St. Luke Elementary School

System Specifications
FACP: Kidde VS4 FACP Location: Unknown System Type: Single-Stage Hybrid-Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Genesis Date of last known Upgrade: 2019 Year Opened: 1962, 1986

St. Luke Elementary School is an elementary school located at 1232 Northmount Drive Northwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The school is owned and operated by the Calgary Catholic School District. The school opened in 1962, and was expanded in 1962 and 1986. The fire alarm system was upgraded twice: once in 1982, and most recently in 2019.

System Specifications (2019-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Kidde VS4 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel location is unknown. The system runs Kidde’s GSA addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

All areas except the gym have Edwards “Genesis” GC-HDVM horn/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, set to 15cd). The gymnasium has Edwards G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15cd). For outdoor notification, there is an Edwards CS405-8A-T weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd) outside the main entrance.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations. These are likely wired to a zone card.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are Kidde KI-PD addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building, mounted on Kidde KI-SB bases. The building is not equipped with a sprinkler system.

EOLs

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

System Specifications (1986-2019)

Former System Specifications
FACP: Edwards Custom 6500 FACP Location: Unknown System Type: Single-Stage Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Continuous Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Installed: 1986 Year Decommissioned: 2019

FACP

The building was protected by an Edwards Custom 6500 conventional fire alarm system. The panel location was unknown. The system coding was likely 120BPM march time.

Notification Appliances

All areas except the gym had Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bells (6” gong). The gymnasium had Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations. These are still in use on the Kidde system.

Automatic Detection Devices

Not known.

EOLs

There were Edwards EOL-P1 end of line resistor plates on all circuits.