Terri, I have been envolved with this very building on 2 occassions to the extent of preparing preliminary layouts & quotes to retro-fit the entire facility.The powers in charge could never come up with funding to complete the task.Wonder how they will justify all the $$$ they saved by that decision.Shame on them!
Lamar Vaughn,SET Vaughn & Company ---- Terri Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: > >From Today's AP wire: > > > > > <http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_FOhFtWSx0_A2FDNGekH > Pt3ahsgD98TP6DO0> Fire engulfs landmark Georgia Theatre in Athens > The Associated Press > (AP) - Police say a major fire has erupted at the landmark Georgia > Theatre in Athens that has been a venue for Georgia bands including > REM., ... > > > > The article talks about recent "renovations" at the landmark theater. I > guess that doesn't include fire sprinklers. How on earth is this not > sprinklered?? Historic landmark indeed. Good thing nobody was in the > building at 7am this morning. > > > > > > Terri Simmons Leyton > > PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING > > Ph: 858-751-2930 - ext. 101 > > Fax: 858-751-2933 > > Cell: 619-871-8450 > > Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that > you do it. --Mahatma Gandhi > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George > Church > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Fire Protection in Historic Buildings > > > > I'm a charter member of the BPFPTF. We spent 2 years meeting, > discussing, > > debating and trying to work with council to implement upgrades in code, > > address crappy water infrastructure, etc. in the wake of two 4-story > > historic bldgs burning down in 18 months. We had Nick Artim down from VT > to > > hold a public ed session for the citizens, and I'll say a couple dozen > > attended- not bad in a small town. > > > > Less than a week after the eve we formally presented our findings, a > > historic B&B burnt down. I'm quoting sprinklers in the re-build next > week. > > Another building burnt down while waiting for the inspector to return > the > > contractor's call for witnessing the hydro of the retrofit. > > > > I just heard from our chair that the Boro Council has disbanded us, > we've > > made our report, have a nice day. The Task Group also included Dennis > > Gentzel, FPE, Chief Engineer of the MD State Fire Marshal's office (a > Terp > > and Bellefonte native) and Dr Walt Schneider, a structural engineer who > > taught at PSU and is now director of the Centre Region Code Office. > > > > It will be interesting to see the response to the next fire fatality > after > > nothing gets implemented. Status Quo. > > > > glc > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim > Kettler > > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:01 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Fire Protection in Historic Buildings > > > > I received a new publication in the mail today titled "Fire Detection & > > Suppression for Buildings in Historic Districts". It is a joint > publication > > with support from the PA Historical and Museum Commission, the PA > Downtown > > Center, the Borough of Bellefonte, and the Bellefonte Preservation and > Fire > > Prevention Task Force. > > > > Bellefonte lost two historic buildings to fire in 2004 and 2006. The > booklet > > is a response to those losses. > > > > While I haven't read the entire publication yet, it looks well produced. > The > > primary focus is on fire suppression - but also covers fire safety and > fire > > detection. > > > > Here is a link to the publication: > > http://bellefonte.net/harb/fire-suppression-report/ > > > > > > Jim K. > > > > > > > > James M. Kettler, EFO, CFPS > > Director of Building and Codes/Fire Marshal > > Buckingham Township > > PO Box 413 > > 4613 Hughesian Drive > > Buckingham, PA 18912 > > 215-794-8836 > > www.buckinghampa.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: > [email protected] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected] > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: > [email protected] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[email protected] > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4172 (20090619) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
