What Jerry said. I was working in an electrical supply house when the requirement came in and you should have heard the screaming. And they were expensive then. 1974 and over $100.00 for the device and over $10.00 for the special battery. Only one was needed then. Shortly thereafter one became required for each level. I suspect there's some stuff available from Richard Patton.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Matthew J. Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > Was just looking over that LOL. I liked this paragraph... > > > > "If fire consciousness could be instilled in Americans, > > then one could envision the day when every > > American home will have its own automatic fire > > department: an alarm that rescues the family and > > automatically activates the extinguishers that put > > out the fire. Then thousands of lives would be > > saved every year, millions of dollars of the Nation's > > resources would be saved from ruin, hospitals > > could be emptied of beds for burn and smoke > > injury patients, fire departments could be pared > > to a fraction of their present size, and fire insurance > > might he as cheap as dog licenses." > > > Page 125 of a report presented to the President 4 May 1973 > > > For what its worth David, there was a member of NAHB on Each of the "America > Burning" reports. Seems they must have agreed at some level back then ??? > > R/ > Matt > > > > Matthew J. Willis, CET > Automatic Fire Sprinklers > Norred Fire Systems L.L.C. > 318-387-1134 Voice > 318-816-1087 Mobile > 318-387-1163 Facsimile > [email protected] > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [email protected] [mailto:sprinklerforum- >> >[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] >> >Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:49 PM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: NAHB opposition to smoke alarms Reply >> > >> >David et al: >> > >> >Greeting from Santa Fe (NM)...Sorry, David, I do not have access to >> >documents regarding NAHB position on Smoke Detectors circa early 1970's - >> >but I >> >believe I can "paraphrase", to wit: 1) They are EXPENSIVE!! 2) They are >> >unsightly!!! 3) New homes don't BURN! >> >4) The cost will hurt new home sales...The same rhetoric they are using >> >today with residential fire sprinklers...Many do not remember that this >> >all >> >started during the NIXON Administration with the Presidential Committee >> >on Fire >> >in America ("America Burning") when we were losing some 1,000 to 1,200 >> >people per MONTH in home fires. The Report to the President has three >> >recommendations that stand out even today - 1) Installation of smoke >> >detectors, 2) >> >Education and 3) Residential Fire Sprinklers. That was almost FORTY years >> >ago. >> > >> >It appears there is still much work to be done to get this implemented. >> >It >> >appears the NAHB are the only ones "in the know" that fire sprinklers >> >aren't >> >wanted or needed?? Some things never change... >> > >> >Regards to all. >> > >> >Jerry D. Watts, SFPE >> >President >> >ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd. >> >Santa Fe/Albuquerque New Mexico >> >e: [email protected] >> >(800) 503.1961 >> >_______________________________________________ >> >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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC _______________________________________________ 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)
