If nothing else, I hope this gets folks thinking like a thief so you can come up with ways to prevent equipment from being stolen.
On the bright side, I heard a rumor that there is one manufacturer working to get a "fire" listed/approved FDC made out of plastic. Until that happens though......this only seems like it will get worse. Heck, if these knuckleheads are willing to try stealing copper wiring from a power substation by cutting live wires, fire equipment is easy pickins. -David Storz caps take about 10 seconds to remove and I don't know how you could lock or secure one unless you got one of those caps with the built-in lock but I think a department would have to adopt this as a standard. I can just imagine the scrambling around and screaming "who's got a key" while the building is burning as someone misplaced or lost it and you can't bang it off with an axe. Then you'd have to retrofit existing fdc's and all that jazz. When we've had to replace missing plugs in not the nicest parts of town I've used cast iron plugs from Croker, national standard hose thread and muscled them on tight as possible. They're not shiny brass or bronze or chrome and have lasted. I've also seen but never done expanded metal boxes with breakaway padlocks around the connections. That might be an option as long as they are large enough and swing away to clear the spanners. Tom GRS _______________________________________________ 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)
