Monsignor A.J. Hetherington School

System Specifications
FACP: EST QuickStart QSC FACP Location: Caretaker’s Office System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, EST Date of last known Upgrade: 2012 Year Opened: 1993

Monsignor A. J. Hetherington School is a catholic elementary school located at 4 Coral Springs Blvd NE, Calgary, AB. It is part of the Calgary Catholic School District, teaches grades K-6 and has an enrollment of about 300 students. It was built in 1994, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 2012; the pull stations are original.

System Specifications (2012-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an EST QuickStart QSC conventional fire alarm system. The panel is located in the caretaker’s office. The system coding is temporal.

Annunciators

There is an EST QSA-1-S cabinet with a QSC-CPU-1 LCD annunciator and SL30 LED annunciator in the main entrance vestibule.

Notification Appliances

All indoor notification appliances are EST “Genesis” G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd).
For exterior notification, there are EST “Integrity” 757-8A-T horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 110cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are the original Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Edwards EC30U-3 conventional photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building.
There are Edwards EC20RRU-3 fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors in some areas; these replaced Edwards 281C fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors after being recalled.
There are 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.

Former System Specifications (1994-2012)

System Specifications
FACP: EST ESA2000 FACP Location: Caretaker’s Office System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Continuous Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Installed: 1994 Year Decommissioned: 2012

FACP

The building was protected by an EST ESA2000 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the caretaker’s office. The system coding was continuous.

Annunciators

There was an EST annunciator in the main entrance vestibule, model to be confirmed.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances were Wheelock MBS-G6-24 motor bell/strobes (6” gong, 1.5cd).
The gymnasium had Wheelock MBS-G10-24 motor bell/strobes (10” gong, 1.5cd) due to higher ambient noise levels.
For exterior notification, there were Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells (6” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations, these are still in service.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were Edwards 6250C conventional ionization smoke detectors throughout the building.

There were Edwards 281C fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors in some areas, these remained on the current system until 2020.

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, these remain.