Rockyview General Hospital

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Electrical Rooms System Type: Two-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 70.7VRMS (audible) 24VDC (outdoor strobe) System Coding: 20BPM bell (Alert) Temporal (Alarm) Date of last known Upgrade: 2008 Year Opened: 1975

Rockyview General Hospital is a hospital located at 7007 14 St SW, Calgary, Alberta. The hospital is operated by Alberta Health Services. It consists of three buildings, Highwood, Fisher and the Holy Cross Ambulatory Care Centre, and spans 9 floors. The hospital originally opened in 1975, and was expanded three times: in 1995, 2004 and 2008. The current fire alarm system was installed in 2008, following the renovation.

System Specifications (2008-present)

FACP

The hospital is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. There are approximately 50 panels in the building, and all are located in electrical rooms. The system runs EST’s Signature addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The system is also equipped with voice evacuation. The system does a 20BPM bell tone as the alert signal, followed by temporal for the evacuation signal.

Each alarm is followed by a “CODE RED” announcement, which is broadcast live by security.

FACP Accessories

There is an Edwards “FireWorks” graphic computer in the CACF room.

Annunciators

There are Edwards EST 3-LCDANN annunciators in every elevator lobby and at every nurses’ station.

Notification Appliances

All indoor notification appliances are Edwards 964-1A-8RW speakers (white, ceiling-mount, 8”, 70V). They appear to be original in each expansion. There are no strobes indoors.

For outdoor notification, there is an Edwards "Integrity" CS405-8A-T weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount, 110cd) located outside the main entrance vestibule.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

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

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the hospital.

Some areas have EST SIGA-HRS addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors.

All detectors are mounted on a mix of EST SIGA-SB and SIGA-SB4 detector bases. There is also a sprinkler system with waterflow detection.

Modules

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

EOLs

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

Bonus Information

The fire alarm panel also doubles as the general public address system, connected to the Nortel Meridian PBX. When paging is turned on, it will come from the fire alarm speakers. All speakers are fire alarm speakers.