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Glenbow Museum

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System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3
FACP Location: Unknown
System Type: Two-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 70VRMS (speakers)
24VDC (bells & strobes)
System Coding: 20BPM (alert)
Temporal (alarm)
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, EST
Date of last known Upgrade: 2005
Year Opened: 1976

The Glenbow Museum is an art and history regional museum located at 130 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB. It focuses on Western Canadian history and culture, and was started in 1955. The museum was built in 1976, and is currently undergoing renovations. The fire alarm system was upgraded in 2005.

System Specifications (2005-2022)[edit | edit source]

  • NOTE: These system specifications are no longer accurate, as the building is currently undergoing a major renovation. This page is accurate to March, 2014.

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building was protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel location was unknown. The system ran EST’s Signature addressable protocol, and was configured for two-stage operation. The alert signal coding was 20BPM, followed by temporal for the alarm.
The system was also equipped with voice evacuation, but only activated the speakers when the panel mic was keyed, silencing the bells.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

All audible notification appliances were Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong), mostly mounted on EST 403-5A-R strobe plates (15cd).
There was one bell mounted remotely in the lobby, with an EST “Integrity” 202-5A-T remote strobe (red, wall-mount, 15cd) underneath it.

Voice Communication[edit | edit source]

There were EST “Integrity” 965-3A-8RW speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 8”, 30cd, round) throughout the building; the strobes were active when the alarm was activated.
There were EST “Genesis” GC-S7 speakers (white, ceiling-mount) in some areas.
These speakers only were to give voice announcements.
There were Gentex SSPK24-15/75WR speaker/strobes (red, ceiling-mount, 15/75cd) in some areas, but these were disconnected when the EST3 was installed.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

All pull stations were EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

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

Modules[edit | edit source]

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

Permits[edit | edit source]

  • August 22, 2005 - Upgrading Fire Alarm System