This needs to get in the news! Need as much positive press to help with the push for implementation of residential sprinklers in the IRC
Bring out the band and strike up a parade! Kevin Law, PE Bechtel National, Inc. Waste Treatment Project Fire Protection Engineering Work (509) 371-3280 Cell (509) 531-5715 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Church Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:19 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: success in PA We got a call just after midnight from a customer, please come over and change the sprinkler. A fire started in Lemont just outside State College PA (home of Penn State's extraordinary Nittany Lions) at the Alto Restaurant- an old victorian mansion- and one sprinkler activated and controlled the fire. Their washer was broken so they put their rags in a plastic bag and set it on the washer. About an hour after closing the bag caught fire. Our QR sprinkler went off shortly, and the only damage appears to be a scorched wall and window. The owner noted we saved his building and he's now delighted in his investment a few years ago. Events like this make all the due diligence of doing it correctly worthwhile. They DO work!!! There is an antifreeze system (50-50 premix) in the attic; this fire was doused by the wet system. Sorry,no ammo for the Research Project. Design was done for us by independent design firm Upright Sprinkler Design Company from Springdale outside Pgh. George L. Church, Jr. President Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. 7993 US Hwy 522 PO Box 407 Middleburg, PA 17842 570-837-7647 570-837-6335 fax [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)
