It's unfortunate that two fire fighters were injured, but the article doesn't say any residents were. Being a 13R system it did it's job. Everyone egressed the building. Imagine what the losses would have been without the sprinklers.
Thanks, Eric Tysinger CET NICET 108988 Designer Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Inc. 4370 Motorsport Drive Concord, NC 28027 p: (704)782-3032 f: (704)795-6838 C: (239)633-9703 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Watt Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Sprinklered apartment building burns Here's a story from my part of the world. Sprinklered 3-story apartment building burned. According to the article the sprinklers did operate, however, I assume the attic was not covered. "Of the first fiery moments, residents of the building remembered long moments of pandemonium and terror. Alarms rang loudly and sprinklers sprayed over their heads." http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/news_display/136970312.html _______________________________________________ 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)
