Nope, you're not alone. I could say more about this issue but it would probably offend some, so I won't.
Craig L. Prahl Fire Protection Group Lead/SME CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29303 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rongreenman . Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 9:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Electrical Equipment room by any other name -- UPS battery room FP On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: I will not go DIPA for electrical rooms, it's gross overkill with no > practical advantage and actually creates a disadvantaged protection > scheme. If there's a fire in an electrical installation and > sprinklers don't put it out, fire hoses will. The longer you delay > action by the sprinkler system, the greater the extent of the damage. I thought i was the soul nut on this campaign to keep DIPA out of inappropriate locations like electrical rooms. https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement?language=en -- 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) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ 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
