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Royal Tyrrell Museum is a paleontology and dinosaur museum in Drumheller, located at 1500 N Dinosaur Trail. It is also Canada's only museum that is only for prehistoric life. The museum is also a big tourist attraction for Alberta. It was built in 1985, but has had its current fire alarm system since 2016 after an expansion.
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| FACP: Edwards EST3
FACP Location: Main Entrance System Type: Addressable System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Genesis |
System Specifications (2016-present)
FACP
The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located at the main entrance. It is equipped with the LCDXL1 display. The system runs EST's Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
Notification Appliances
Most notification appliances are EST "Genesis" G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15cd), mounted on EST G1RT-FIRE trim plates; others are not mounted on trim plates.
The Cretaceous Gardens have Edwards WG4RN-HVMC weatherproof horn/strobes (red, no marking, set to 60cd).
For outdoor notification, there is an EST CS405-7A-T (red, 15/75cd) weatherproof remote strobe by the entrance.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are EST SIGC-270B addressable bilingual single-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
There are EST SIGA2-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building, mounted on SIGA-SB bases.
The air handling units have EST "SuperDuct" SIGA-SD addressable photoelectric duct smoke detectors.
There is also a sprinkler system.
Modules
There are EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.
Former System Specifications (2003-2016)
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| FACP: Siemens MXL
FACP Location: Near Main Entrance System Coding: 20BPM (Alert) Temporal (Alarm) Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Siemens Year Installed: 2003 |
FACP
The building was protected by a Siemens MXL addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located near the main entrance. The system ran Siemens' FirePrint addressable protocol, and was configured for two stage operation. The alert signal coding was 20BPM, and the alarm signal was temporal.
Notification Appliances
All notification appliances were Siemens U-MMT-MCS-W-B (white, bilingual, wall-mount, multi-candela) multi tone horn/strobes. They were likely set to the horn tone.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
The pull stations were Siemens MSI-30B addressable two-stage pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
None noticed. There was a sprinkler system.
Modules
There were Siemens TRI-M addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.
Bonus Information
Above the outdoor strobe, there is an Edwards "Adaptabel" 333D single-stroke bell (6" gong), left over from the original Edwards 6500 system. It is disconnected.