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FreshCo (Okotoks)

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System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FX-2000
FACP Location: Unknown
System Type: Single-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Mircom
Date of last known Upgrade: 2023
Year Opened: 1998

FreshCo is a discount grocery store chain owned by Sobeys. This particular location is located at 610 Big Rock Lane in Okotoks, Alberta. It was built in 1998 as Safeway, and was converted to FreshCo in 2023. The fire alarm system was upgraded following the renovation.

System Specifications (2023-present)[edit | edit source]

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel location is unknown. The system runs Mircom's Advanced addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Annunciators[edit | edit source]

There is a Mircom RAX-LCD annunciator paired with a Mircom RAX-1048TZDS annunciator in the main entrance vestibule.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

Most notification appliances are Mircom FHS-400C-RR horn/strobes (red, ceiling-mount, set to 15cd).

Some areas have Mircom FHS-400-RR horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd).

For exterior notification, there is a System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" SRKA weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount, set to 75cd) outside the main entrance.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AP addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

None noticed. There is a sprinkler system.

Modules[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom MIX-M500MAPA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.

There are System Sensor M500XA isolator modules on the SLC.

EOLs[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom MP-300 end-of-line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.

Former System Specifications (1998-2024)[edit | edit source]

Former System Specifications
FACP: Mirtone 7532
FACP Location: Main Entrance Vestibule
System Type: Single-Stage Conventional
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Continuous
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, self-sync
Date of last known Upgrade: N/A
Year Installed: 1998
Year Decommissioned: 2023

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building was protected by a Mirtone 7532 conventional fire alarm system. The panel was located in the main entrance. The system coding was continuous.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

The notification appliances were General Signal MB10-24 motor bells (10" gong) on EST "Integrity" 403-5A-R (15cd) strobe plates.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

All pull stations were Mirtone 73353 conventional single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

None noticed, there was waterflow protection.

EOLs[edit | edit source]

There were Mirtone 79064 end-of-line resistor plates on all circuits.