A rural detention center I worked on found one inmate that did not fear the rule, activated the sprinkler next to the upper bunk and sent him to the floor when the fire pump doused him with pond water. Word spread > don't mess with the sprinklers. Art -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Type of fire protection system for detention centers RETORT
Nadeem, just to expound further on Jerrys use of quotations around "tamper proof:" Institutional sprinklers are designed to prevent occupants form using them for self-harm, such as hanging. They CAN be somewhat more resistant to tampering than typical non-institutional sprinklers. But they are not tamper-proof, per se. If an occupant wants to damage or activate an institutional sprinkler, they will be able to find a way; it will just be more difficult than a standard sprinkler. There are no truly tamper-proof sprinklers. 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: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Type of fire protection system for detention centers RETORT Ladies/Gentlemen (and Roland): Preferably wet-pipe fire sprinkler system in heated (40+ F.) areas - dry-pipe system in unheated areas..."Institutional" sprinklers ("tamper-proof") in areas accessible to 'residents' - in areas non-accessible, quick-response sprinklers in all Light Hazard areas... Best to All- Jerry [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Jerry D. Watts, SFPE President & Co-Founder ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd. Santa Fe, New Mexico USA (800) 503.1961 nationwide In a message dated 4/16/2015 12:18:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Dears Can anybody advise me the type of fire protection system required for detention centers. -- Regards Nadeem Ahmed Mechanical Engineer _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
