Calgary Zoo Station

System Specifications
FACP: EST QuickStart QS1 FACP Location: Main Electrical Room System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Unknown Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Genesis Date of last known Upgrade: 2010s Year Opened: 1985

Calgary Zoo Station is a Blue Line CTrain station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station is attached to the Calgary Zoo main building. The station opened in 1985, and the fire alarm system was partially upgraded in the 2010s.

System Specifications (2010s-present)

NOTE: This system is separate from the Calgary Zoo Main Building.

FACP

The building is protected by an EST QuickStart QS1 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main electrical room. The system runs EST’s Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding is likely temporal.

Notification Appliances

The only audible notification appliance is a Pyrotronics BDC-6C vibrating bell (6” gong). There are Edwards “Genesis” G1R-VM remote strobes throughout the staff corridor.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

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

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the station, mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.