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| System Specifications |
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| FACP: Mircom FX-2000 FACP Location: Main Entrance System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, SS Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 2020 |
Fairfield Inn & Suites is a chain of midrange hotels owned by Marriott. The chain is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and has locations worldwide. This particular hotel is located at 602 Eckhardt Avenue West, in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. The hotel opened in 2020, and the fire alarm system is original.
System Specifications
FACP
The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule. The system runs Mircom’s CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
Notification Appliances
Common Areas
There are System Sensor P2RLA horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd) throughout the common areas of the hotel.
Pool Area
The pool area has System Sensor “SpectrAlert Advance” P2RKA weatherproof horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).
Guest Rooms
All guest rooms have System Sensor P2WLA horn/strobes (white, wall-mount, set to 110cd).
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AD addressable single-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
There are Mircom MIX-2251B addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the hotel’s common areas, mounted on System Sensor B210LPA low-profile bases. There is also a sprinkler system with waterflow detection protecting the entire hotel.
Modules
There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
Known Activations
At around 4:00 PM on July 26, 2022, a fire broke out in the roof of a fourth-floor room. The sprinkler head in the room activated, and the fire alarm system was tripped. The entire hotel was safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported. The fire alarm system worked as intended during this emergency. The hotel reopened one week later.