Cochrane Christian Academy

System Specifications
FACP: Vigilant VS2 FACP Location: Main Entrance Vestibule System Type: Hybrid System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes Date of last known Upgrade: late 2010s Year Opened: 1955/1993

Cochrane Christian Academy is a Christian K-8 school located at 129 Powell St, Downtown Cochrane, AB. It is operated by Rocky View Schools. The school was built in the 1955 as Andrew Sibbald School. The school then underwent renovations in 1959, 1969 and 1989. The school went yet another renovation, and expanded with portables in 1993 and started to be rented by Calgary Catholic School District, in which the school became Holy Spirit Catholic School, until 2022, when the school moved to a new location. The school was then renovated through 2022-2023, and the fire alarm system survived. The fire alarm system is from 2014, with two pull stations being original.

System Specifications (2014-present)

FACP

The school is protected by a Vigilant VS2 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule, and was installed in June 2014 as a replacement for an EST 6616. The system partially runs Vigilant's GSA addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

All of the notification appliances are from EST's "Genesis" line of products. All notification appliances inside are EST G1R-HDVM (red, wall, no FIRE lettering, set to 15cd) horn/strobes, mostly installed on two-device backboxes in the hallway. They are also installed in three classrooms and the library. In the end of the portables and in the gym, they are on G1TR trim plates. The washrooms have EST G1R-VM (red, wall-mount, no FIRE lettering, set to 15cd) remote strobes. There is an EST GC-HDVM (white, ceiling-mount, no FIRE lettering, set to 30cd) horn/strobe in the 2018 portable.

For outdoor notification, there is an EST WG4RF-HVMC (red, FIRE lettering) weatherproof horn/strobe pointed at the large field, under a protective cover.

All of these horn/strobes were installed in 2014, replacing the bell/strobes.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations left over from the 6616. They were mostly installed in 1993 when the 6616 was installed, however there is one original first-generation 270-SPO (Classic shield, FIRE ALARM) in a portable. There is a current-generation 270-SPO at the end of the portables hallway, installed as a deficiency replacement sometime between 2015 and 2022.

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors are EST SIGA2-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors, installed on SIGA-SB bases. The heat detectors are Edwards EC20FTU-3 fixed temperature heat detectors. They were installed in 2020 replacing recalled Edwards 281C rate-of-rise heat detectors that were kept from the 6616 (installed 1993).

Former System Specifications (1993-2014)

System Specifications
FACP: EST 6616 FACP Location: Main Entrance Vestibule System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Continuous Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2000s Year Decomissioned: 2014

FACP

The school was protected by an EST 6616 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the main entrance vestibule, and was installed in 1993. There were 7 zones in use. The system coding was continuous. It was replaced in 2014 with the Vigilant system despite no issues.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances were Wheelock MBS-G10-24 motor bell/strobes (10" gong, 1.5cd). There was an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell (10" gong) on an EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R (15cd) strobe plate installed in the early 2000s as a deficiency replacement near the other common area. In the portable, there was an Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bell (6" gong) on a Wheelock WS strobe plate (1.5cd), with the strobe above the bell, likely installed as a deficiency replacement.

For outdoor notification, there were two Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10" gong); one located by the large field and one facing the staff parking lot. These were installed with the 6616, unlike the common area one.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations were the Edwards 270-SPO pull stations that are still installed today. They were mostly installed when the 6616 was installed, however there is one original first-generation 270-SPO (Classic shield, FIRE ALARM) in a portable.

Automatic Detection Devices

The smoke detectors were all Edwards 6249C photoelectric smoke detectors, and the heat detectors were all Edwards 281C fixed-temperature heat detectors that were kept on the Vigilant system. There were also Edwards 6266C-001 photoelectric duct smoke detectors in 6260B housings, located throughout the building behind the ceiling tiles, wired up to 6262B-001 test stations/alarm indicators.