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is the problem that false alarms [sic] are more common than actual fires?
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you don't fix the people.
you fix the problem.
false-alarms are one of the worst-problems i see with or industry.
voice evac is not the solution, it just treating the symptom.
i hazard 9 out 10 night club occupants will ignore a fire alarm,
unless they have smoke over their head. and frankly, i can not
blame them. "wolf" has been called too many times.
The risk of people dying in fire by ignoring the false alarm is real,
but pretty small. We have had a lot
of exposure years as "proof-in-the-pudding." The problem has
existed since about 2 years after the
cheap, single-station, single-dimensional, low-bid smoke detector
came out. it saves lives; it cry's "wolf" too. Multi-dimensional
detectors
are getting better, and less expensive. but false alarms are a huge
nuisance,
and that is the problem, not the people.
just because they make it, doesn't mean you should install it.
but go fight special interest groups.
and go ahead, make me look like a baby killer.
i didn't say take them out nurseries, day care and nursing homes.
but if you got QR sprinklers overhead in most other occupancies,
is the risk worth the cost of replacing a panel and detection
system every 12 years because the old equipment became
obsolete through design?
scot deal
excelsior fire
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