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Carewest Dr. Vernon Fanning Centre

From FireAlarmPedia
System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3
FACP Location: Basement Electrical Room
System Type: Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: 20BPM (Alert)
Temporal (Alarm)
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, EST
Date of last known Upgrade: 2010
Year Opened: 1978

Carewest Dr. Vernon Fanning Centre is an assisted living facility located at 722 16 Avenue NE, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The facility is owned and operated by Alberta Health Services. The facility opened in 1978, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 2010.

System Specifications (2010-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the basement electrical room. The system runs Edwards’ Signature addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The alert coding is 20BPM, and the evacuation signal was continuous.

Annunciators

There is an Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciator with an LCDXL1 display in the main entrance vestibule.
There are Edwards EST3-3ANN annunciator cabinets with EST3-24R annunciation cards at all nurse’s stations.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances are Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong).
There are Edwards “Integrity” 202-7A-T remote strobes (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) next to most bells.
The electrical room has an Edwards MB10-24 motor bell (10” gong) with an Edwards “Genesis” G1R-VM remote strobe (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15cd) mounted next to it.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building.
Some areas have EST SIGA-HRS addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors.
All detectors are mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.

Modules

There are EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.

Former System Specifications (1978-2010

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards 8500
FACP Location: Basement Electrical Room
System Type: Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: 20BPM (alert)
120BPM March Time (alarm)
Date of last known Upgrade: 1991
Year Installed: 1978
Year Decommissioned: 2010

FACP

The building was protected by an Edwards 8500 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the basement electrical room. The system was configured for two-stage operation. The alert coding was 20BPM, followed by 120BPM march time in general alarm.

Annunciators

There were Edwards annunciators at all nurse’s stations and the main entrance vestibule, model to be confirmed.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances in the original portion were Edwards “Adaptabel” 333D single-stroke bells (10” gong).
The 1991 renovation had Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were Edwards 282A 197 degree fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in the original portion.
The 1991 portion had Edwards 6250C conventional ionization smoke detectors.