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System Specifications

FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Various System Type: Hybrid, Two-Stage, Networked System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: 20BPM (First Stage) Temporal (GA) Strobes Synchronized Date of last known Upgrade: 2021 Year Opened: 1971

CF Market Mall is a large mall in Calgary, AB. It is located at 3625 Shaganappi Trail NW, near the neighbourhood of Varsity. It is a one-level shopping centre, with the anchor stores being Hudson’s Bay (which is two floors), Sport Chek, Safeway, among others. The mall is owned by Cadillac Fairview. It was built in 1971, and had expansions in 1988, and again in 2004. The fire alarm system was installed following the 2004 expansion.

System Specifications

FACP

The mall is protected by a networked Edwards EST3 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. There are several panels, one has been found in the Safeway entrance vestibule, and there is another confirmed panel in the security office. The security office panel has a voice-evacuation mic on it; the system is not equipped with voice-evacuation, but when activated, it silences all the horns but keeps the strobes flashing, and the mic feed goes through the mall’s PA system. The system partially runs EST’s Signature-series protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The system coding is 20BPM in first stage (⅘ second blasts), and temporal for general alarm, however the system had a glitch in September 2018 during an alarm condition where the coding flipped to march time for a few seconds. The horns are noticeably out of sync. Prior to 2021, one of the NACs was set to continuous for general alarm. The system has been free of troubles since February 2022.

Annunciators

There are EST 3-LCDANN LCD annunciators located in most entrances.

Notification Appliances

Main Mall Corridors

The notification appliances are EST “Integrity” 757-7A-TW (white, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes and 757-1A-TW (white) horns, mounted in a pattern of horn/strobe, horn, horn/strobe, horn. The horn/strobes have the standard wall FIRE orientation, but are on the ceilings. These were installed with the EST3.

Tenants

The tenants mostly contain an EST 757-7A-TW (white, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobe. Some tenants contain 757-7A-T (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes. They are mostly mounted on the ceilings, but some have them on the walls. These were installed with the EST3.

Toys R Us

The notification appliances were left untouched during the upgrades in 2004, and are Edwards 882-2B (red) horns. They were installed in 1988.

Safeway

The notification appliances were redone in 2020, most likely for uniform sound. They are EST 757-7A-T (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes, which replaced System Sensor “SpectrAlert” P241575A (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes. These were set to continuous electromechanical horn. There is an EST 757-7A-TW on the ceiling in the hallway to the mall, which was the only alarm not replaced.

Exterior

The outdoor notification appliances are mostly EST CS405-7A-T (red, 15/75cd) weatherproof remote strobes, on most sides of the building. In the covered areas, such as the loading docks, there are EST 757-7A-T horn/strobes. One side of the mall has an EST 757-1A-T (red) remote horn. There is an EST CS405-7A-T outside the Safeway, installed in 2020 replacing a System Sensor “SpectrAlert” S1224MCKA (red, wall-mount, multi-candela) weatherproof remote strobe.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations are mostly EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage pull stations, installed during the upgrade. Newer variants can be found as deficiency replacements. Near the Toys R Us, there are Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage pull stations, installed in 1988. There was one original 270-GAO (classic shield, no FIRE ALARM), but it has been replaced with a SIGA-270P this year. In the Safeway, there are Edwards 270P-SPO conventional two-stage pull stations, installed last year replacing Grinnell MS-402GR two-stage conventional pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

Most of the mall is protected by waterflow, however there have been a few EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors spotted in open ceilings, on SIGA-SB bases.

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-| FACP: EST3 <br />System Type:Addressable/Hybrid (Two Stage, Networked) <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage:24VDC<br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2021 <br />Year Opened: 1971, 1988, 2004
+| FACP: Edwards EST3 <br /> FACP Location: Various <br />System Type: Hybrid, Two-Stage, Networked <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VDC <br /> System Coding: 20BPM (First Stage) <br> Temporal (GA) <br> Strobes Synchronized <br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2021 <br />Year Opened: 1971
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-'''CF Market Mall''' is one of the largest malls in Calgary, Alberta. It is located in Varsity, NW Calgary. The mall was built in 1971, majorly expanded in 1987-88, and again in 2004. The fire alarm system is from 2004 after that major expansion. The fire alarm here reportedly goes off frequently.
-== System Specifications (2004-present) ==
+CF Market Mall is a large mall in Calgary, AB. It is located at 3625 Shaganappi Trail NW, near the neighbourhood of Varsity. It is a one-level shopping centre, with the anchor stores being Hudson’s Bay (which is two floors), Sport Chek, Safeway, among others. The mall is owned by Cadillac Fairview. It was built in 1971, and had expansions in 1988, and again in 2004. The fire alarm system was installed following the 2004 expansion.
+== System Specifications ==
 ==== FACP ====
-This mall is protected by a networked two-stage EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panels were installed in 2004, after a major expansion, replacing the Edwards 6500 panels from the 1988 expansion. Annunciators are seen at every entrance, though most panels are not visible, there is one in the entrance of Safeway. One panel has a voice evacuation mic, connected to the mall's public address system. When the mic is activated, the panel silences all horns but keeps the strobes flashing as someone pages. When the system goes off in first stage, the panel makes all horns do 20BPM march time, with 3 second blasts. When in general alarm, the panel makes the integrity horn/strobes and horns do code-3, and the non-Integrity horns on continuous. There are some times where the panel goes from code 3 to march time to code 3 to march time. Unlike a lot of malls, the entire building is covered by the EST3.
+The mall is protected by a networked Edwards EST3 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. There are several panels, one has been found in the Safeway entrance vestibule, and there is another confirmed panel in the security office. The security office panel has a voice-evacuation mic on it; the system is not equipped with voice-evacuation, but when activated, it silences all the horns but keeps the strobes flashing, and the mic feed goes through the mall’s PA system.  The system partially runs EST’s Signature-series protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The system coding is 20BPM in first stage (⅘ second blasts), and temporal for general alarm, however the system had a glitch in September 2018 during an alarm condition where the coding flipped to march time for a few seconds. The horns are noticeably out of sync. Prior to 2021, one of the NACs was set to continuous for general alarm. The system has been free of troubles since February 2022.
 ===== Annunciators =====
-At every entrance, there is an EST 3-LCDANN annunciator.
+There are EST 3-LCDANN LCD annunciators located in most entrances.
 ==== Notification Appliances ====
-The main notification appliances are EST "Integrity" 757-7A-TW (15/75cd, white) horn/strobes and EST "Integrity" 757-1A-TW (white) horns. In the hallways, they are on the ceiling, with the horn/strobes having LKW-1 (wall FIRE orientation), and in a pattern of horn/strobe, horn, horn/strobe, horn. In the tenants, there are mainly EST 757-7A-TW horn/strobes on the ceiling, but some are on the wall. Some stores have EST "Integrity" 757-7A-T (15/75cd, red) horn/strobes, either on the wall or ceiling, again with LKW-1 lenses. These horns and horn/strobes are set to high volume, code-3. These horns and horn/strobes were installed in 2004. The Toys 'R' Us was added in the 1988, and has the original Edwards 882-2B horns that do continuous in full alarm. These are the only notification appliances to remain when the mall was expanded. The Safeway was the most diverse, having System Sensor "SpectrAlert" P1224MC (red, wall) horn/strobes set do high volume, electromechanical continuous. These were installed in 2004 when the Safeway was added, and it is unknown why these horn/strobes were there, but there is a 757-7A-TW in the entrance of it from the mall. As of February 12, 2022 the System Sensor horn/strobes were all replaced with EST 757-7A-T horn/strobes. In the parkade and in the parkade hallways, there are EST "Integrity" 757-5A-T (15cd) horn/strobes on the wall, but a few on the ceiling in some hallways, again installed in 2004. There are outdoor notification appliances, although they are hardly noticeable. Most of the outdoor notification appliances are EST CS405-7A-T "Enhanced Integrity" weatherproof strobes. One side of the building has an EST 757-1A-T "Integrity" remote horn. Areas that are not exposed to the open have EST 757-7A-T "Integrity" horn/strobes. Outside the Safeway, there is a System Sensor "SpectrAlert" S1224MCK (red, wall) weatherproof strobe. All of these outdoor notification appliances were installed in 2004. All strobes (EST & System Sensor) are synchronized, but all horns are independent. <br> Throughout the mall, you can find Edwards 881-D fire horns, but they are painted over and disconnected. They were installed in 1987 and 1988.
+===== Main Mall Corridors =====
+The notification appliances are EST “Integrity” 757-7A-TW (white, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes and 757-1A-TW (white) horns, mounted in a pattern of horn/strobe, horn, horn/strobe, horn. The horn/strobes have the standard wall FIRE orientation, but are on the ceilings. These were installed with the EST3.
+===== Tenants =====
+The tenants mostly contain an EST 757-7A-TW (white, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobe. Some tenants contain 757-7A-T (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes. They are mostly mounted on the ceilings, but some have them on the walls. These were installed with the EST3.
+===== Toys R Us =====
+The notification appliances were left untouched during the upgrades in 2004, and are Edwards 882-2B (red) horns. They were installed in 1988.
+===== Safeway =====
+The notification appliances were redone in 2020, most likely for uniform sound. They are EST 757-7A-T (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes, which replaced System Sensor “SpectrAlert” P241575A (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) horn/strobes. These were set to continuous electromechanical horn. There is an EST 757-7A-TW on the ceiling in the hallway to the mall, which was the only alarm not replaced.
+===== Exterior =====
+The outdoor notification appliances are mostly EST CS405-7A-T (red, 15/75cd) weatherproof remote strobes, on most sides of the building. In the covered areas, such as the loading docks, there are EST 757-7A-T horn/strobes. One side of the mall has an EST 757-1A-T (red) remote horn. There is an EST CS405-7A-T outside the Safeway, installed in 2020 replacing a System Sensor “SpectrAlert” S1224MCKA (red, wall-mount, multi-candela) weatherproof remote strobe.
 === Initiating Devices ===
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 ==== Pull Stations ====
-The pull stations are mostly EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage pull stations, installed in 2004. There are some that have been replaced with GE EST or current generation variants. By the Toys R Us and in it as well, as well as some other parts of the 1988 expansion, there are Edwards 270-GAO two-stage pull stations most likely installed in 1988 (although they do have the 1990s look). In the original wing however, remains one original Edwards 270-GAO that was installed in 1971 (classic E shield, no FIRE ALARM)! The Safeway has brand new Edwards 270-GAO, which replaced Grinnell-rebranded Notifier MPS-950KB two-stage pull stations in 2021. These were also on the EST3.
+The pull stations are mostly EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage pull stations, installed during the upgrade. Newer variants can be found as deficiency replacements. Near the Toys R Us, there are Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage pull stations, installed in 1988. There was one original 270-GAO (classic shield, no FIRE ALARM), but it has been replaced with a SIGA-270P this year. In the Safeway, there are Edwards 270P-SPO conventional two-stage pull stations, installed last year replacing Grinnell MS-402GR two-stage conventional pull stations.
 ==== Automatic Detection Devices ====
-The smoke detectors are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors. Most are original to the EST3 from 2004, though there is one from 2012. In Urban Planet, there's a System Sensor C2W-BA i3 smoke detector, that is not powered up.
+Most of the mall is protected by waterflow, however there have been a few EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors spotted in open ceilings, on SIGA-SB bases.
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