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| System Specifications |
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| FACP: Mircom FX-2000
FACP Location: By Returns Desk System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: No |
Costco Wholesale is a members only sales club. This location is located at 11588 Sarcee Trail NW in Beacon Hill Shopping Centre in NW Calgary, and was built in 2006. The fire alarm system is original to the store, with replacement parts installed as deficiencies occur.
System Specifications (2006-present)
FACP
The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located by the returns desk. The system runs Mircom's CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
Annunciators
There is a Mircom RAX-LCD annunciator at in the main entrance vestibule.
Notification Appliances
Most of the notification appliances are the original Mircom "Select-A-Horn/Strobe" FHS-240R (red, 30cd) horn/strobes. By the bakery, there is a Mircom "Select-A-Horn/Strobe" FHS-340R (red) horn/strobe, installed as a deficiency replacement for a damaged FHS-240R (strobe ripped out) in 2012. At the photography desk, there's a System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" PC4RA (red, ceiling-mount, 4-wire) horn/strobe installed 2017 as a deficiency replacement. In the meat cutting area, there is a Mircom FHS-240W (white) horn/strobe specifically chosen to blend in with the wall, under a cover.
The freezers and dairy coolers have System Sensor "SpectrAlert" P1224MCKA (red, wall-mount, multi-candela) horn/strobes, which are also original. The produce cooler has a System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P4RKA (red, wall-mount) weatherproof horn/strobe, installed as a deficiency replacement in 2021.
For outdoor notification, there are two System Sensor "SpectrAlert" S1224MCKA (red, wall-mount) weatherproof remote strobes, one at the entrance, and one behind the store.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
The pull stations are all Mircom MS-401AD addressable pull stations. There is one deficiency replacement MS-401AD by an exit, installed in 2015.
Automatic Detection Devices
Most of the store is protected by waterflow, however there are Mircom MIX-2251AD addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in the cafeteria, bakery, and meat.
Modules
There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches. There are also Mircom MIX-M500R addressable relay modules by each fire exit, which cause the door locks to disengage when the system goes into alarm.