Fire Alarm/Mass Notification System Upgrade at Newnham, King, Markham and York Campus Locations Seneca College of Applied Arts

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Kirk Thordobson
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Mass Notification Systems (MNS)Whats the
BUZZ?Industrial Settings have had it for
years!
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Todays Agenda

• What is Mass Notification?
• Historical Events
• Codes
• Examples of System Configurations

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Definition Unified Facilities Criteria UFC
4-021-01
The capability to provide real-time information
to all building occupants or personnel in the
immediate vicinity of a building during emergency
situations
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Definition NFPA 72 -2007
A system used to provide information and
instructions to people, in a building, area site,
or other space.
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Definition NFPA 72 -2010Emergency
Communications System (ECS)
A system for the protection of life by indicating
the existence of an emergency situation and
communicating information necessary to facilitate
an appropriate response and action.
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Historical Events
Not just abroad, In Canada also.
Montreal Massacre, École Polytechnique Dec 6,
1989

• 14 Deaths, 27 women shot

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War on Terror
Shocked the world!
World Trade Centre Sept 11, 2001

• 2,752 Deaths, including
• 343 firefighters and 60 police

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The US military influence
Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia June 25, 1996

• 20 Deaths / 372 Injured

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Any Terrorist attack is Prominent!

• Nuclear
• Biological
• Chemical
• Shootings
• Sabotage

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Background to Mass Notification

• July 2002 - Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC)
  4-010-01 Design DoD Minimum Antiterrorism
  Standards for Buildings
• Goal All inhabited buildings to have terror
  resistant construction
• Includes requirement for Mass Notification

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Mass Notification in NFPA 72

• December 2002 - UFC 4-021-01 Design and Operation
  Maintenance of Mass Notification Systems
• Mass Notification System Guidelines, UFC
  4-021-01, Design and OM Mass Notification
  Systems

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Natural Dangers

• Weather
• Fire
• Vapour Clouds

Edmonton, Alberta July 31, 1987 27 deaths
Tornadoes

• Pine Lake, Alberta
• July 14, 2000
• 12 deaths

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EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

• Prior Planning
• Prevents
• Poor
• Performance

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Changes to NFPA 72

• June 2003 Air Force Civil Engineering Support
  Agency petitioned NFPA to develop a standard for
  Mass Notification.
• National Fire Alarm Code Technical Correlating
  Committee (NFAC TCC) was charged with the task
  of reviewing this request.

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Changes to NFPA 72

• NFAC TCC Task Group was formed February 2004.
• Subsequent meetings 2004 and 2005 led to the
  development of Annex E in the 2007 edition
  (originally identified as Annex G).

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Scope of Changes to NFPA 72 - 2007

• 7.12 Mass Notification Systems. See Annex E.
• New Annex E to provide guidance for the
  application, installation, location, performance,
  and maintenance of Mass Notification Systems

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NFPA 72 Annex E

• Preface
• Annex E is not part of the requirements of this
  NFPA document, but is included for informational
  purposes only.

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Review of Annex E

• The use of a single integrated combination
  system might offer both economic and technical
  advantages. In any case, coordination between
  system functions is essential.

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Virginia Tech massacre

• Highlighted need for communicating to large
  groups.
• MNS forefront.
• NFPA address of Emergency Communication Systems
  in the NFPA 2010.

Blacksburg Virginia, US April 16th, 2007

• 32 Deaths, 61 injured

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NFPA 72 -2010 Chapter 24 Emergency Communication
Systems (ECS)

• Purpose
• Protection of life, Indicate an emergency
  situation and Communicate information to
  facilitate an appropriate response and action.
• Includes
• Multi-threats

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NFPA 72 -2010 Chapter 24 Emergency Communication
Systems (ECS)

• Performance based design, seen in the ABC 2006.
• Requires intelligible voice messages
• Emphasizes - Integrity and Survivability
  Something the CAN/ULC fire alarm Standards have
  required for a long time.

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NFPA 72 -2010 Chapter 24 Emergency Communication
Systems (ECS)

• Allows Ancillary functions including fire alarm
  (FA) for general paging, background music, or
  other non-emergency functions.
• However, must not interfere with the FA or MNS.
• Must be constantly attended by trained personnel
  in the fire command centre, or equipment is
  installed to resist tampering and the system is
• Monitored for integrity.

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CAN/ULC-S524-01 4.5 Voice Communication Systems

• 4.5.1 C Fault detection and indication shall be
  maintained during the time a
  circuit is used for purposes not
  related to fire safety
• (i.e. general paging)

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Underwriters Laboratory
UL2572 Control and Communication Units for Mass
Notification Systems
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Underwriters Laboratory

• Standard first issued as interim listing. (August
  2008).
• Started as a set of requirements for connecting
  an external audio input to a Fire Alarm System.
• Addresses testing, construction, product
  markings,
• and installation requirements as well as
• Confirmation of operation.
• Target for End of 2011.

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Underwriters Laboratories Canada

• ULC invited to appoint a guest (non-voting)
  member with a goal of following up with a
  Canadian version.
• Formed new ULC Working Group under ULC
  Subcommittee on Control Units

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Underwriters Laboratories Canada

• Working Group Chair of the ULC S576 Committee,
  appointed as representative to UL 2572 (Mass
  Notification System Communication Control
  Units)
• Scheduled to start after
• completion of the UL 2572

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System Equipment and configurations
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Signals
Fire and MNEC speaker strobe
Remote VOIP
Fire and MNEC speaker strobe
Telephones
Wide Area Paging
Direct connect or LAN/WAN/Internet
PDA w/Event Mgmt Data
Dynamic Signs
Fire and MNEC speaker strobe
EST3 Audio and Detection Capability
Event Mgmt Software
EST3 Audio and Detection Capability
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Overview Mass Notification

• Requirements
• Fast response times
• May be local or global
• Notify occupants that an emergency exists
• Trigger large scale alert to reduce risk of
  injury or casualties
• Pre-recorded and live emergency messages should
  be available
• Operate from one or more locations
• Capable of interfacing to wide area systems

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System Configurations
Voice Only
Mass Notification System Types
Indoor Voice System
High Power Speaker Array
Interior Speakers
Exterior Building Mounted Speakers
Amber Strobes
Wired Communication Path
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System Configurations
Wide Area Notification
Mass Notification System Types
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Example Mass Notification

• Mass Notification System
• Fire Central Command Station (CCS) with Building
  Voice Evacuation Emergency Communication System
• Graphical User Interface workstation
• Workstations local Uninterruptible Power Supply
  
• Emergency Power Sub-panel
• Security Intruder Detection System Interface
• Duress Activators
• Indoor/Outdoor camera systems
• Weather System Interface
• Nuclear, biological, chemical, radiological,
  explotion sensors
• Interior wall and ceiling mount amber visual
  signal Strobes
• Audio Player Recorder (APR)

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Example Mass Notification

• Automated dialing systems
• Internet Protocol Server Interface (IPSI)
• Private Branch Exchange Telephone Interface (ITP)
• Wireless Cell phone interface
• Hand held Radio Network Interface, VHF,UHF
• Fax
• Email
• Instant Message (IM) Alerts, text
• Personal Alert System PAS
• Pager type
• Vibration
• Bed shaker

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Example Mass Notification

• Regional alerting System Interface
• Elevator Cab Paging Interface (ECPI-TP)
• Lighting Controller Interface (LCI-TP)
• Elevator Cab Paging Interface (ECPI-TP)
• Lighting Controller Interface (LCI-TP)
• Display signs
• Flat panel Video Displays
• Bollards, gates, contact closures
• Exterior weather proof combination amber visual
  and audible (Speaker Strobe units)
• Exterior weather proof High Power Giant Voice
  speaker arrays

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FireWorks Global Event Workstation

• Event monitoring workstation.
• Fire
• Security/Intrusion
• Other emergency inputs
• Mass Notification
• Graphical Interface
• Single or Multiple Workstations
• Video Control Interface
• Multi-Screen Displays

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Event Management System
Signals
Fire and MNEC speaker strobe
Remote VOIP
Fire and MNEC speaker strobe
Telephones
Wide Area Paging
Direct connect or LAN/WAN/Internet
PDA w/Event Mgmt Data
Dynamic Signs
Fire and MNEC speaker strobe
Event Mgmt Software
EST3 Audio and Detection Capability
Tying It All Together!
EST3 Audio and Detection Capability
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Thank You
Kirk Thordobson kthordobson_at_morrisonhershfield.com