Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa

System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4100+ System Type:Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage:24VDC Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 1993

Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa is a 3 star hotel located in Banff, Alberta. It houses a mountain lodge-style hotel, a spa, and a steakhouse. It was built in 1993, and most of the fire alarm system is original.

System Specifications

FACP

The hotel is protected by a Simplex 4100+ addressable fire alarm system. The panel location is unknown. The system runs Simplex’s MAPNET II addressable protocol, and likely does continuous in alarm.

Notification appliances

Most notification appliances are Simplex 2901-9722 motor bells (10” gong). There are also Simplex 4904-9101 remote strobes scattered throughout the hotel. The rooms have Wheelock MIZ-24-WS mini horn/strobes in them (red, wall-mount).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Simplex 2099-9795 MAPNET II addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed.

List of known activations

January 2010 - alarm at 2:00 AM. False activation confirmed by staff.

February 2012 - alarm at 11:30 PM, smoke detector in stairwell activated by cigarette smoke, confirmed by fire department and hotel staff. Multiple guests reported the scent of smoke. First mistaken as smoke from the fireplace. Hotel was not evacuated, however everybody was safe.

May 2013 - alarm at 12:15 AM. False activation, guests reported to lobby, alarm silenced soon after.

December 2013 - alarm at 2:30 AM. False activation confirmed by staff.

June 2014 - alarm at midnight. Cause unknown and likely false activation. Everybody was safe.

August 2017 - alarm at 10:00 PM. Hotel was evacuated and cause was later found to be false.

July 2018 - alarm sometime in evening. Guests were overwhelmed by the volume of the alarm. Cause was likely false.

January 2020 - alarm early in the morning. Cause unknown, however everybody was safe.