I am in a small town in Central Texas and we don't even have a Fire
Marshal even though they have adopted IFC. I was allowed to see the
riser at a local department store (5 years old) and it had NEVER been
inspected and didn't even have an original installation tag. When I
asked the manager about this I was simply told that it was "Corporates
Problem" not hers. She wasn't even the least bit interested. Such
ignorance is amazing!
On 11/24/2012 11:56 AM, Frank Herrick wrote:
Hopefully not !! ,
Your insurance rates are calculated on a properly installed and maintained
sprinkler system. My question is: Where was the local fire department when this
building had it's annual inspection, and did the FPC notify the AHJ that the
system had failed, as required by most fire codes?
Accidents are a chain of failures, if all this is true, there is a lot of
shared blame between all the parties involved.
If the insurance company did pay on this claim, I'd bet it was just a few cents
on the dollar.
My opinion only......
Capt. Frank J. Herrick
City of Leawood Fire Department
(Phone) 913-681-6788 x 26
(Fax). 913-681- 2399
On Nov 21, 2012, at 9:24, Bill Shipman <[email protected]> wrote:
A client posed an interesting question.
(1) Assume that your sprinklers were required by code.
(2) Your Insurance rate was based upon being fully sprinklered.
(3) Your system hadn't been inspected or properly maintained in several years.
(4) You have a fire and the building & contents are a total loss.
Would your insurance pay?
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