were the Edwards 280B-PL that are still installed, but the smoke detectors were Edwards 6264B ionization smoke detectors. One was replaced with an EST SIGA2-PS in 2014 before the Vigilant system was installed.