What actually caught on fire from the welder? If it was unsafe or unfit conditions, the welder should not have proceeded. The cause is the actions of the welder.
On 5/16/10, Tom DeReggi <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting.... So then, I guess this brings up another issue. Could the > Cellular company also be held liable? Could they have mounted their cabling > a different way that would have better disappated heat or isolated their > cabling from the tower, knowing that one day it might need welding > maintenance? Or onsucg structures should a fire-retardent type cable be > used? > > Lets use another example, if a WISP mounts his cable on a Chimney, and the > home owner lights a fire.... Is the home owner or WISP responsible if the > cable catches fire? > I'd argue the WISP becaue they should ahve known that one day heat could be > an issue that needed delt with. So taking the same logic, shouldn't the > Cellular company have known the same? > > What are best practices for mounting Cable on Water Towers? How can law > suits be avoided? Are they going to hold a WISP responsible for repainting > the tower (with expensive epoxy paint), if they clamp and strap radios and > cables to water tank legs and rails? > > Or is the secret to use an engineering company to certify the paln, and get > the county to certify the engineer, so the Engineer would be responsible? Or > should the county be responsible for letting the cellular cable up there, > knowing that it could be a risk to welders? > > My point here is.... I'm not confident that just the welder was responsible. > I would think there would have to be some sort of neglect proven. > It would be interesting to see the outcome. > > It would also be interesting to see if a suit gets opened by the welders, > arguing that teh welders were put in danger due to inadequate ventelation > inside teh water tower, and against the cable company from not adequately > isolating the cables from the tower? > > Who's authority is it to say what best practices are right, to prevent > accidents? > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Rogers" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:09 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Water Tower on fire! (With Cellular involved) > > >>I do know that epoxy paint is very expensive. I got a quote for $26,000 >> to weld some brackets on the top of a tank just so I can mount my stuff. >> There is a lining inside the tank as well as the outside. If they have >> to repaint it, I bet $400k isn't even for the equipment and transmission >> lines. >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Tom DeReggi >> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:01 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Water Tower on fire! (With Cellular involved) >> >>> Dahl said damage to the cables and paint on the tower is estimated at >>> $400,000. >> >> Now thats funny. Talking about Gold diggin Munis, They must be planning >> on >> using Gold based paint and Gold plated cable to match. >> >> After stating "no structural damage". Now if they were counting lost >> revenue for the Cell carrier's customers during the outage, well, then >> I'd >> understand it. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Blake Bowers" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <[email protected]>; >> <[email protected]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:22 PM >> Subject: [WISPA] Water Tower on fire! (With Cellular involved) >> >> >>> http://www.channel3000.com/news/23558364/detail.html >>> >>> >>> Don't take your organs to heaven, >>> heaven knows we need them down here! >>> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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