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| FACP: Mircom FX-2000
FACP Location: Sobeys Main Entrance System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, SS |
8888 Country Hills Blvd NW aka Royal Oak Center is a shopping centre with many plazas. This one is for the units number 125-198. This plaza consists of a Sobeys, Ohana Care, PetValu, Williams Paints, Subway, Freshii and Royal Oak Clinic. It was built in 2003, and the fire alarm system was fully upgraded in 2017.
System Specifications (2017-present)
FACP
The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the Sobeys main entrance vestibule. The system runs Mircom's CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
Notification Appliances
All indoor notification appliances are System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P2RA horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd). These are ceiling-mounted in Sobeys, and wall-mounted in the bakery of Sobeys and elsewhere.
For outdoor notification, there is a System Sensor SRKA weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount) outside PetValu.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AD addressable single-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
None noticed, waterflow present.
Modules
There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There is a System Sensor MDL synchronization module for synchronizing the horns and strobes, added in 2023.
Former System Specifications (2003-2017)
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| FACP: EST QuickStart QS1
FACP Location: Sobeys Entrance Vestibule System Coding: Temporal Year Installed: 2003 |
FACP
The building was protected by an EST QuickStart QS1 addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located in the Sobeys main entrance vestibule. The system ran EST's Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.
Notification Appliances
Most notification appliances in Sobeys were EST "Genesis" GC-HDVM horn/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, no lettering, set to 30cd).
The other tenants and some areas in Sobeys had EST "Genesis" G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd).
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations were EST SIGA-270 addressable single-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
None noticed, waterflow present.
Modules
There were EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.
List of known activations
July 12, 2018 - alarm at around 10:54 AM, activated by a pull station in the Sobeys backroom after being hit by an object. Store was almost evacuated, cause found to be false as confirmed by manager and Calgary Fire Department. Alarm shut off after 20 minutes. [[] [[Category:Buildings with code violation] [[]