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| System Specifications |
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| FACP: Edwards EST3 FACP Location: Front Office System Type: Conventional System Line Voltage: 120VAC NAC Voltage: 70.7VRMS (audible) 24VDC (visual) System Coding: ALARM 1 (Bogen Multicom) Strobes Synchronized: No Date of last known Upgrade: 2010s Year Opened: 1988 |
West Villages Elementary School is an elementary school located at 760 Osterville West Barnstable Rd, Marstons Mills, MA. It was built in 1988, and the fire alarm system was upgraded several times, with almost all of speaker/strobes being original.
System Specifications (1988-present)
FACP
The building is protected by an Edwards EST3 conventional fire alarm system. The panel is located in the main office. The system is equipped with voice-evacuation. The alarm tone is not generated by the panel, but the Bogen Multicom 2000 intercom system connected by a relay. The Multicom 2000 is set to ALARM 1, a fast whoop tone.
Annunciators
There is a graphic annunciator outside the school, made by space age.
Notification Appliances
Most notification appliances are the original Edwards 896B-001 speaker/strobes (red, wall-mount, 70V, 0.2cd).
Some areas have EST 765-7A-006 speaker/strobes (red, wall-mount, 15/75cd).
There are Wheelock E70-24MCW speaker/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to 15cd) as deficiency replacements.
The Multicom also sounds the alarm over the school’s public address system.
Initiating Devices
Pull Stations
All pull stations are Edwards 270-SPO conventional pull stations.
Automatic Detection Devices
There are Edwards 6250 conventional ionization smoke detectors throughout the school.
There are also System Sensor “i3” conventional photoelectric smoke detectors as deficiency replacements.