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| System Specifications |
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| FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Electrical Room? System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Wheelock Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 2003 |
Mechanicville Elementary School' is an elementary school located at 25 Kniskern Avenue, in Mechanicville, New York, USA. The original school was built in 1915, and demolished in 2003. The new building was built in 2003, and the fire alarm system is original.
System Specifications (Current School, 2003-present)[edit | edit source]
FACP[edit | edit source]
The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is likely located in an electrical room. The system runs Edwards’ Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
Annunciators[edit | edit source]
There is an Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciator at the main entrance.
Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]
All areas except washrooms have Wheelock NS-24MCW-FR horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).
The washrooms have Wheelock RSS-24MCW remote strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).
Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]
Pull Stations[edit | edit source]
All pull stations are EST SIGA-278 addressable dual-action pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]
There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the building, mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.
System Specifications (Original School, 1940s-2003)[edit | edit source]
| Former System Specifications |
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| FACP: IBM 4201-2 FACP Location: Electrical Room? System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 125VDC System Coding: 4-4 Strobes Synchronized: N/A Date of last known Upgrade: 1960s? Year Installed: 1940s Year Decommissioned: 2003 |
FACP[edit | edit source]
The building was protected by an IBM 4201-2 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in an electrical room. The system coding was 4-4.
Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]
All notification appliances are IBM RVF-4015-6A vibrating bells (6” gong). As these also doubled as the class change bells, they were single-stroke bells due to DC power. These were used during the final few years of the school.
Prior to that, the notification appliances were IBM R4026-8 single-stroke bells (8" gong). It is unknown why they were disconnected in the 1990s.
Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]
Pull Stations[edit | edit source]
All pull stations were IBM 4050 break-glass pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]
None present.