Wow! This guy sounds like the Home Builders Assoc. would do well to have him on their side in their fight against sprinklers in houses.
Maybe the TV station cut out something and took his comments out of context. If not, what is he doing on the committee? Sprinklers may not help protect the building structure much but they will certainly protect the occupants. I thought that was the idea. And these must be extremely large units if they are going to cost $30,000 per unit to sprinkler. Or else you guys on the left coast must really make a lot of $$$! Maybe I'm missing something. Cliff Whitfield Fire Design, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PCE Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 6:32 PM To: SprinklerFORUM Subject: Slow news day 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. -- PARSLEY CONSULTING Ken Wagoner, SET 760.745.6181 voice 760.745.0537 fax _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
