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Safeway is a chain of grocery stores. This location is located in Crowfoot, NW Calgary. The store was built in 1984, but the current system is from 2020. The store is currently undergoing renovations and has a new fire alarm system as there are new notification appliances and pulls. This location opened up as a Food For Less in 1984, and was converted into a Safeway in the mid-late 1990s.
System Specifications (post-renovations)
FACP
The Simplex 4100ES InfoAlarm from 2015, remains with all the conventional zones, but the system is now fully addressable. It is unknown why they converted the whole system to addressable. The fire panel was the only thing to remain during these renovations. Since these are kinda two "different" systems, the post-renovations system will be here.
Notification Appliances
All of the notification appliances are new Simplex "TrueAlert" 4906-9127 (red, wall, SmartSync) horn/strobes. They replaced EST PowerSaver Integrity horn/strobes from the previous system. Some have been installed in new locations, such as the wall at the front of the store, and the wall by the pharmacy, as well as one pointing towards the produce. By the tables, there's a new Simplex "TrueAlert" 4906-9101 (red, wall) remote strobe. Outside, there is a recently installed Simplex "TrueAlert" 4906-9105 (red, wall) weatherproof remote strobe by the left renovated entrance.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All of the pull stations are Simplex 4099-9004 single-action, addressable (IDNet) pull stations with an LED. These were installed over the course of July-August 2020. They are in the place of most pull stations, however some previous pull stations were removed and replaced with nothing.
Automatic Detection Devices
Unknown, none noticed as of yet.
Former System Specifications
FACP
The fire panel was (and still is) a Simplex 4100ES InfoAlarm installed in 2015. It replaced an 1990s Edwards 6616, possibly after a CPU fail. Despite the panel being addressable, the system is set up in a non-addressable manner. The panel has 16 zones. The store is currently getting renovated and includes the part with the 4100ES panel, but the fire panel remained. The system is now fully addressable.
Notification Appliances
Most of the notification appliances were EST 757H-15PS "PowerSaver" Integrity horn/strobes from the early 2000s. They were kept from the Edwards 6616 system, and they likely replaced older Edwards horn/strobes. All of these horn/strobes were replaced with Simplex TrueAlert horn/strobes in July 2020.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
This store had a great variety of pull stations, due to the age of the store and number of pulls that were defective. There were two Edwards 275-C111 pulls by the right entrance, possibly original. The left entrance where the panel is, there was a Simplex MS-301C pull station on the left of the doors, possibly installed in the early-mid 2000s replacing an Edwards pull. There were two Tyco/Grinnell rebranded Notifier MPS-950B pulls, one in the backroom and one by the juice, in which that one replaced a Notifier MPS-950B in 2018. There was an Edwards 270-SPO in the backroom as well, unknown if original as the logo is hard to see from the backroom doors, the only non "tab" pull station. There was a Mircom MS-401 installed in 2018 at the backroom doors where you can see the 270-SPO. It replaced a Tyco/Grinnell pull. All of these pull stations were replaced.
Automatic Detection Devices
Though there were heat and smoke detectors, it is unknown what they were.