Do you people ever sleep?

Todd G Williams, PE
Fire Protection Design/Consulting
Stonington, CT
860-535-2080
www.fpdc.com


On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Dwight Havens <[email protected]> wrote:

> Let's go back to the beginning of this thread, was it the AHJ or the owner's 
> representative who was requiring the sign, and was it in the job 
> specification, or required on a whim?
> 
> Dwught
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Greg McGahan <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: SIGN for Backflow Prevention Assembly Forward Flow Test -    
> MELTDOWN ALERT
> 
> 
> LOL well, Booby started the thread becasue we couldn't find a sign....we
> made one - done - close it up and go home.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Steve Leyton 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
>> I think this is different from the flushing thread, but my energy is
>> focused at this moment on the fact that emails bearing the subject, "
>> SIGN for Backflow Prevention Assembly Forward Flow Test" have been
>> coming into my mailbox for what now, 10 days?    The standard says what
>> it says.  My entrepreneurial self sees a business opportunity, as the
>> standard now requires that we sell an additional hour-and-a-half or two
>> of service.   The problem, as always, is that if you raise your proposal
>> by $175 or whatever it costs, the idiot competitor who gets the work
>> will not have included that.  So ... go to the level of enforcement.
>> Cold call the fire official and say, "Hey!   The standard requires this,
>> you (or the state) have adopted this standard, I'm trying to undertake
>> the prescriptive requirements that you are telling me to and I'm getting
>> killed out here."   Do what you can to get the enforcers to enforce,
>> tool up and then explain to your clients that the first pass at this
>> flow test may require a one-time modification of the system to create
>> the requisite connection.  And then SELL, SELL, SELL.
>> 
>> But let's at least change the name of the thread to something more
>> honest like, "Change makes us uncomfortable."
>> 
>> SML
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron
>> Greenman
>> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 3:02 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: SIGN for Backflow Prevention Assembly Forward Flow Test
>> 
>> Yeah Steve, like dribbling despite high or low residual pressure, or
>> good flow but big residual drop, or...but wait, those are reasons to
>> suspect impairment during the main drain test. I also notice in 25/11
>> you don't need to measure if the backflow is before a fire pump that's
>> has annual flows through a test header or test loop, nor do you have to
>> measure riser 2" or less if the backflow is at least that size. This is
>> sounding like another thread from today where an AHJ wants all the brand
>> new heads removed and inspected for damage because something might have
>> damaged them because pipe didn't have the outlets sealed before the
>> heads were attached.
>> So essentially this AHJ wants new heads replaced with new heads since
>> the book says toss 'em if you remove 'em. I had an AHJ want all single
>> shot heat detectors in a system heat tested, not because shorting the
>> contacts didn't prove the system, but because he wanted to make sure the
>> heat detectors worked. I'm off on a tangent but to come back I'm again
>> failing to see much utility in these details. If a main drain test is
>> good enough to prove that an alarm check or a single detector check out
>> at the street is working, why does it take some convoluted set of rules
>> full of exemptions to do the same thing for a backflow?
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Since my friction loss table has a multiplier for demands up to 335
>>> gpm I'm guessing that my 2" main drain can flow that much, and since
>>> it probably won't have too much loss from the main I'm good to 0.2
>>> over 1500 sqft or ordinary 2.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Greg McGahan
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Steve,
>>>> 
>>>> The probelm is how vague it is - some AHJs want flow Pitot'd, Some
>>>> say a 2"
>>>> main drain is fine for everything, some say prove the size before you
>> 
>>>> pull a permit....
>>>> 
>>>> I simple chart would be awesome - IN THE BOOK - so we have something
>>>> to point to.
>>>> 
>>>> Greg
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Steve Leyton
>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The required flow is the highest system demand.  This has been in
>> 25 for
>>>>> (somebody help me out here) at least two cycles, I believe?   You
>> can
>>>>> use the main drain if you can develop enough flow, you can modify
>>>>> the main drain connection possibly to create multiple connections,
>>>>> you can modify and existing riser, put a permanent or temporary
>>>>> valved connection on the downstream side of the backflow (interior
>>>>> or exterior) ... This AIN'T rocket science, y'all.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Steve L.
>>>>> Trippin' on da backflows
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>>>>> Of [email protected]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:23 PM
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Re: SIGN for Backflow Prevention Assembly Forward Flow
>>>>> Test
>>>>> 
>>>>> So basically, nobody has a clue what is really required or how to
>>>>> accurately measure how to properly "exercise" the backflow. Looks
>>>>> like 2" main  d rain test works for me until I'm told otherwise.
>>>>> I'll just keep the hose monster in the back of the truck just in
>> case.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> In a message dated 7/29/2013 5:18:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> [email protected] writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is  kind of like the story where a guy in a bar asks the
>>>>> shapely young thing on  the next barstool if she'd sleep with him
>>>>> for $100,000.00. She answers with  an enthusiastic yes. He then
>>>>> asks if she'd sleep with him for $10.00. Her  response is an
>>>>> indignant, "what do you take me for, a whore?"
>>>>> His reply is,  "we've already established that. Now we're just
>>>>> negotiating price."
>>>>> 
>>>>> This was an illustrative metaphor Steve, not a  dirty joke.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We've established that a forward flow is required. And
>>>>> surprisingly we've actually got a fairly definitive description of
>>>>> what  we're testing for by the committee in the next edition. To me
>> 
>>>>> it's in two parts though. First we're not testing so much as
>>>>> "exercising" a component,  which to me is a maintenance issue. In
>>>>> the process though we're also  testing as we're determining if said
>> component is working.
>>>>> But when you do  a "test" you need a standard of performance. That
>>>>> brings us to part 2 and  that standard appears to be "at system
>> demand."
>>>>> That requires a measurement  for verification and the comparative
>>>>> baseline standard. So, and to me  only, this new language is as
>>>>> convoluted as the old and doesn't give me a  clear directive. Am I
>>>>> exercising or comparing results, or both? Can I say  that a
>>>>> 15 head design, using nominal 1/2 inch orifices has a total surface
>> 
>>>>> area of
>>>>> 2.94 square inches and a nominal 2 inch main drain has a surface
>>>>> area of
>>>>> 3.14 square inches so I'll easily flow as much through my 2 inch
>>>>> main drain as system demand? Or do I have to calculate BOR flow
>>>>> demand,  test and measure (pitot or buckey) for flow there at
>>>>> acceptance for verification, and then do that same procedure each
>>>>> year for confirmation?  Or can I just see a good stream from the
>>>>> main drain, note the pressure are  consistent with the acceptance
>>>>> test and say,"That there no backlow thingie  is workin'
>>>>> just fine."?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Mark A.  Sornsin, P.E. <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Depends on  the edition of the standard a local jurisdiction has
>>>>>> adopted, as well  as any local amendments - but yes, forward flow
>> 
>>>>>> tests of the backflow  assembly are required by NFPA 13 and 25.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mark A. Sornsin, P.E.  | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire
>>>>>> Protection Engineer | Fargo, ND |  direct: 701.552.9905 | mobile:
>> 
>>>>>> 701.371.5759 |
>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.kfiengineers.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>   From: [email protected] [mailto:
>>>>>>   [email protected]] On Behalf Of
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 3:49 PM
>>>>>> To:  [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: SIGN for Backflow  Prevention Assembly Forward Flow
>>>>>> Test
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is this "forward flow  test" now part of the required code? I was
>> 
>>>>>> just
>>>>> 
>>>>>> on
>>>>> a
>>>>>> job the other  day. New Construction. I noticed that all the
>>>>>> systems had a  setup  with (2) 2 1/2" hose valves after the
>>>>>> backflow and alarm
>>>>> 
>>>>>> valve,
>>>>> in
>>>>>> addition to  the 2" main drain. I take it that these 2 1/2's  are
>> 
>>>>>> for this test?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In a message dated  7/29/2013 3:57:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> 
>>>>>> [email protected]  writes:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That  isn't what the intent of the code is as  stated.....just
>>>>>> flow at
>>>>> 
>>>>>> system demand. I can only speak for us, but we  do a LOT of
>>>>>> risers with
>>>>> only
>>>>>>   a 250 gpm or so demand...sometimes  even less.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> A 4" drain is well  over what we need to open  it up enough for
>>>>>> system
>>>>> 
>>>>>> demand. I would bet a 2"  drain gets  really close.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:52 PM,  David  Autry
>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>   Wouldn't it be easier, if  you have a 4" backflow preventer
>>>>>>> you run
>>>>> 4"
>>>>>>> out the wall, 3" BFP, 3"  out the wall, etc...
>>>>>>   > That should open her up all the  way.
>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>> David Autry
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Meininger Fire   Protection Inc.
>>>>>>> 2521 W L St. Suite No.4
>>>>>>> Lincoln,  Ne  68522
>>>>>>> Voice (402) 466-2616
>>>>>>> Fax (402) 466-2617
>>>>>>>   [email protected]
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>   -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From:  [email protected]
>>>>>>>    [mailto:[email protected]] On
>>>>>>> Behalf Of
>>>>>>   Greg
>>>>>>> McGahan
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:35  PM
>>>>>>> To:  [email protected]
>>>>>>>   Subject: Re: SIGN for Backflow  Prevention Assembly Forward
>>>>>>> Flow Test
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What would be simple and  helpful would be  a table similar to
>>>>>>> the
>>>>> one
>>>>>>> used for sizing fire pump   Suction/Discharge/Relief Valve
>> Piping
>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Since you  are not  measuring pressure, you could say 2" up to
>>>>>>> X gallons, 2.5" for Y  etc....
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A 2-1/2" Main  drain is much easier and cheaper than  some of
>>>>>>> the arrangments left / required on backflow  preventers.
>>>>>>   > Greg
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013  at  12:46 PM, Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>    <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Better but  it is  still interpretable as requiring a
>>>>>>>> measured flow  be established  (if using the main drain
>>>>>>>> location then the BOR
>>>>>>   > > design
>>>>>> data).
>>>>>>>> Then  you'd need a port  that flowed that much, main drain or
>> 
>>>>>>>> otherwise,  and  then measure your annual test against
>>>>>>>> anticipated
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> flow to  make
>>>>>>>   > sure you are meeting or exceeding the required  flow. Or am
>>>>>>> I missing
>>>>>>>> something? I'm pretty  certain that newer fire service  rated
>> 
>>>>>>>> backflows don't  fail any more often than normal FS checks,
>>>>>>>> and that  that type of failure is either catastrophic
>>>>>>>> (doesn't  open
>>>>> or  barely
>>>>>>>> opens) wouldn't a simple main drain test with   decent flow
>>>>>>>> demonstrate that the valve is working? just a  Forum
>>>>>>>> question as this is a done deal and I wasn't  invited to join
>> 
>>>>>>>> the  exclusive
>>>>>>>> 25 club.
>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Mon,  Jul 29, 2013 at 7:11  AM, Roland Huggins
>>>>>>>>    <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>   > the  next edition has been cleaned-up on this issue.
>>>>>>>   > >
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>> _____________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>> __
>>>>>>   >  > > 25-271
>>>>>>>> Log
>>>>>>>>> #CP15  Final Action:  Accept (13.6.2.1, 13.6.2.2  (New))
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> ____
>>>>>>>   >  Submitter:
>>>>>>>>> Technical Committee on  Inspection, Testing, and
>>>>>>>>> Maintenance of
>>>>>>>>   Water-Based
>>>>>>>>> Systems,
>>>>>>>   >  >
>>>>>>>>> Recommendation: Revise 13.6.2.1 to read as   follows:
>>>>>>>>> 13.6.2.1 All backflow preventers installed in  fire
>>>>>>>>> protection system piping shall be exercised  annually by
>>>>>>>>> conducting a forward flow test at a  minimum flow rate of
>> the  system design.
>>>>>>>>> Add new  13.6.2.2 and renumber subsequent  sections
>> accordingly:
>>>>>>>>   > 13.6.2.2 Where hydrants or inside hose  stations are
>>>>>>>> located
>>>>>>   > > > downstream of the backflow preventer,  the forward flow
>>>>>> test shall
>>>>>>>>> include hose stream demand.   Substantiation: This change
>> was
>>>>>>>>> needed to better  reflect  that the backflow preventer is
>>>>>>>>> not a
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> precise test whereby  the flow through it must be measured
>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>   > > > effort to exercise  the device at flows as near as  > >
>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>>>> to the  system demand.
>>>>>>   > > > Committee Meeting Action: Accept
>>>>>>>>   >  Number Eligible to Vote: 33
>>>>>>>>> Ballot Results:   Affirmative: 32 Negative: 1 Explanation
>> of
>>>>> Negative:
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>   > > RAY, R.: This proposal should have been  accepted in
>> principle:
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> wording
>>>>>>>   > > "at a minimum flow rate" is  confusing and should be
>> reworded.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> ____
>>>>>>>   >  > 25-272
>>>>>>>> Log
>>>>>>>>> #121 Final  Action:  Accept
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>   (13.6.2.1.1)
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ___________________________________________________________
>>>>>>>>> ____
>>>>>>>   >  Submitter:
>>>>>>>>> Roland J. Huggins, American Fire  Sprinkler  Association,
>> Inc.
>>>>>>>>> Recommendation:  Delete the following  text:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>   13.6.2.1.1 For backflow preventers  sized 2 in. (50 mm)
>>>>>>>>> and under, the forward flow test shall  be acceptable  to
>>>>>>>>> conduct without measuring flow, where the  test  outlet is
>>>>>>>>> of a size to flow the system
>>>>>>>   demand.
>>>>>>>>>   Substantiation: This section implies that  a measured flow
>> 
>>>>>>>>> is required for Backflow preventers  (BFP) larger than 2 in
>> 
>>>>>>>>> when nothing
>>>>>>>    > > in 13.6.2.1
>>>>>>>> states
>>>>>>>>> such  a  requirement. There are other means to identify
>>>>>>>>> that the
>>>>>>>   > > system demand is flowing through the BFP as discussed in
>>>>>>   > > > A.13.6.2.1
>>>>>>>   > > It also
>>>>>>>   > needs
>>>>>>>>> to be kept in mind that  we are simply  exercising the BFP
>>>>>>>>> to ensure it
>>>>>>>>    will
>>>>>>>>> fully open at approximately the system demand. A  high
>>>>>>>>> degree of accuracy regarding the volume of  water is not
>> warranted.
>>>>>>>>> Additionally, BFP's are  subjected to an annual  internal
>>>>>>>>> inspection as  part of the cross
>>>>>>>>   connection
>>>>>>>>>   protection program. Committee Meeting Action:  Accept
>>>>>>>>> Number
>>>>>>>   > > Eligible to Vote: 33 Ballot Results:  Affirmative: 33
>>>>>>   > > >
>>>>>>   >  > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > American Fire Sprinkler Assn.     ---     Fire Sprinklers
>> Saves
>>>>>>>   Lives
>>>>>>>>> Dallas,  TX
>>>>>>>>>   http://www.firesprinkler.org
>>>>>>>   >  >
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > On Jul 26, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Dwight  Havens
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>>   > > > Then they  ought to say that in the code language.
>>>>>>>>   >  >
>>>>>>>>>> Dwight
>>>>>>   > >  > >
>>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>>>    ________________________________
>>>>>>>>>> From: John  Denhardt  <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>   > To:  "[email protected]" <
>>>>>>>>   >  [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>   > Sent:  Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:07 PM
>>>>>>>>>>   Subject: RE: SIGN for  Backflow Prevention Assembly
>>>>>>>>>> Forward Flow
>>>>>>   > > > > Test
>>>>>>>   > > >
>>>>>>>>   > >
>>>>>>>>>> While I do  disagree to some extent  of what the NFPA 25
>>>>>>>>>> committee  has
>>>>>>   > > > done, Roland statement is correct.  I have had   numerous
>>>>>>>>> discussions with NFPA 25 committee members  where  they
>>>>>>>>> have stated the intent was to
>>>>>>   > >  exercise
>>>>>>>>> the device at near system  demand.  The key  word to me was
>>>>>> "Exercise".
>>>>>>>   > > >
>>>>>>>>>>   John
>>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>>> John August Denhardt, P.E.,  FSFPE  Strickland Fire
>>>>>>>>>> Protection
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Incorporated
>>>>>>   >  > > > 5113 Berwyn Road
>>>>>>>>>> College  Park, Maryland  20740 Office Telephone  Number:
>>>>>>>>>> 301-474-1136  Mobile Telephone Number:
>>>>>>>>   > > 301-343-1457 FIRE SPRINKLERS  SAVE LIVES - Can you live
>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>>>> them?
>>>>>>>>   >  >
>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>   >  > From: [email protected]
>>>>> [mailto:
>>>>>>>   > >  [email protected]] On Behalf
>> 
>>>>>>> Of Forest
>>>>>>>> Wilson
>>>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday,  July 25,  2013 2:42 PM
>>>>>>>>>> To:  [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> Subject:  Re:  SIGN for Backflow Prevention Assembly
>>>>>>>>>> Forward Flow
>>>>>>>>   > > Test
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Here is  an email on this  topic that Roland addressed in
>> 
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>> past:
>>>>>>>   > > >
>>>>>>>>   > > Im not going to say it was  one of those casual
>>>>>>>> assumptions that
>>>>>>>>>   > all systems are calculated nor that all risers  have
>>>>> placards.
>>>>>>>>>> The main thing to keep in mind   that the intent is
>> simply to
>>>>>>>>>> fully EXERCISE the  BFP at  what os expected to be the
>>>>>>>>>> system
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> demand.  If no  data available, a discussion with the AHJ
>> 
>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>   > > > > warranted.  As for
>>>>>>>   > > >  benchmarks, only the flow is pertinent and pressure is
>>>>>>    irrelevant.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>   Roland
>>>>>>>>   > >
>>>>>>>>>> On Dec  22, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Matthew J.  Willis wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>   > >  >>> On a more important matter: If a system was
>>>>>>> retrofitted
>>>>> with
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>> backflow,
>>>>>>>   > > >>  and
>>>>>>>>>>>> there is no  hydraulic calc plaque attached  to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> riser, and
>>>>>>>>>   >>> NFPA requires forward flow  testing of backflows, how
>>>>>>>>> can you
>>>>>>>>>>>> conduct the  test without a  benchmark to test against?
>>>>>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>>   > > > >>> What is the recommended practice  in this  scenario?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Forest Wilson
>>>>>>>   >  > >
>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>   > > >  >
>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 25, 2013, at  12:16 PM, Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>   >  >
>>>>>>>>>>> Then subjective good flow  demonstrates a  working
>>>>>>>>>>> valve? If so all  the numbers bantered  around are
>> pretty meaningless.
>>>>>>>>   > >>
>>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 25,  2013 at 8:07  AM, Forest Wilson
>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>   >  >>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>>   > >>> The  intent is not to pitot the output but to exercise
>> 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>> valve.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   Sent from my  iPhone
>>>>>>>>>    >>> On Jul 25, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Ron Greenman   >>>
>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>   > > wrote:
>>>>>>>   > > >>>
>>>>>>>>   > >>>> Forest. What were  you flowing to discover these
>>>>> failures?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Main
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>> drain
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>  some special test header? Would a sign with the
>>>>>>>> data
>>>>>>>>>>>>> requested
>>>>>>>>    > >>>> by
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>  customer that started this thread have had any
>>>>>>>>> utility in  >>>> helping
>>>>>>>>   you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>   discover the  problem?
>>>>>>>>>    >>>> Then back to that perennial question of what's a
>>>>>>>>> "full flow
>>>>>   "
>>>>>>>>>>>>> test
>>>>>>>>   and
>>>>>>>>>   >>> how
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> do you do one? I think  Roland said the intent was to
>> 
>>>>>>>>> flow an equivalent
>>>>>>>   > >  >>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the design   discharge criteria. How do you do this?
>> Do we
>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> a
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> pitot  somewhere on the system? Do we catch and
>>>>>>>>> measure
>>>>>>>>>>>>> discharge? If so,  from
>>>>>>   > > > >>>> where? How do we arrange the test   port(s)? Do we
>> flow
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> design
>>>>>>   > >  area
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> simulate it  elsewhere? Do we need results of at
>>>>>>>>> least  or
>>>>>>>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>>>>    >>>> flow
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>  right on the money flow? If not either of those how
>>>>>>>>> do we
>>>>>> judge?
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>
>>>>>>>   > > >>>> Doesn't the hydraulic  data plate note the  required
>>>>>>> psi per
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the   calcs
>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>>>   the
>>>>>>>>   > >>>> BOR and the static? Isn't  the difference the
>>>>>>>> residual drop at  > >>>> that
>>>>>>>>>   point
>>>>>>>   > > >>>> relative to the design area? Wouldn't  a main  drain
>>>>>>> with good
>>>>>>>>>>>>> flow
>>>>>>>>   at  a
>>>>>>>>>>>> psi
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> around  the BOR rating, and returning to close to the
>> 
>>>>>>>>> noted  >>>> static
>>>>>>>>   when
>>>>>>>>>>>>>   terminated suggest a fully  open valve, or an
>>>>>>>>>>>>> adequately open
>>>>>>>>>    >>>> valve
>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>> UG is oversized? In the latter case the  partially
>>>>>> open valve
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>   >>> equivalent
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> to fully  open for the system I just described. Am I
>>>>>>>>> missing
>>>>>>>>   something
>>>>>>>>>>>> here?
>>>>>>>   >  > >>>> An erroneous a priori? My understanding of
>> hydraulics
>>>>> wrong?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Main
>>>>>>>   > >  drains
>>>>>>>>>>>>> are too small  to simulate the result  of all design
>>>>>>>>>>>>> area
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> heads
>>>>>>>> flowing
>>>>>>>>>   as
>>>>>>>   > > >>>> the water passes through the  BOR?
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> On Thu, Jul 25,  2013 at 7:34 AM, Forest Wilson <
>>>>>>>   >  [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>   >  > > >>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>> I still have  the check valve from a Ames that
>>>>>>>>> failed to
>>>>> open.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>> It was  jammed shut, discovered when I was called
>>>>>>>>> out because
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>   >  >>> couldn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   do the fire pump  test.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>> In  another case, I tested a backflow and it failed
>>>>>>>>> (on a
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Buy
>>>>>>>>>   >>>  store).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I  opened the valve up and the  check was damaged,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would only
>>>>>>>   > > >>>>> open  a
>>>>>>>>>   >>> third.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from  my  iPhone
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>> On Jul 24, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Ron  Greenman  > >>>>>
>> 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>> Worked well for plumbing and process  piping
>>>>>>>> applications
>>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>   are
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>>> constantly being  exercised.
>>>>>>>   > > >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On  Wed,  Jul 24, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Dwight Havens <
>>>>>>>>   >  [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> I do remember the ones with the rods in the
>> center
>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> valve
>>>>>>>   > > being
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>>>> particularly  poor.
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> Dwight
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>  ________________________________
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>>> From: Ron Greenman   <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>  To:  [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:25 PM
>>>>>>   >  > > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: SIGN for  Backflow  Prevention
>>>>>> Assembly
>>>>>>> Forward
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>  Flow
>>>>>>>>> Test
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> By  the mid-nineties you have the early Ames
>>>>>>>>> models
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> purpose
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>>> built
>>>>>>>>>   for
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> sprinklers  readily available, but many units
>>>>>>>>> being installed
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>   >  > > still
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   not
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> listed for fire  service as many jurisdictions
>>>>>>>>> don't consider
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>   >  > fire
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>>> a fire line until after the  backflow, and a n
>>>>>> on-listed
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> device is
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>> cheaper
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> than a listed one. Plus many go back to the
>>>>> seventies
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>   used
>>>>>>>   > > >>>>> weights
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> instead of springs and complicated lever  systems
>> 
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> joining  >>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>> clappers
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> and weights. Wish I could post a picture.
>>>>>>   >  > > >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> On  Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Dwight  Havens <
>> 
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>   > > >>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> Give me a time frame. My best recollection  is
>>>>>>>>> the mid
>>>>>> '90's.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>> Dwight
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>>   >  > >>>>>>>> From: Ron Greenman   <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> To:  [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:12 PM
>>>>>>   >  > > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: SIGN for  Backflow  Prevention
>>>>>> Assembly
>>>>>>> Forward
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>  Flow
>>>>>>>>>   Test
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>> Were these the plumbing type  before fire
>>>>>>>> service listed
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>  devices
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>> existed.
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Dwight   Havens
>> <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>   > >  > >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> Yes, yes, and yes.  The  original  proposal was
>> 
>>>>>>>>> based on  >>>>>>>>>  observed  >>>>>>> failures
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>>> of BFPAs to operate properly during   main
>> drain
>>>>> testing.
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> Glendale, AZ public library  specifically
>>>>>>>>> comes to
>>>>> mind.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>>>>> Dwight
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>   >  > > >>>>>>>>> From: Todd  Williams  <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>>  To:  "[email protected]" <
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>>  [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:32   PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re:  SIGN  for Backflow Prevention
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Assembly
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>> Forward
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> Flow
>>>>>>>>> Test
>>>>>>   > >  > >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> Has there ever been an instance of  system
>>>>>>>>> failure due to  >>>>>>>>>  the  >>> backflow
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> properly opening? How about detection  of  a
>>>>>>>>> BFP problem  >>>>>>>>> during  a  full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   flow
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>>>>>> test. How about   something subsequent to the
>> initial
>>>>>>> acceptance?
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>> Todd G Williams, PE
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>>> Fire Protection  Design/Consulting  Stonington,
>> 
>>>>>>>> CT
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>>  860-535-2080
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>>  www.fpdc.com
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>   > er.org
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> Instructor
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> Fire Protection Engineering Technology  Bates
>>>>>>>>> Technical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   College
>>>>>>>   > > >>>>>>>> 1101 So.  Yakima Ave.
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>>>>>  Tacoma, WA 98405
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>  http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> 253.680.7346
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> 253.576.9700 (cell)
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> Member:
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>>>>>>>>> NIBS, WSAFM,  >>>>>>>> WFC,
>>>>>>>   > WFSC
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>> They are happy men whose natures sort  with
>>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>> vocations.
>>>>>>>>> -Francis
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>>> Bacon,
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>> essayist, philosopher, and  statesman
>>>>>>>> (1561-1626)
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>   _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>> in
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>>>>>>>   > er.org
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>  --
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>> Instructor
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> Fire Protection Engineering Technology  Bates
>>>>>>>>> Technical
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   College
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>>>> 1101 So.  Yakima Ave.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> Tacoma,  WA 98405
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>>>>  [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>>>  http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> Member:
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>> 
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>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>> They are happy men whose natures sort with  their
>>>>> vocations.
>>>>>>>>> -Francis
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>  Bacon,
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>> essayist, philosopher,  and statesman  (1561-1626)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>   > er.org
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>>>>>>>> in
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>>>>>>>   > er.org
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>   > >  >>>>>> Instructor
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>  Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates
>>>>>>>>> Technical
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   College
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   1101 So. Yakima  Ave.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tacoma, WA   98405
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>>> [email protected]  >  >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>  http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    253.680.7346
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   253.576.9700  (cell)
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>  Member:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   ASEE, SFPE,  ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WSAFM,
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>> WFC,
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>> WFSC
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They  are  happy men whose natures sort with their
>>>>> vocations.
>>>>>>>   >  -Francis
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bacon,
>>>>>>   > > >  >>>>>> essayist, philosopher, and  statesman  (1561-1626)
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>>   _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>   >  > > >>>
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>>>>>>>> in
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>>>>>>>   > er.org
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>>>>>> rin
>>>>>>   > > kl
>>>>>>>   > er.org
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>
>>>>>>   > > > >>>>
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>> Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>  Instructor
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fire  Protection Engineering  Technology Bates
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Technical
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> College
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1101  So.  Yakima Ave.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tacoma, WA  98405
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>  [email protected]  >>>>  >>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 253.680.7346
>>>>>>   > >  > >>>> 253.576.9700 (cell)
>>>>>>>>   >  >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Member:
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA,  AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS,
>>>>>>>>> WSAFM, WFC,
>>>>>>>>   > >>>> WFSC
>>>>>>>>>    >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> They are happy men  whose  natures sort with their
>>>>> vocations.
>>>>>>>>>   >>>>  -Francis
>>>>>>>>>>>>   Bacon,
>>>>>>>>>   >>>> essayist, philosopher,  and statesman (1561-1626)
>>>>>>>>   > >>>>  _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>   > > kl
>>>>>>>   > er.org
>>>>>>>>>   >>>
>>>>>>>   > >  >>
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>    --
>>>>>>>>>>> Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>>>   >>  Instructor
>>>>>>>>>>> Fire Protection  Engineering Technology  Bates Technical
>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> College
>>>>>>>>>   >> 1101 So. Yakima  Ave.
>>>>>>>>>>> Tacoma, WA  98405
>>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>>>>   [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>   > > >>  http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>>>>   > > >>
>>>>>>>   > > >> 253.680.7346
>>>>>>   > > > >> 253.576.9700  (cell)
>>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>>>> Member:
>>>>>>>   > >  >> ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS,
>>>>>>> WSAFM,
>>>>> WFC,
>>>>>>> WFSC
>>>>>>>>>   >> They are happy  men whose natures sort with their
>>>>> vocations.
>>>>>>>>>>>   -Francis
>>>>>>>>   > Bacon,
>>>>>>>>>>> essayist,  philosopher, and  statesman (1561-1626)
>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>   > >
>>>>>>>   >  --
>>>>>>>> Ron Greenman
>>>>>>>> Instructor
>>>>>>>   > Fire  Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical
>>>>>>> College
>>>>>>>> 1101  So. Yakima Ave.
>>>>>>>> Tacoma,  WA 98405
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>   [email protected]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>   http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>>>>   >  253.680.7346
>>>>>>>> 253.576.9700 (cell)
>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   Member:
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>>>>>>   > > They are happy men whose natures sort with  their
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>>>>>>>> -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and   statesman
>> (1561-1626)
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>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Greg   McGahan
>>>>>>> Living Water Fire Protection, LLC
>> <http://www.livingwaterfp.com>
>>>>>>> 1160 McKenzie Road
>>>>>>   >  Cantonment, FL 32533
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Greg McGahan
>>>>>> Living  Water Fire Protection, LLC
>>>>>> <http://www.livingwaterfp.com>
>>>>>>   1160 McKenzie Road
>>>>>> Cantonment, FL  32533
>>>>>>   850-937-1850
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>>>>> Instructor
>>>>> Fire Protection Engineering  Technology Bates Technical College
>>>>> 1101 So. Yakima Ave.
>>>>> Tacoma, WA  98405
>>>>> 
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 253.680.7346
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>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> 1160 McKenzie Road
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>>> Instructor
>>> Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College
>>> 1101 So. Yakima Ave.
>>> Tacoma, WA 98405
>>> 
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
>>> http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>>> 
>>> 253.680.7346
>>> 253.576.9700 (cell)
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>>> Member:
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>>> 
>>> They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis
>>> Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Ron Greenman
>> Instructor
>> Fire Protection Engineering Technology
>> Bates Technical College
>> 1101 So. Yakima Ave.
>> Tacoma, WA 98405
>> 
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/
>> 
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>> 253.576.9700 (cell)
>> 
>> Member:
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>> 
>> They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis
>> Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)
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