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St. Thomas Aquinas School

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System Specifications
FACP: EST QuickStart QSC
FACP Location: Boiler Room
System Type: Single-Stage Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Self-Sync
Date of last known Upgrade: 2013
Year Opened: Late 1950s

St. Thomas Aquinas School is a Catholic elementary school located at 4540 26 Avenue Southwest, in Calgary, Alberta. The school is owned and operated by the Calgary Catholic School District. The school opened in the late 1950s-early 1960s, and was expanded around 1966, 1987 and had portables installed around 2013. The current fire alarm system was upgraded in 2013.

System Specifications

FACP

The building is protected by an EST QuickStart QSC conventional fire alarm system. The panel is likely located in the boiler room. The system coding is temporal.

Annunciators

There is an EST QSA-1-S annunciator at the main entrance, equipped with an EST QSC-CPU-1 control card and an SL30 zone annunciation card. This annunciator is mounted inside the cabinet of the previous FACP, an Edwards Custom 6500.

Notification Appliances

All indoor notification appliances are Edwards “Genesis” G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd). For outdoor notification, there is an Edwards CS405-7A-T weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) outside the main entrance.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

Not known.

EOLs

There are Edwards EOL-P1 end-of-line resistor plates on all circuits.

System Specifications (1970s-2013)

Former System Specifications
FACP: Edwards Custom 6500
FACP Location: Main Entrance
System Type: Single-Stage Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: 120BPM March Time
Date of last known Upgrade: N/A
Year Installed: 1976
Year Decommissioned: 2013

Please note that all information except the FACP section is unconfirmed.

FACP

The building was protected by an Edwards Custom 6500 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located at the main entrance. The system coding was march time (120BPM).

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances were Edwards “Durabel” 6100D vibrating bells (6” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations. It is unknown if these were replaced, or if they are still in use on the new system.

Automatic Detection Devices

Not known.

EOLs

There were Edwards EOL-P1 end-of-line resistor plates on all circuits.