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‘’’Telus Convention Centre’’’ is a large convention centre located in Downtown Calgary, Alberta. This building commonly holds galas and expos. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the centre was used as a mass vaccination clinic, the largest in Alberta. The centre has two buildings. The South Building was opened in 1974, and the North Building opened its doors in 2000. The building was fully renovated in 2000, and received a new fire alarm system that same year. The system is serviced by Viking Fire Protection Inc.
System Specifications
FACP
The buildings are protected by an EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located at the main entrance. The system runs EST’s Signature-series addressable protocol, and is two stage. It does a 20BPM tone in first stage, followed by code 3 in general alarm.
Annunciators
There are several EST3-LCDANN annunciators throughout the facility.
Notification Appliances
Most notification appliances are Edwards 965-7A-4RW speaker/strobes (white, wall-mount, 4”, 15/75cd). The North Building hallways have Edwards “Integrity” 202-5A-T remote strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd) for extra coverage. The main conference rooms have Edwards “Integrity” 757-7A-SS70W speaker/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, 15/75cd, 70.7V).
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable single-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the facility.