Deerfoot Mall

System Specifications
FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Unknown System Type: Single-Stage Addressable System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 24VDC System Coding: Temporal Strobes Synchronized: Yes, Genesis Date of last known Upgrade: 2008 Year Opened: 1980 Year Broken Up: 2017

Deerfoot Mall was a shopping mall located at 901 64 Ave NE, Calgary, AB. The mall’s anchors were Winners and Walmart at the time of closure. It opened in 1981, and was closed and broken up into three parts, which still exist as buildings D, E, F & G. The fire alarm system for the original mall was upgraded in 2008, and some parts may still exist on the systems for each building.

System Specifications (2008-2017)

Note: These specifications may not be fully accurate, as this system no longer exists. This page is accurate to 2017 prior to being broken up.

FACP

The building was protected by an Edwards EST3 addressable fire alarm system. The panel location was unknown. The system ran Edwards’ Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.

Annunciators

There was an Edwards EST3-LCDANN annunciator in one of the entrance vestibules.

Notification Appliances

All notification appliances were Edwards “Genesis” GC-HDVM horn/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, no marking, set to 30cd).

Initiating Devices

Pull Stations

All pull stations were EST SIGA-270 addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices

There were EST SIGA-PS addressable photoelectric smoke detectors in some parts, mounted on EST SIGA-SB bases.

Modules

There were EST SIGA-CT1 addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There were EST SIGA-CR addressable relay modules serving various purposes.

EOLs

There were Edwards EOL-P1 end-of-line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.