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Canadian Tire (McKenzie)

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System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4008
FACP Location: Automotive Entrance Vestibule
System Type: Single-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, SmartSync
Date of last known Upgrade: N/A
Year Opened: 2005

Canadian Tire is a chain of automotive/hardware stores across Canada. This particular store is located at 4155 126 Avenue SE, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The building was built in 2005, and the fire alarm system is original.

System Specifications (2005-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Simplex 4008 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the automotive entrance vestibule. The system runs Simplex's IDNet addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances are Simplex “TrueAlert” 4906-9127 SmartSync horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Simplex 4099-9001 addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Simplex "TrueAlarm" 4098-9714 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors at the top of each stairwell, mounted on Simplex 4098-9792 bases.

There are Simplex 4098-9755 addressable duct smoke detectors with 4098-9714 heads on all air handling units.

Modules

There are Simplex 4090-9001 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.

There are Simplex 4090-9002 addressable relay modules serving various purposes.

EOLs

There are Simplex 2081-9040C end of line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.

Bonus Information

This building suffered a fire in about 2009. The cause was a faulty electrical circuit in the backroom. As a result of this, the store was closed from 2009 to 2012. Surprisingly, the fire alarm system survived! The system did its job and it still works.