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Safeway (Dalhousie)

From FireAlarmPedia
System Specifications
FACP: EST 6632
System Type: Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
Date of last known Upgrade: Early 2010s
Year Opened: 1996

Safeway is a chain of grocery stores in Alberta. This particular location is in Dalhousie, NW Calgary. It is officially called Safeway Dalhousie Station, due to being adjacent to the Dalhousie station on the CTrain line. It was built in 1996, and the fire alarm system is original, other than some strobes. The store is in a large plaza, however only the Safeway is protected by a fire alarm system.

System Specifications

FACP

The fire alarm control panel is an EST 6632. The fire panel is original and is located in the entrance on the right.

Notification Appliances

The notification appliances mainly consist of the original Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells on EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R strobe plates. In the floral section, there's an Edwards 439D-10AWC bell on a Wheelock RSSP-24MCW strobe plate, the Wheelock strobe plate replaced an EST strobe plate that stopped working. On the ceiling, there is a mix of EST "Integrity" 202-5A-T (red) and 202-5A-TW (white) remote strobes scattered around, all with the standard wall "FIRE" lenses. They are original, and they are for additional visual coverage. Some of them have been replaced with System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" SR (red, wall) remote strobes, again on the ceiling. For outdoor notification, the there is an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell on an EST 403-5A-R strobe plate at the entrance.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

The pull stations consist of Edwards 270-SPO, all original from 1996.

Automatic Detection Devices

None noticed.