The new Colonial Center in Columbia, SC has a water cannon system to protect the floor area. I believe it is remotely operated but not automatic.
Stan Maciaszek, PE, CFPS, SFPE Defense Programs Fire Protection Engineering Phone: 803-208-0208 Page: 803-725-7243, pager 18849 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Important Notice: This correspondence is not a Formal Interpretation issued pursuant to NFPA Regulations. Any opinion expressed is the personal opinion of the author, and does not necessarily represent the official position of the NFPA or it's Technical Committees or any other organization. In addition, this correspondence is neither intended, nor should it be relied upon, to provide professional consultation or services. "Steve Kowkabany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/14/2008 02:14 PM Please respond to [email protected] To <[email protected]> cc Subject Automated Water Cannons for Use in Storage Applications and Large Open Areas Has anyone ever heard of automated water cannons being used for fire protection in the US? This technology is being employed in China and was mentioned in a recent article in NFPA magazine about the new Beijing Olympic stadium and swimming venue. It sounds like basically a remote controlled monitor that can throw water up to 200 feet which is actuated and controlled using a vision system that can detect fires. They apparently use them frequently in large open-space applications. This sounds like an excellent application for the dry storage of boats possibly and other storage configurations. Imagine having three or for of these monitors in a warehouse or marine with some cameras to cover everything. Then upon detecting a fire, it could feed live video to the monitoring station and even turn itself off automatically after visually confirming the fire was out. Just kicking around an idea. Any thoughts? Steve Kowkabany, P.E. Fire Protection Engineer Neptune Fire Protection Engineering LLC 616 Davis Street Neptune Beach, FL 32266 904-652-4200 Phone 904-212-0868 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)
