Roland, Fire Departments do the damnest things, even so far as drafting from storm sewers. It all comes back to the emergency nature of fires.
Once upon a time in draft I witnessed sand and seahells from a deck gun. When the operator was alerted he responded by saying that they could fix the pump later. He was correct. My community resides on a tidal river. Many road lead right up to the river. Many sprinklered buildings with FDC's are along the river where the fire department has direct unimpeded access to the river. Lastly think fire departments don't go to draft, well consider that my company did just that at a house fire last year. (Theres another member of this list who was there). It does and will happen so long as that heavy semirigid hose keeps getting installed on fire engines and drafting remains in the SOGs. John Drucker Captain Middletown Twp Fire Dept Station 8 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Backflow: Sprinkler System One of the aspects that drive an RPZ is when the fire dept draft from non-potable sources (anytime). Roland _______________________________________________ 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)
