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GMC Stadium

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System Specifications
FACP: Notifier NFS2-3030C
FACP Location: Unknown
System Type: Two-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VDC
System Coding: 20BPM (Alert)
120BPM March Time (Alarm)
Date of last known Upgrade: 2013
Year Opened: 1974

GMC Stadium, formerly known as the Stampede Grandstand, is an outdoor stadium located at 2200 Stampede Trail Southeast, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The stadium hosts the Calgary Stampede rodeo, chuckwagon races, and grandstand shows. The stadium has a seating capacity of 17,000, with standing room space for 8,000, bringing the total capacity to 25,000. The stadium opened in 1974, and the fire alarm system is from the 2000s-2010s.

System Specifications (2000s-present)[edit | edit source]

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building is protected by a Notifier NFS2-3030C addressable fire alarm system. The panel location is unknown. The system runs Notifier’s CLIP addressable protocol, and is configured for two-stage operation. Alert signal coding is 20BPM, followed by 120BPM march time for the evacuation signal.

The NFS2-3030C was installed in 2013 as an emergency replacement for a Notifier AM2020 damaged by the floods.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

All indoor notification appliances are System Sensor “SpectrAlert” P2415A horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15cd).

The seating area has System Sensor P241575KA weatherproof horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd).

These are set to electromechanical horn.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

Most pull stations are Notifier NFM-950KB conventional two-stage single-action pull stations.

There are Notifier MPS-950KB conventional two-stage single-action pull stations as deficiency replacements in some areas.

There is a Notifier N-MPS-2A addressable two-stage single-action pull station by the second floor stairway, also a deficiency replacement.

All NFM stations are wired to Notifier MMX-101A addressable modules; all MPS stations are wired to Notifier FMM-101A addressable modules. All modules are mounted behind each station, and there are two per station.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

None noticed. There is a sprinkler system.

Modules[edit | edit source]

There are Notifier MMX-1A addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.

EOLs[edit | edit source]

There are Notifier EOL-CR end-of-line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.