Alberta Children's Hospital: Difference between revisions

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System Specifications

FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: CACF Room, First Floor System Type: Addressable, Two-Stage System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 70.7VRMS (Audible) 24VDC (Visual) System Coding: 20BPM bell tone (First Stage) 120BPM Chime? (GA) Strobes Synchronized Date of last known Upgrade: 2020 Year Opened: 2006

The Alberta Children’s Hospital is a large hospital located at 28 Oki Drive Northwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The hospital specializes in children’s health, and only accepts patients between the ages of 0 and 18. The hospital was formerly located off of Richmond Road SW, before moving to the current building, which opened in 2006. Only the fire alarm system of the current building is known. The fire alarm system is original.

System Specifications (Main Building)

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The system is a 24-panel network; the main panel is located in the CACF room on the main floor. The system runs EST’s Signature-series addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The system is equipped with voice evacuation, and plays a 20BPM bell/chime tone in first stage, followed by either a temporal or 120BPM bell tone in general alarm. Live “Code Red” announcements are made by security when alarms are activated. The system also runs the FireWorks program.

Annunciators

There are Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciators in every nurse’s station, at the emergency station, and at one entrance.

Notification Appliances

All audible notification appliances are EST 965-1A-8RW remote speakers (white, ceiling-mount, 70V, 8”). There are Edwards 202-5A-TW remote strobes (white, wall-mount, 15cd) next to every second speaker. Each strobe has an LKC-1 ceiling-oriented lens cover. The stairwells have EST “Genesis” G4-S7 speaker/strobes (white, wall-mount, 70V).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building. Some areas have EST SIGA-HRS addressable fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors. All detectors are mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.

System Specifications (Parkade)

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located behind the parking services desk. The system runs EST’s Signature-series addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice evacuation. The messages and/or tones are unknown at this time.

Notification Appliances

The main parkade notification appliances are EST 965-5A-8SW speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 15cd, 8” square). The parkade hallways have EST 965-5A-8RW speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 15cd, 8” round). The stairwells have EST “Genesis” G4R-S7 remote speakers (red, wall-mount, 70V).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are EST SIGA-270 addressable single-action pull stations. In 2018, one pull station had an “Out of Order” sticky note on it.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed.

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-| FACP: EST3 <br />System Type:Addressable (Networked)<br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage:24VDC (visual) <br> 70.7V RMS (audible)<br />Date of last known Upgrade: Early 2010s<br />Year Opened: 2006 <br /> Years In Service: 15
+| FACP: Edwards EST3 <br /> FACP Location: CACF Room, First Floor <br />System Type: Addressable, Two-Stage <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 70.7VRMS (Audible) <br> 24VDC (Visual) <br /> System Coding: 20BPM bell tone (First Stage) <br> 120BPM Chime? (GA) <br> Strobes Synchronized <br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2020 <br />Year Opened: 2006
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-'''Alberta Children's Hospital''' is a 4 story hospital near the University of Calgary and the neighborhood of Varsity in NW Calgary. It is the largest children's hospital in the prairie provinces. It was built in 2006, and the system is original. There are some differences from the parkade and the main hospital for some reason. User YYCsFireAlarmNimrod has been able to reset the system!
+The '''Alberta Children’s Hospital''' is a large hospital located at 28 Oki Drive Northwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  The hospital specializes in children’s health, and only accepts patients between the ages of 0 and 18.  The hospital was formerly located off of Richmond Road SW, before moving to the current building, which opened in 2006.  Only the fire alarm system of the current building is known.  The fire alarm system is original.
-[[File:ACH.png|thumb|Aerial View of the Hospital]]
+==System Specifications (Main Building)==
-== System Specifications (2006-present) ==
+====FACP====
+The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system.  The system is a 24-panel network; the main panel is located in the CACF room on the main floor.  The system runs EST’s Signature-series addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation.  The system is equipped with voice evacuation, and plays a 20BPM bell/chime tone in first stage, followed by either a temporal or 120BPM bell tone in general alarm.  Live “Code Red” announcements are made by security when alarms are activated. The system also runs the FireWorks program.
-==== FACP ====
+=====Annunciators=====
+There are Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciators in every nurse’s station, at the emergency station, and at one entrance.
-The hospital is protected by an EST3 fire alarm system. The fire alarm control panels were installed during the construction of the hospital. There are several panels located throughout, they can be seen in the hallway to the parkade, in a security room, and some are hidden. Annunciators are seen throughout, even in the offices for units. The system is two-stage, and although not truly voice evac, a security guard will come on and say a code red, for example "Code red, level 0, clinical genetics" or "code red, drill, lower level kitchen". The system does the EST3/Edwards 8500 chime every 3 seconds for first stage, and general alarm is probably a chime in march time. All strobes are synchronized.
+====Notification Appliances====
+All audible notification appliances are EST 965-1A-8RW remote speakers (white, ceiling-mount, 70V, 8”).  There are Edwards 202-5A-TW remote strobes (white, wall-mount, 15cd) next to every second speaker.  Each strobe has an LKC-1 ceiling-oriented lens cover.  The stairwells have EST “Genesis” G4-S7 speaker/strobes (white, wall-mount, 70V).
-===== Annunciators =====
+===Initiating Devices===
+====Pull Stations====
+All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.
-The annunciators are EST 3-LCDANN remote annunciators, located in lots of places, including offices for family units.
+====Automatic Detection Devices====
+There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building.  Some areas have EST SIGA-HRS addressable fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors.  All detectors are mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.
-==== Notification Appliances ====
+==System Specifications (Parkade)==
-The main hospital's notification appliances consist of EST Integrity 965-1A-8RW round ceiling speakers throughout, and EST Integrity 202-5A-TW strobes (all with LKC-1, ceiling FIRE lenses) usually beside them.  They are usually seen in a pattern like strobe, no strobe, strobe, no strobe etc, however, on the third floor by the elevators, the speaker and strobe are 7 feet apart. It is unknown why they did not install just speaker/strobes. Some areas, like the Calgary Laboratory Services, have just speakers and no strobes. The stairwells in the main hospital wing have EST Genesis G4-S7 (white, wall, no FIRE) speakers on the ceiling. The parkade hallways have EST Integrity 965-5A-8RW round ceiling mounted 8" speaker strobes, and the parkade itself has EST 965-3A-8SW square speaker/strobes on backboxes. The stairwells at the parkade have EST Genesis G4R-S7 (red, wall, no FIRE) and G4RF-S7 (red, wall, FIRE) speakers. The speakers are tapped pretty soft, likely due to it being a hospital and not wanting to startle workers or patients.
+====FACP====
+The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system.  The panel is located behind the parking services desk.  The system runs EST’s Signature-series addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice evacuation.  The messages and/or tones are unknown at this time.
-=== Initiating Devices ===
+====Notification Appliances====
+The main parkade notification appliances are EST 965-5A-8SW speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 15cd, 8” square).  The parkade hallways have EST 965-5A-8RW speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 15cd, 8” round).  The stairwells have EST “Genesis” G4R-S7 remote speakers (red, wall-mount, 70V).
-==== Pull Stations ====
+===Initiating Devices===
-The main hospital wing's pull stations consist of EST SIGA-270P two-stage pull-stations. Most are original from 2006, but a few are EST/GE. The parkade hallways and parkade have EST SIGA-270 single stage pull-stations for some unknown reason. Just like the SIGA-270Ps, most are original but some are newer. There is one SIGA-270 that says "Out of Order". Most likely two pull stations have to be activated to go into 2nd stage.
+====Pull Stations====
+All pull stations are EST SIGA-270 addressable single-action pull stations. In 2018, one pull station had an “Out of Order” sticky note on it.
-==== Automatic Detection Devices ====
+====Automatic Detection Devices====
-The smoke detectors are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors. They are original, and seen throughout, and are even in family units.
+None noticed.
-== Videos ==
-Link to the fire alarm sounding at this hospital in first stage only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnJrrpJcYcw
-[[Category:Facilities]]