Northland Village Mall: Difference between revisions

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System Specifications

FACP: Siemens MXL FACP Location: West Entrance System Type: Addressable (Two-Stage) System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: 20BPM (First Stage) Temporal (GA) Strobes Synchronized: Yes Date of last known Upgrade: 2019 Year Opened: 1971 Year Decommissioned: 2022

‘’’Northland Village Mall’’’ is a partially-unused mall located at 5111 Northland Drive NW, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The mall opened in 1971, and is in the process of being redeveloped. The mall will soon be demolished, and transformed into an open air shopping centre. The fire alarm system was installed in 2005. Note: This page is for the main mall building. If you are looking for the Best Buy or Walmart, click on the respective name above.

Former System Specifications (2005-2022)

FACP

The building was protected by a Siemens MXL addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located near the former west entrance. The system ran Siemens’ FirePrint addressable protocol, and was configured for two-stage operation. First stage coding was 20BPM, followed by temporal in general alarm. General alarm timer length was 5 minutes.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances were Siemens U-MMT-MCS-B horn/strobes (red, wall-mount). Some areas had Siemens MTH-MC-R-B horn/strobes (red, wall-mount) as deficiency replacements. The Walmart formerly had Siemens U-MMT-S17-C horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd), which were replaced when an independent system was installed. The Best Buy formerly had Siemens U-MMT-MCS-W-B horn/strobes (white, wall-mount), which were replaced when an independent system was installed. Some areas had Siemens ZH-MC-R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Cerberus/Siemens MSI-30B addressable two-stage single-action pull stations. Some were branded Cerberus, while others were branded Siemens.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were Siemens FP-11 addressable multisensor smoke/heat detectors throughout the building.

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-| FACP: Siemens MXL <br />System Type: Addressable <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VDC <br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2021 <br />Year Opened: 1979, 2005
+| FACP: Siemens MXL <br /> FACP Location: West Entrance <br />System Type: Addressable (Two-Stage) <br /> System Line Voltage: 120VAC<br />NAC Voltage: 24VFWR <br /> System Coding: 20BPM (First Stage) <br> Temporal (GA) <br> Strobes Synchronized: Yes <br />Date of last known Upgrade: 2019 <br />Year Opened: 1971 <br /> Year Decommissioned: 2022
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-'''Northland Village''' is a two-floor shopping mall in northwest Calgary. It is located at the intersection of Shaganappi Trail NW and Crowchild Trail NW. It was built in 1979, renovated in 2003, but has had the current fire alarm system setup since 2005 after a renovation.
+‘’’Northland Village Mall’’’ is a partially-unused mall located at 5111 Northland Drive NW, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  The mall opened in 1971, and is in the process of being redeveloped.  The mall will soon be demolished, and transformed into an open air shopping centre.  The fire alarm system was installed in 2005.
+Note: This page is for the main mall building.  If you are looking for the Best Buy or Walmart, click on the respective name above.
-== System Specifications ==
+==Former System Specifications (2005-2022)==
-*'''NOTE''': This system may get decomissioned within a few months, since Walmart is currently getting expanded and there were new alarms in there. This page is accurate to August 1, 2021 for Walmart, and September 2019 for the mall.
+====FACP====
-==== FACP ====
+The building was protected by a Siemens MXL addressable fire alarm system.  The panel was located near the former west entrance.  The system ran Siemens’ FirePrint addressable protocol, and was configured for two-stage operation.  First stage coding was 20BPM, followed by temporal in general alarm.  General alarm timer length was 5 minutes.
-The mall has Siemens MXL addressable fire alarm panels installed in 2005. They likely replaced older Cerberus Pyrotronics MXL panels from 2003. So far, one panel has been found at the entrance near Cora.
+====Notification Appliances====
+Most notification appliances were Siemens U-MMT-MCS-B horn/strobes (red, wall-mount).  Some areas had Siemens MTH-MC-R-B horn/strobes (red, wall-mount) as deficiency replacements.  The Walmart formerly had Siemens U-MMT-S17-C horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd), which were replaced when an independent system was installed.  The Best Buy formerly had Siemens U-MMT-MCS-W-B horn/strobes (white, wall-mount), which were replaced when an independent system was installed.  Some areas had Siemens ZH-MC-R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount).
-==== Notification Appliances ====
+===Initiating Devices===
+====Pull Stations====
+All pull stations were Cerberus/Siemens MSI-30B addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.  Some were branded Cerberus, while others were branded Siemens.
-The notification appliances are mainly Siemens U-MMT-S17 multi-tone horn/strobes installed in 1998 and 2003. Some are ceiling models and most in the hallways have fake wall orientation on the original "FIRE". The Walmart has Cerberus branded variants of the ceiling U-MMT-S17. Replacement notification appliances in the hallways and a few stores include Siemens U-MMT-MCS-B multi-tone horn/strobes installed in 2005, Siemens MT-MC-R-B (rebranded Wheelock MT-24MCW) multi-tone horn/strobes, and a few Siemens ZH-MC-R (rebranded Wheelock ZNS-24MCW) horn/strobes. The Best Buy has Siemens U-MMT-MCS-W-B white multi-tone horn/strobes installed in 2005, and the Walmart has one Edwards 882-2B horn at the back from when it was Woolco. It is unknown if it is in use still, as there is a Siemens U-MMT-S17 about 12 feet from it. <br>
+====Automatic Detection Devices====
-'''Update:''' The Walmart is currently getting expanded and has brand new EST "Genesis LED" G1AVRF (red, wall mount, FIRE) horn/strobes and G1RVF (red, wall mount, FIRE) LED strobes, in the usual Walmart pattern. Most still have their orange covers on them as of August 1, 2021. The Cerberus devices remain.
+There were Siemens FP-11 addressable multisensor smoke/heat detectors throughout the building.
-=== Initiating Devices ===
-==== Pull Stations ====
-The pull stations are mainly Siemens HMS-2S two-stage pull stations from 2005, but the Walmart has Cerberus MSI-30B two-stage pull stations installed in 1998. Some Cerberus pull stations can be found as leftover pull stations before the current MXL.
-==== Automatic Detection Devices ====
-The smoke detectors are Siemens FirePrint FP-11 multi-sensor addressable smoke and heat detectors, installed in 2005 when the MXL was.
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