Last night on the local newscast a segment covered the controversy over
a proposal from the San Diego County Grand Jury to the city council
detailing the benefits of requiring the retrofit installation of fire
sprinkler
systems in existing residential high-rise buildings. There are currently 17
such structures in the city, and the proposal would mandate such a change.
The video of the segment can be found on the website of the tv station
http://video.nbcsandiego.com/player/?id=103267%5C%22.
It's probably a good idea to keep in mind that the licensed fire protection
engineer you'll see in the segment is a member of the NFPA-13 committee.
That made the following two statements somewhat hard for me to understand:
1 - "If you look at the improvement with sprinklers we're not sure it's
a big advantage."
and
2 - "I'm pro-sprinkler, they're great, but for this application they're
not practical or
feasible, and they probably don't make a significant difference in the
level of safety."
Interesting to say the least.
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PARSLEY CONSULTING
Ken Wagoner, SET
760.745.6181 voice
760.745.0537 fax
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