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'Air Canada' is an airline headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest airline in Canada, carrying over 50 million passengers in 2019. This building is located in Calgary, Alberta. It houses the head office for Air Canada's Calgary operations, Air Canada's hangar, airplane part service shops, Air Canada Jazz operations, and several warehouses. The building was built in 1980, but the current system is from 2010.
NOTE: Due to a confidentiality agreement between the staff of this Wiki and Air Canada, several pieces of information will not be disclosed.
System Specifications
FACP
The building is protected by a networked Simplex 4100U fire alarm system. These panels are InfoAlarm, and two stage. The system is two-stage, and does the usual Simplex 20BPM in first stage, followed by code 3 in general alarm.
Annunciators
There are annunciators, but the information will not be disclosed.
Notification Appliances
All areas except the main hangar have System Sensor "Spectralert Advance" P2RA horn/strobes. The main hangar has Edwards "Duotronic" 5520D explosion-proof horns, set to 1000hz.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations except one are Simplex 4099-9004CA. There is one Simplex 4099-9004CAB bilingual pull station in the system.
Automatic Detection Devices
There are Simplex "Truealarm" 4098-9714 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in some parts, and 4098-9734 heat detectors in other parts.