African Rainforest (Calgary Zoo)

System Specifications
FACP: Notifier AFP-200 FACP Location: Next to Main Entrance System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2010s Year Opened: 2002

The Calgary Zoo is a large zoo in Calgary, Alberta. The zoo is owned by the Calgary Zoological Society. This page will cover the African Rainforest exhibit, which houses many animals. The building was completed in 2002, and the fire alarm system is mostly original.

System Specifications

FACP

The building is protected by a Notifier AFP-200C addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located to the right of the main entrance. The system runs Notifier’s CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances

Most notification appliances are System Sensor “SpectrAlert” P2415A horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd).
The temperate exhibits have Mircom “Select-A-Horn/Strobe” FHS-340R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

Most pull stations are Notifier MPS-950B conventional single-action pull stations.
There are Mircom MS-401 conventional single-action pull stations as deficiency replacements.
All pull stations are wired into Notifier MMX-101A addressable modules.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed.

EOLs

There are Notifier EOL-CR end-of-line resistor plates on all circuits.