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125-198 8888 Country Hills Blvd NW, Calgary

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System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FX-2000
FACP Location: Sobeys Entrance Vestibule
System Type: Single-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: Yes, System Sensor
Date of last known Upgrade: 2023
Year Opened: 2003/2004

8888 Country Hills Blvd NW aka Royal Oak Center is a shopping centre with many plazas. This one is for the units number 125-198. This plaza consists of a Sobeys, Ohana Care, PetValu, Williams Paints, Subway, Freshii and Royal Oak Clinic. It was built in 2003, and the fire alarm system was fully upgraded in 2017.

System Specifications (2017-present)[edit | edit source]

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located in the Sobeys main entrance vestibule. The system runs Mircom's CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

All indoor notification appliances are System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P2RA horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd). These are ceiling-mounted in Sobeys, and wall-mounted in the bakery of Sobeys and elsewhere.
For outdoor notification, there is a System Sensor SRKA weatherproof remote strobe (red, wall-mount) outside PetValu.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

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

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

None noticed, waterflow present.

Modules[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system’s tamper and flow switches.
There is a System Sensor MDL synchronization module for synchronizing the horns and strobes, added in 2023.

EOLs[edit | edit source]

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

Former System Specifications (2003-2017)[edit | edit source]

System Specifications
FACP: EST QuickStart QS1
FACP Location: Sobeys Entrance Vestibule
System Type: Single-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Date of last known Upgrade: 2012
Year Installed: 2003
Year Decommissioned: 2017

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building was protected by an EST QuickStart QS1 addressable fire alarm system. The panel was located in the Sobeys main entrance vestibule. The system ran EST's Signature addressable protocol, and the system coding was temporal.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

Most notification appliances in Sobeys were EST "Genesis" GC-HDVM horn/strobes (white, ceiling-mount, no lettering, set to 30cd).
The other tenants and some areas in Sobeys had EST "Genesis" G1R-HDVM horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, no lettering, set to 15cd).

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

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

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

None noticed, waterflow present.

Modules[edit | edit source]

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

EOLs[edit | edit source]

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

List of known activations[edit | edit source]

July 12, 2018 - alarm at around 10:54 AM, activated by a pull station in the Sobeys backroom after being hit by an object. Store was almost evacuated, cause found to be false as confirmed by manager and Calgary Fire Department. Alarm shut off after 20 minutes.