University at Albany Life Sciences Building

System Specifications
FACP: Simplex 4100U FACP Location: Mechanical/Electrical Room System Type: Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, SmartSync Date of last known Upgrade: N/A Year Opened: 2003-04.

The University at Albany is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer and Guilderland, NY. It was founded in 1844, is part of the State University of New York system, and enrolls over 17,900 students. The Uptown Campus in Albany is most known for being in weatherdan882002’s UAlbany fire alarm and fire drill videos. This page will cover the Life Sciences building. The building was built in 2003-2004, and has the original fire alarm system.

System Specifications (2004-present)

FACP

The building is protected by a Simplex 4100U addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in an electrical or mechanical room. The system runs Simplex’s IDNet addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Annunciators

There is a Simplex 4603-9101 LCD annunciator at the entrance.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances are from Simplex's "TrueAlert" line of products.

Most notification appliances are Simplex 4903-9417 horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd).

Depending on the area, there can be the following:

• Simplex 4903-9418 horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 75cd)
• Simplex 4903-9419 horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 110cd)

The bathrooms as well as areas requiring more visual coverage have a mix of the following strobes, as candela rating varies.

• Simplex 4904-9331 remote strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd)
• Simplex 4904-9332 remote strobes (red, wall-mount, 75cd)
• Simplex 4904-9333 remote strobes (red, wall-mount, 110cd)

There are no outdoor notification appliances.

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations are Simplex 4099-9003 dual-action addressable pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

All smoke detectors are Simplex 4098-9714 addressable photoelectric smoke detectors, mounted on 4098-9792 bases.

Modules

There are Simplex 4090-9001 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.