Scott: Sure it floats! And it's also prudent to recognize the limitations of what we do.
There will always be structures and products, and facilities for which there is no effective "Sprinkler solution" It's not that "Nothing" can protect boats. It's that "Nothing Affordable" is available to protect boat rack storage at this time. If you put 100 boats in 100 concrete bunkers, with sufficient separation, you can just about guarantee that if one catches fire the other 99 will survive. But at what cost? This is a situation where the Owner and his Underwriter, need to decide on the appropriate level of protection as well as what they are trying to protect. Then the Underwriters need to establish the protection that list of requirements necessitates. Since there is no "Code" basis for any design or requirement, this becomes an issue for both the Owner and underwriter to establish the level of protection both are willing to accept and can afford. This may end up being that all owners of boats stored in this facility sign an indemnification and hold harmless release. Or it may be that combined with an alarm system, or maybe a standpipe system will be added to the list or even a high expansion foam system. Will any of these save all of the boats and the structure in all fire scenario's? NO WAY! But may they save some of the boats or some of the structure in some fire situations? Probably. How much did it cost? How much did it reduce the potential loss or risk? That's what actuaries and insurance engineers are there for, USE THEM! Thom McMahon, SET Firetech, Inc. 2560 Copper Ridge Dr P.O. Box 882136 Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 Tel: 970-879-7952 Fax: 970-879-7926 Subject: Boat Storage we should offer him something. Completely indemnify yourself, but to say there is "nothing" that can protect boats when we just got through glorifying sprinklers in compartments, don't float. scot deal excelsior fire engineering _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
