Walmart Supercentre (South Edmonton Common)

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards iO1000 FACP Location: Main Entrance System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Self-Sync Date of last known Upgrade: Early 2020s Year Opened: 2007

Walmart is a chain of big-box stores headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, USA. This particular store is a Supercentre, and is located at 1203 Parsons Road Northwest, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The store opened in 2007, and the fire alarm system is original except for the panel.

System Specifications (2007-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards iO1000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule. The system runs Edwards' Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

The iO1000 replaced the original EST QuickStart QS1 around 2022.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliances are a mix of Edwards “Genesis” G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd) and Edwards G1R-VM remote strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd). These devices are mounted on poles throughout the store, with two horn/strobes and remote strobes mounted opposite each other. The public washrooms have Edwards G1R-VM remote strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

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 in the entrance vestibules, mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases. The store is equipped with a sprinkler system.

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.