Willow Creek Continuing Care Centre

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Basement Mech. Room System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: 20BPM (Alert) Temporal (Alarm) Strobes Synchronized: N/A Date of last known Upgrade: 2013 Year Opened: 1988

Willow Creek Continuing Care Centre is an assisted living facility located at 4221 8 Street West, in Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. The facility is owned and operated by Alberta Health Services. The facility opened in 1988, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in the 2010s.

System Specifications (2010s-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the basement mechanical room. The system runs Edwards’ Signature addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The alert signal is 20BPM, and the alarm signal is temporal.

Annunciators

There are Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciators with LCDXL1 displays in the main lobby, maintenance office, and at all nurse’s stations.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances but one are Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells (6” gong).

There is an original Simplex 2901-9329 vibrating bell (6” gong) in the women’s locker room.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PHS addressable combination photoelectric smoke and heat detectors in all corridors and patient rooms.

There are EST SIGA-HRS addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in all other areas.

Some areas have Edwards SIGA-HRD addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors as deficiency replacements.

There is an Edwards SIGA-OSD addressable optical smoke detector in the server room as a deficiency replacement.

All above detectors are mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.

There are EST “SuperDuct” SIGA-SD addressable photoelectric duct smoke detectors on most air handling units. There is also a sprinkler system with waterflow detection.

Modules

There are EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches. There are EST SIGA-CR addressable relay modules serving various purposes.

Former System Specifications (1988-2013)

Former System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 2001-8001 FACP Location: Basement Mech. Room System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: 20BPM (Alert) Continuous (Alarm) Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 1988 Year Decomissioned: 2013

FACP

The building was protected by a Simplex 2001-8001 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the basement mechanical room. The system was configured for two-stage operation. The alert signal coding was 20BPM, followed by continuous as the alarm signal.

Annunciators

There were Simplex 2001 annunciators in the main lobby, maintenance office, and at all nurse’s stations.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances were Simplex 2901-9329 vibrating bells (6" gong); one is still in service in the women's locker room.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Simplex 4251-40 conventional two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were Simplex 4255-51 conventional fixed/rate-of-rise heat detectors throughout the building.