Calgary Fire Department Station 29

System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4010 FACP Location: Main Control Room System Type: Single-Stage Hybrid-Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: N/A Date of last known Upgrade: 2010 Year Opened: 1988

The Calgary Fire Department is the fire department serving the City of Calgary. This page will cover Station 29, located at 7027 Coach Hill Road SW, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station was built in 1988, and the fire alarm system was partially upgraded in 2010.

System Specifications (2010-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Simplex 4010 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main control room, adjacent to the main entrance. The system runs Simplex’s IDNet protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances are Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells (6” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

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

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Simplex “TrueAlarm” 4098-9601 conventional photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the living quarters of the station.
The apparatus bay, storage rooms and some closets/rooms have a mix of the following conventional 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors:

• Edwards 281C
• FDD CR-135
• System Sensor 5601A
• Potter CR-135W.
  

The mechanical room and former generator room have Simplex 4098-9733 addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors, mounted on Simplex 4098-9792 bases.

Modules

All conventional zones are supervised by Simplex 4090-9101 addressable monitor modules.
There are Simplex 4090-9002 addressable relay modules present on the system.

EOLs

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