Inspire Family Fellowship- Bismarck, ND
I was here today for one of my school’s band ensemble events. I thought the FA system was quite interesting so I wanted to share it.
Panel- Probably a Potter AFC-100 with an EVAX panel or an AFC 1000-V (would be quite excessive).
Notification Appliances- Mostly what appear to be EST integrity horn/strobes. They also have EST integrity remote strobes, at least one Potter S-24 replacement. For the voice evac parts they have Potter SPKSTR-24CLP ceiling mount speaker/strobes that I saw and probably some SPKSTR-24WLP wall mount speaker/strobes somewhere.
Pull Stations- Edwards 270-SPO pull stations (some are very old) and unbranded chevron pull stations (also look very old).
Smoke Detectors- System Sensor 2100 detectors, at least one i3, and Potter PAD200-PD addressable detectors in at least one small renovated part that I saw.
Based on what I saw, I’m assuming that this building was originally built in the mid 1900’s with an AC system with the chevron pull stations. At some point not long after, the building was added onto but got Edwards devices including the 270-SPO’s. In the 90’s, the system was upgraded to a newer EST system. Recently, the EST panel and some devices were replaced by my local Potter dealer.
This type of system with older EST devices on other brand’s modern panels is actually quite common in my area. This is because EST was pretty common in my area in the 80’s-90’s but isn’t all that common anymore.
In my area, Potter seems to have filled the part of the market that Fire-Lite (or maybe Silent Knight) fills in most areas.