I'd suggest NFPA as the best source for this. Problem is, there is no nationwide clearinghouse recording this data like our friends Down Under have, so many of our "saves" are buried on page 72 of the newspaper, as in "Sprinkler system floods building" and in the last para they mention- oh, there was a fire.... but they ignore that the building was saved.
Another source would be FM Global, or other major risk insurers. I'm trying to recall where I read that 70% of fires spkrs failed to control were caused by improperly closed valves- NFPA source, don't recall where it was published, tho. Along that line of thought, tho- when PA came out of the early 80's BOCA and into the I-Codes world in April, 2004, I asked L&I if they were intending to require compliance with #25 via IBC ref to 13 ref to 25; the answer was that the intent of the legislature was specifically NOT to require any ITM with the new Uniform Construction Code based on IBC. (sigh) glc -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg McGahan Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: technical issue You guys are great, sometimes abrupt, sometime too silly, but great. I appreciate and enjoy most of the forum...Thanks, I need to know if anyone has statistics that show any data related to sprinkler system failure due to poor maintenance - for a small in house class I am doing btw. Thanks for your help. Greg McGahan Operations Manager Living Water Fire Protection 1160 McKenzie Road P.O. Box 877 Cantonment, Florida 32533 (850) 937.1850 | Fax (850) 937.1852 | Cell (850) 554.3231 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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 [email protected] http://fireball.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)
