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| FACP: Kidde VS4 FACP Location: Upstairs Mechanical Room System Type: Hybrid-Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VFWR System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Self-Sync Date of last known Upgrade: 2019 Year Opened: 1957 |
Our Lady of the Assumption School is a catholic school located at 7311 34 Ave NW, Calgary, AB. It is part of the Calgary Catholic School District, and teaches Kindergarten to Grade 9.This school was built in 1957, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 2019.
System Specifications (2019-present)
FACP
The building is protected by a Kidde VS4 hybrid-addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the upstairs mechanical/boiler room. The system runs Kidde's GSA addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.
Annunciators
There is a Kidde K-RLCD-C LCD annunciator and a K-RLED24 LED annunciator at the entrance.
Notification Appliances
All notification appliances are from EST's "Genesis" line of products, and were installed in 2019. Most notification appliances are EST GC-HDVM horn/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, no lettering, set to 30cd). There are EST G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd) in the gymnasium and shop; these were newly installed in new locations with the NAC overhaul, and did not remain from the previous setup. For exterior notification, there is an Edwards WG4RN-HVMC weatherproof horn/strobe (red, no lettering, set to 70cd) by the tarmac, and an EST "Integrity" CS405-8A-T weatherproof remote strobe (red, 110cd) by the entrance.
Prior to the overhaul, all indoor notification appliances were EST G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd) and there were two CS405-8A-T strobes outside. However, one was removed during the overhaul.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations. Most were installed in the 1990s, but there are a couple second-generation ones. There is a GE-rebranded 270-SPO as a deficiency replacement.
Automatic Detection Devices
All smoke detectors are Kidde KIR-PD addressable optical smoke detectors, mounted on KI-SB bases. The duct detectors in the air handling units and above ceilings are Kidde SD-2W two-wire photoelectric duct smoke detectors.