The Third Academy (East Campus)

System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FA-1000 FACP Location: Main Entrance System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2017 Year Opened: 1994

The Third Academy is a private school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This page covers the East campus, which is located at 400 Prince of Peace Way, in Rocky View, Alberta, Canada. The building opened in 1994, and the fire alarm system is partially original.

System Specifications (1994-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Mircom FA-1000 conventional fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule. The system coding is temporal.

This panel replaced an EST 6616 in 2017 after a main board failure.

Notification Appliances

All original notification appliances are Wheelock MBS-G10-24 motor bell/strobes (10” gong, 1.5cd).

There is an Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bell (6” gong) mounted on a Wheelock RSSP-2415W strobe plate (red, 15cd) in the senior high hallway portable unit.

There are numerous deficiency replacements;

• Two Mircom BL-10B motor bells (10” gong) mounted on the original Wheelock strobe plates (1.5cd) by room 1016 and in the gym hallway

• Mircom BL-10B motor bell (10” gong) mounted on a Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plate (red, set to 15cd) outside room 1040
• Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell (10” gong) mounted on Wheelock VLPS-24 strobe plate (1.5cd) near room 1030
• Several Notifier KMS-10-24VDC/P motor bells (10” gong) mounted on Wheelock RSSP-2415W strobe plates (15cd) on the second floor
• Notifier KMS-10-24VDC/P motor bell (10" gong) on the original Wheelock strobe plate by the library.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

Most pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations.

There is a Mircom MS-401 conventional single-action pull station at the west entrance as a deficiency replacement.

The second floor classrooms have Notifier MPS-950B conventional single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

Outside the locker rooms and in the stairwells, there are System Sensor 1412A conventional 2-wire ionization smoke detectors.

The senior high hallway portable unit has one Edwards EC30U-3 conventional photoelectric smoke detector.

Some areas have FDD CR135 conventional fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors.

The gym office has a System Sensor 5601A conventional fixed/rate-of-rise heat detector.

Known Activations

At 1:05 PM on November 28, 2022, the fire alarm was activated via a second floor pull station. The principal saw smoke in the classroom and activated the alarm. The cause of the smoke was found to have been a school bus idling beside an air intake. Students were allowed to return to the building at 2:30 PM.