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Oilfields General Hospital

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System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3
FACP Location: Maintenance Office
System Type: Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: 20BPM (Alert)
Temporal (Alarm)
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Genesis
Date of last known Upgrade: 2010
Year Opened: 1984, 1991

Oilfields General Hospital is a hospital located at 717 Government Road, in Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada. The hospital is owned and operated by Alberta Health Services. The hospital was built in 1984, and expanded in 1991. The fire alarm system was upgraded in 2010.

System Specifications (2010-present)

FACP

The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the maintenance office. The system runs Edwards’ Signature addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. The alert coding is 20BPM, and the alarm coding is temporal.

Annunciators

There are Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciators at all nurse’s stations and in the main entrance vestibule. All annunciators are equipped with Edwards LCDXL1 displays.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances are Edwards “Genesis” G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no marking, set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are EST SIGA-270P addressable two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in most areas. There are EST SIGA-HRS addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in some areas. All detectors are mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.

Modules

There are EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.

Former System Specifications (1984-2010)

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards Custom 6500
FACP Location: Maintenance Office
System Type: Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: 20BPM (Alert)
120BPM March Time (Alarm)
Strobes Synchronized: N/A
Year Installed: 1984
Year Decommissioned: 2010

FACP

The building was protected by an Edwards Custom 6500 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the maintenance office. The system was configured for two-stage operation. The alert coding was 20BPM, and the alarm coding was 120BPM march time.

Annunciators

There were Edwards annunciators in some areas, model to be confirmed. Some of these are still installed, but disconnected.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances were Edwards “Adaptabel” 333D single-stroke bells (6” gong).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were System Sensor 1400A conventional ionization smoke detectors in some areas. Most areas had Edwards 281C conventional heat detectors. There were Edwards 6260B-100 duct smoke detectors with 6250C heads on all air handling units.