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Corpus Christi Elementary School

From FireAlarmPedia
System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FA-1000
FACP Location: Main Entrance Vestibule
System Type: Single-Stage Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: No
Date of last known Upgrade: 2013
Year Opened: 1926

Corpus Christi Elementary School is an elementary school located at 798 Lyon Street South, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school opened in 1926, and the fire alarm system was upgraded in 1988, and again in 2013.

System Specifications (2013-present)[edit | edit source]

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building is protected by a Mircom FA-1000 conventional fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main entrance vestibule. The system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

Most notification appliances are Mircom “Select-A-Horn/Strobe” FHS-340R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to electromechanical/15cd). Some areas have Mircom “Select-A-Horn” FH-340R remote horns (red, wall-mount, set to electromechanical) for additional audible coverage.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

All pull stations but one are Mircom MS-401 conventional single-action pull stations. There is a Mirtone 73303 conventional single-action pull station in the 1st grade wing, left over from the previous system.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom 2W-BA conventional photoelectric smoke detectors throughout the school.

Former System Specifications (1988-2013)[edit | edit source]

System Specifications
FACP: Potter PFC-5008
FACP Location: Main Entrance
System Type: Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: N/A
Year Decommissioned: 2013
Year Installed: 1988

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building was protected by a Potter PFC-5008 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the main entrance vestibule. The system coding was temporal. This panel replaced an Edwards 6500 in the 2000s.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

All notification appliances but one were Edwards “AdaptaHorn” 881-D remote horns (red, wall-mount). There was one Amseco BZ-51 remote horn (red, wall-mount) as a deficiency replacement.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

All pull stations but two were Edwards 270-SPO conventional single-action pull stations. There was one Edwards 270-GAO conventional two-stage single-action pull station as a deficiency replacement (wired as single-stage). There was one Mirtone 73303 conventional single-action pull station in the first-grade wing.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

Not known.