Fire Alarm Systems in Sports Venues

Fire Alarm General Discussion
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I know that there’s already a topic for systems in buildings, but I figured this would be a fun one to add.

Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada
Panel: EST3 (has Voice Evac, installed in 2013 due to damage from flood, replaced an older EST3, which in turn replaced a 6500)
Pulls: Mix of Edwards 270-GAO and SIGA-270P
Signals: Edwards/GS 5547-15R speakers (on concourse and in some areas of the seating bowl), EST Genesis Strobes/Horn strobes (event level, also installed in 2013 due to flood), Edwards 965-1A-8RW Speakers (Club level Concourse), Atlas Sound Horn speakers (unknown model, hanging from catwalk)

Staples Center, LA
Panel: Firecom (apparently each panel is custom built. I’m thinking the main control panel is a GCP-70, but am unsure about the rest of the components)
Pulls: Firecom F900-940 (rebranded Wheelock/Bosch T-bars)
Signals: Wheelock ET70-24-MCW Speaker/Strobes (rebranded by Firecom)

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Panel: Simplex 4100+
Pulls: Simplex 4099-9004CA
Signals: Simplex 4903-9148, and 4903 Speakers (could not find the model, both are white)

Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
Panel: Notifier NFS2-3030C
Pulls: Notifier NBG-12LX
Signals: Wheelock LSM Strobes (audible signals most likely come from the PA system)

T-Mobile Field, Seattle
Panel: Simplex 4100+
Pulls: Simplex 4099-9004CA
Signals: Simplex 4903-9148 (interior areas), Wheelock ET1010-R, Wheelock WM (outside)

Oracle Park
Panel: Unknown
Pulls: None
Signals: Wheelock ET70-24-LSM

McMahon Stadium, Calgary, AB
Panel: Notifier NFS2-3030C
Pulls: Notifier MPS-950B, Edwards 270-SPO (left over from previous system, which was most likely a 6500)
Signals: System Sensor P1224MC

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, AB
Panel: EST3
Pulls: Edwards SIGA-270P
Signals: Edwards/GS MB10-24 on Integrity Strobe plates

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I know that there’s already a topic for systems in buildings, but I figured this would be a fun one to add.

Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada
Panel: EST3 (has Voice Evac, installed in 2013 due to damage from flood, replaced an older EST3, which in turn replaced a 6500)
Pulls: Mix of Edwards 270-GAO and SIGA-270P
Signals: Edwards/GS 5547-15R speakers (on concourse and in some areas of the seating bowl), EST Genesis Strobes/Horn strobes (event level, also installed in 2013 due to flood), Edwards 965-1A-8RW Speakers (Club level Concourse), Atlas Sound Horn speakers (unknown model, hanging from catwalk)

Staples Center, LA
Panel: Firecom (apparently each panel is custom built. I’m thinking the main control panel is a GCP-70, but am unsure about the rest of the components)
Pulls: Firecom F900-940 (rebranded Wheelock/Bosch T-bars)
Signals: Wheelock ET70-24-MCW Speaker/Strobes (rebranded by Firecom)

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Panel: Simplex 4100+
Pulls: Simplex 4099-9004CA
Signals: Simplex 4903-9148, and 4903 Speakers (could not find the model, both are white)

Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
Panel: Notifier NFS2-3030C
Pulls: Notifier NBG-12LX
Signals: Wheelock LSM Strobes (audible signals most likely come from the PA system)

T-Mobile Field, Seattle
Panel: Simplex 4100+
Pulls: Simplex 4099-9004CA
Signals: Simplex 4903-9148 (interior areas), Wheelock ET1010-R, Wheelock WM (outside)

Oracle Park
Panel: Unknown
Pulls: None
Signals: Wheelock ET70-24-LSM

McMahon Stadium, Calgary, AB
Panel: Notifier NFS2-3030C
Pulls: Notifier MPS-950B, Edwards 270-SPO (left over from previous system, which was most likely a 6500)
Signals: System Sensor P1224MC

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, AB
Panel: EST3
Pulls: Edwards SIGA-270P
Signals: Edwards/GS MB10-24 on Integrity Strobe plates

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Update: I believe that Staples Center’s panel is a Firecom 8500, much like the one at the WTC building 7.

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About the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, it is not at all a Firecom 8500.

When you mentioned “GCP-70,” you’re referring to the control module itself on the panel (GCP-70 | Control Panel | Firecom).

As for the system itself, I have two hypothesizes:
1. it is a Life Safety Net (LSN) 2000 because the convention centre itself was built in 1999, a couple years after Firecom released the LSN 2000.
2. it was at one point an 8500, but an LSN 2000 was retrofitted into the panel case.

As for the pulls and notification appliances themselves, they are modern, represent your average modern Firecom system, and could have previously been replacement alarms.

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An Edwards 6500? Was there bells at all or is this all voice evac? I wonder if they had an Edwards 6700 with it.