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| System Specifications |
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| FACP: Mircom FX-2000 FACP Location: Arena Entrance System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal? Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2022 Year Opened: 1995 |
Melcor YMCA at Crowfoot is a large recreation centre located at 8100 John Laurie Boulevard Northwest, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The building houses a pool, a fitness centre, and shares a building with the Crowfoot Arena, which has a separate entrance. The building opened in 1995, and the system was partially upgraded in the 2000s; most notification appliances are original. The fire alarm system is serviced by Sprouse Fire & Safety.
System Specifications (2000s-present)
FACP
The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the Crowfoot Arena entrance vestibule. The system runs Mircom’s CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is likely temporal.
Annunciators
There is a Mircom RAX-LCD annunciator paired with a Mircom RAX-1048TZDS annunciator in the YMCA entrance vestibule. Both annunciators are mounted in a Mircom BB-1002 enclosure.
Notification Appliances
Melcor YMCA
Most notification appliances are Simplex 12901-9801 remote mechanical horns (red) mounted on Simplex 4903-9101 strobe plates (4.75cd). The aforementioned horns are also mounted on Wheelock WS strobe plates in some areas (model to be confirmed, 1.5cd). The main lobby and kiddie pool area have System Sensor P2RLA horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd) as deficiency replacements. There are Wheelock MT-24-WS horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 1.5cd) labeled “ALARM”, for unknown purposes.
Crowfoot Arena
All audible notification appliances are Edwards 439D-10AWC vibrating bells (10” gong). Most are mounted on Wheelock WS-series strobe plates (model to be confirmed, 1.5cd). Some are mounted on Wheelock RSSP-2415W strobe plates (15cd) or Edwards 403-5A-R strobe plates (15cd) as deficiency replacements.
Outdoors
There is a Faraday 4466B61424DC vibrating bell (6” gong) outside an emergency exit.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AD addressable single-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
All publicly accessible areas are protected by a sprinkler system with waterflow detection. As such, no detectors are present in these areas.
Modules
There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
Event Log
December 30, 2022: The main FACP had a positive ground fault on SLC1. The panel was not acknowledged as of 4:30 PM.