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Portland International Airport

From FireAlarmPedia
System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3
FACP Location: Various
System Type: Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 70VRMS (audible)
24VDC (visual)
System Coding: Unknown
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Wheelock
Date of last known Upgrade: 2010s
Year Opened: 1936

Portland International Airport (PDX) is a joint civil-military airport and largest airport in Oregon. It is located at 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR. It originally opened in 1936, and was expanded in 1986 and 1994. The fire alarm system was installed in the 2010s.

System Specifications[edit | edit source]

FACP[edit | edit source]

The airport is protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel locations are unknown, but are part of a network. The system runs EST’s Signature addressable protocol, and is equipped with voice-evacuation. The tones and/or messages are unknown at this time.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

Most notification appliances are Wheelock E70-W speakers (white, wall-mount), and Wheelock RSS-24MCW-FW remote strobes (white, wall-mount, set to 15cd).
Other areas have Wheelock E90-W speakers (white, ceiling-mount) with the aforementioned strobes.
There are Wheelock E60-W speakers (white, wall-mount) in one area of the airport.
There are also Wheelock RSS-24MCC-FW remote strobes (white, ceiling-mount, set to 30cd) in the same area as the E60-W speakers.
One area of the airport has Wheelock “Exceder” STW remote strobes (white, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

Most pull stations are EST SIGA-270 addressable single action pull stations.
There are also Honeywell S464A-1124 conventional single-action pull stations in the 1986 part; these are wired to EST SIGA-CT1 addressable modules.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

There are EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in some areas.
There are also Edwards SIGA-PD addressable photoelectric smoke detectors installed as deficiency replacements. All detectors are mounted on SIGA-SB bases.
There is also a sprinkler system.

Modules[edit | edit source]

There are EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.