Correction: His comments were in the context of defending an HOA (luxury seniors-only community) that was fighting a proposed high-rise ordinance that would have required sprinklers to be retrofitted to their building. He said that sprinklers are great, but that this isn't the best application for them. Imagine that, a 13 TC member going on TV to say that tall buildings filled with old people aren't the best application for residential sprinklers. Unbeevable.
Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ParsleyConsulting Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fire Service College Fire: All 11 appliances lost You're making that up, he really didn't say that. I've warned you about that over-active imagination of yours in the past, George. Reminds me of something Steve Leyton and I heard said out here in San Diego, where a member of the NFPA-13 committee said on a news report that he didn't think sprinklers in a residential high rise would have any value. And no, I'm not making that up. -- PARSLEY CONSULTING Ken Wagoner, SET 760.745.6181 voice 760.745.0537 fax [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> e-mail www.ParsleyConsulting.com <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com> website George Church wrote: > But if you'd had sprinklers when the ambulance burned, you'd have had > to not > only re-carpet, and likely a lot more of it, but also the bottom couple > inches of drywall would likely have needed replacement as well. > > Understand during the PA IRC hearings, a home builder who's a rural fire > chief noted that since it takes them 15 to 20 minutes to get to a fire, > sprinklers activated would continue to spray water on the > assumably-suppressed fire, causing water damage! Sure, delayed FD response > and resultant excessive water damage would be top of my list of why > I'd let > my house burn down instead of risking having to dry things out..... almost > went home and shut mine off right after the hearings..... > > glc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Cahill > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Fire Service College Fire: All 11 appliances lost > > Had this happen to my station once. Ambulance burned. The only reason we > didn't lose more than that was 1. The cable guy working out front noticed > the smoke in the early stages and 2. It was a after a drill and one of the > fire trucks was fully staffed at the local Perkins ~ 1 mile away. Had they > not been there probably would have been another 10 minutes waiting for > help > from our friends. Ambulance was a total loss, had to repaint the entire > building and re-carpet but not much more. > > Unfortunately, these things are far more common than you know. Food on > stove is common enough in paid houses 'cuz they run out for a call and > forget to turn the stove off. I can think of fire stations in MN that have > a fire every couple years. We're not a big place. And I'm sure I don't > know the half of it. > > Chris Cahill, P.E. > Fire Protection Engineer > Sentry Fire Protection, Inc. > > 763-658-4483 > 763-658-4921 fax > > Email: [email protected] > > Mail: P.O. Box 69 > Waverly, MN 55390 > > Location: 4439 Hwy 12 SW > Waverly, MN 55390 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stewart > Kidd > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Fire Service College Fire: All 11 appliances lost > > Colleagues > > For once, I find myself a loss for words and I'm n sure whether to > laugh or cry ! > > The FSC is government-owned and is the UK's principle fire training > centre. The fire destroyed (I am told) all of the colleges fire trucks. > > Stewart > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8053733.stm > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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) __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4083 (20090518) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4083 (20090518) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 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)
