Smithsonian Station

System Specifications
FACP: ADT EST3 FACP Location: Fire Equipment Room System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: N/A System Coding: Message Only Strobes Synchronized: N/A Date of last known Upgrade: 2010s Year Opened: 1977

Smithsonian Station is a WMATA train station located at 1200 Independence Ave SW, in Washington, DC, USA. The station was built in 1977, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in the 2010s.

System Specifications (2010s-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an ADT EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the fire equipment room. The system runs ADT’s Signature addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice evacuation. The evacuation signal is a custom message.

Annunciators

There is an ADT EST3-LCDANN annunciator in the station manager’s office.

Notification Appliances

All system audio goes through the station’s public address system. There are no dedicated notification appliances on this system.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are ADT ADT-278 addressable dual-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are ADT ADT-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in all elevator lobbies, mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.