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| FACP: Simplex 4100ES FACP Location: Unknown System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 25VRMS (audible) 24VDC (visual) System Coding: Slow Whoop w/Custom Message? Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2020 Year Opened: 1997 |
The Capital One Arena is an hockey arena located at 601 F St NW, Washington, D.C. It is located in the Chinatown section of the larger Penn Quarter neighborhood, and is the home arena to the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. It has a seating capacity of 18,573. The arena was originally opened in 1997 as the MCI Arena, becoming the Verizon Arena in 2006 and finally its current name in 2017. The fire alarm system is mostly original, with a minor upgrade in 2020.
System Specifications (1997-present)
FACP
The building is protected by a Simplex 4100ES addressable fire alarm system. The panel location is unknown. The system runs Simplex’s MAPNET II addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice-evacuation. The evacuation signal is the slow whoop followed by a custom message.
The 4100ES replaced a Simplex 4100+ in 2020.
Notification Appliances
All common area notification appliances are Simplex 4903-9146 speaker/strobes (red, wall-mount, 25V, horizontal, 15cd).
The restrooms have Simplex 4904-9137 remote strobes (red, wall-mount, vertical, 15cd).
The seating bowl’s public address system is used for audible notification, along with the aforementioned strobes high up in the catwalk.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
Most pull stations are Simplex 2099-9795 addressable single-action pull stations.
There are Simplex 4099-9001 addressable single-action pull stations in some areas as deficiency replacements.
Automatic Detection Devices
There are Simplex 4098-9714 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in each elevator lobby, mounted on a Simplex 4098-9792 base.
These replaced Simplex 2098-9201 photoelectric smoke detectors on 2098-9651 addressable bases.
Modules
There are Simplex 2098-9739 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There are Simplex 4090-9002 addressable relay modules for PA shutdown, among other purposes.