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Holy Spirit School is a catholic elementary school in Downtown Cochrane, AB. The school was built in the 1955 as St. Andrew's School, hence why the lockers are in there. The school was started to be rented by CCSD in 1993, in which the school became Holy Spirit. The school has had two fire alarm systems in the past 27 years of operation, and there's two old pulls still intact from 1955 or 1969. The current system has been in the school since 2014.
System Specifications
FACP
The fire alarm panel is a Vigilant VS2 (rebranded EST iO500) installed in June 2014. Although this panel is addressable, the system is not set up in an addressable manner, as it replaced an EST 6616 from 1993 (see below for more info). The panel is located at the front entrance. All strobes on the system are synchronized, and all horns do code-3. The system is serviced and managed by Altex Security.
Notification Appliances
All notification appliances inside are EST Genesis G1R-HDVM (red, wall, no FIRE) horn/strobes. In the hallways, most are on these cool custom trim plates for two horn/strobes each, facing each end, though some are on regular trim plates. There are some surface mounted, for example, in three classrooms (one which is new), and in the "time-in room". There is also one installed in the library, and there are two in the gymnasium on trim plates. They are all set to high volume, 15 candela. For outdoor notification, there is an EST WG4RF-HVMC (red, FIRE) horn/strobe pointed at the large field, under a protective cover. It is synchronized with the indoor signals as well.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All of the pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO. Most are from 1993, but there are two that are from 1955 or 1969, one in the gymnasium and one at the end of the school. The one at the entrance has no glass.
Automatic Detection Devices
All smoke detectors are addressable, EST SIGA2-PS installed in 2014. The heat detectors, however, are all Edwards 280B-PL from 1993.
Former System Specifications
FACP
The panel before June 2014 was an EST 6616 from 1993. Only eight zones were in use at the time. Nothing was wrong with the panel when it was replaced. The system was set to continuous.
Notification Appliances
The main indoor notification appliances were Wheelock MBS-G10-24 motor bell/strobes. They were only in the hallways and the gymnasium. A couple Wheelock bell/strobes broke down over the years, and the one by the kindergarten classroom and under a water fountain was replaced with an Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bell on an EST 403-5A-R Integrity strobe plate. The one by the 1960s 270-SPO was replaced with an Edwards 439D-6AWC vibrating bell on a Simplex 4903-9101 with the strobe above the bell. The outdoor signals were Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells, one by the large field and one by the grade 1 entrance. For some reason, the bells were not loud enough, and when the replaced the outdoor signals, they only replaced one.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
The pull stations are the 270-SPOs that are still installed today.
Automatic Detection Devices
The heat detectors were the same, but the smoke detectors were Edwards 6264B ionization smoke detectors. One was replaced with an EST SIGA2-PS in 2014 before the Vigilant system was installed.