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Air Canada Hangar 101

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Revision as of 15:49, 25 July 2021 by Alberta Fire Alarms (talk | contribs) (very minor tweaks, adding infobox.)
System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4100U InfoAlarm
System Type: Addressable (Networked, Two-Stage)
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
Date of last known Upgrade: 2010
Year Opened: 1980

Air Canada is an airline headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest airline in Canada, carrying over 50 million passengers in 2019. This building is located in Calgary, Alberta. It houses the head office for Air Canada's Calgary operations, Air Canada's hangar, airplane part service shops, Air Canada Jazz operations, and several warehouses. The building was built in 1980, but the current system is from 2010.

NOTE: Due to a confidentiality agreement between the staff of this Wiki and Air Canada, several pieces of information will not be disclosed.

System Specifications

FACP

The building is protected by a networked Simplex 4100U fire alarm system. These panels are InfoAlarm. The system is two-stage, and does the usual Simplex 4100U 20BPM in first stage, followed by code 3 in general alarm.

Annunciators

There are annunciators, but the information will not be disclosed.

Notification Appliances

All areas except the main hangar have System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P2RA (red, wall mount, 2-wire) horn/strobes. The main hangar has Edwards "Duotronic" 5520D explosion-proof high-decibel electronic horns, set to Horn (1.1kHz).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations except one are Simplex 4099-9004CA addressable two-stage pull stations. There is one Simplex 4099-9004CAB bilingual pull station in the system.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Simplex "TrueAlarm" 4098-9714 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in some parts, and Simplex 4098-9734 addressable heat detectors in other parts.