"Marioff officials said retrofitting existing homes and structures with the mist system is less expensive than installing traditional systems. When firefighters in Jefferson, Md. compared the two systems a few years ago during renovations, they went with the high-pressure mist. That choice saved them more than $100,000."
I call BS! How do you save 100K over a traditional sprinkler in a house unless Marioff pays the home owner to put in the water mist system. "When the high-pressure system activates, there is less water damage than with a regular system," explained Sonny Scarff, senior director for corporate fire protection at Marriott. Which takes me back to my original question: If the average total damage to a house equipped with a typical 13D system is around $2000.00 (NFPA numbers) then how much is the actual water damage clean-up part (you still get fire damage and smoke damage with water mist, as well as some water damage--which may be nearly the same anyways because the 3gpm when turned to steam will still saturate the sheetrock), and is it a significant factor when compared to the cost of the installation and the high maintenance? (Well, I guess it is if you're somehow saving 100K in install over a conventional system.) Folks, we need to be critical. As good as these systems work in small compartments, and especially when you have to haul your water, I find this demonstration disingenuous and self serving. Too much real information is left out and that hole allows the presented information to suggest a lot that isn't really shown in the demonstration. On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Richardson, R <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is some info: > > http://www.firehouse.com/news/top-headlines/mist-sprinklers-considerd-option-homes > > > Rich Richardson > Seattle Fire Department > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mist Systems Considered Option for Inside Homes > > Where can we find more information on these systems. > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > 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: AFT WA 4184/AFL-CIO, 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)
