Dunsmuir Middle School

System Specifications
FACP: EST QuickStart QS4 FACP Location: Main Electrical Room System Type: Hybrid-Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: N/A Date of last known Upgrade: 2015 Year Opened: 1965

Dunsmuir Middle School is a middle school located at 3341 Painter Road, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The school opened in 1965, and has been added on in 1967, 1969, a major expansion 1973, 1976, 1977, 1989 and recently 2015. The fire alarm system is partially original, and was partially upgraded in 2015.

System Specifications (Main Building, 1965-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an EST QuickStart QS4 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main electrical room. The main school is wired up as hybrid-addressable, and the portables are conventional. The system runs EST’s Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

The QS4 replaced an Edwards Custom 6500 in 2015. The 6500 was installed in 1973 after a major expansion, the cabinet remains beside the QS4.

Annunciators

There is an EST RLCD-C annunciator paired with two EST RLED24 annunciators at the main entrance. All annunciators are mounted inside an EST RA-ENC3 enclosure.

Notification Appliances

Main Building

The 1965-1977 wings have the original Edwards “Durabel” 6100D vibrating bells (10” gong).

The recent additions have Edwards MB10-24 motor bells (10” gong); these can be found as deficiency replacements.

Most deficiency replacement bells are Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong).

Other deficiency replacements include:

• A Simplex 2901-9724 motor bell (10” gong) in the auxiliary gym
• A Notifier KMS-10-24A motor bell (10” gong) in a classroom hallway

The boiler room has an Edwards “Genesis” G1RF-VM remote strobe (red, wall-mount, FIRE marking, set to 15cd).

Portables

Most notification appliances are Edwards MB10-24 motor bells (10” gong).

One portable has an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell (10” gong).

Two portables have Simplex 2901-9724 motor bells (10” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations. These are mostly original in the 1965-1977 wings. Deficiency replacements of all generations can be found throughout.

There is also one 270-SPO with "LOCAL ALARM" in the school. The newer wing has Edwards 270A-SPO pull stations.

All pull stations in the portables are newer Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

Main Building

There are EST SIGA2-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building, mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.

All storage rooms have Edwards 281C conventional fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors. Deficiency replacements include:

• Edwards SIGA-PD addressable photoelectric smoke detector in a stairwell
• Edwards 6249C conventional ionization smoke detector
• System Sensor 5601A conventional fixed/rate-of-rise heat detector in a classroom.

Portables

There are System Sensor 5601A conventional fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors in most portables.

There is an Edwards 283A conventional 135°F fixed temperature heat detector in a storage room.