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On Apr 30, 2012, at 8:30 PM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > A fire alarm is an opportunity to be free. You can leave, do whatever you > want, and blame the "emergency." > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Douglas Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To hijack part of George's fine hi jack. I was at my first sprinkler >> class given by NFPA in Seattle. The fire alarm went off. Of all the >> AHJ's, contractor's, designer's, engineer's, only 1 or 2 left immediately. >> An announcement was made from the podium and the rest of us left. When >> the all clear was sounded, a person who had immediately left went to great >> detail to tell how disappointed he was that the rest of us sat in our >> chairs like fools. He was right, we were fools. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: George Church >> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:05 AM >> To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.**org <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: History Lesson - Spray Sprinklers become the Standard >> >> In our specialty freezer systems, we have less than 30 seconds to bring >> the four most remote sprinklers up to their operating pressure. Once they >> catch fire, the commodities in a freezer- and the freezer itself, depending >> on integrity of sheathing and interior insulation components, burn quite >> well. It would be tough to expect we'd be able to meet this >> performance-based design criteria with a manual system, BTW we've got trip >> time on the preaction valve down below 4 seconds..... >> >> Thom is fine, he routinely calls/emails to check my output. Its still >> strong. >> >> I'll tell you why I don't trust manual systems. On the eve of 9/11 my wife >> and I were finishing up dinner at about 10 PM when the FA sounded. Now >> you'd think on this particularly day, we'd have the most awesome awareness >> of death and destruction, and maybe it would sink into people's heads that >> if you understand there could be a fire, it might be a good idea TO GET THE >> HECK OUT OF THE BUILDING!!! (or as Roland puts it, RUN LIKE HELL!!!) >> >> Nope, we were the ONLY people to get up and walk out. Further, we were >> alone, from what we could see, in the area surrounding the hotel tower that >> was atop the restaurant. Granted, the resort was about empty since the >> incoming AFSA convention had been cancelled- or was about to be, not many _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
