Craig, Could you forward that email?
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > There was an e-mail yesterday with rebuttal comments from VFPA to the HBAV. > > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [email protected] > http://www.ch2m.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > ParsleyConsulting > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Virginia Home Builders > > Barry, > > Thanks for forwarding the VAHB diatribe. It's amazing the things you learn > when you learn to read. > > For instance. I never knew that all these years I've been referring to it > incorrectly as the National Fire Protection Association. I never knew that > it was the National Fire Prevention Association. Jim Shannon and those guys > have a lot of 'splainin to do, particularly since THEY have been calling it > by the wrong name in all their literature, publications, and correspondence. > Good thing these poop sacks in VA have set them right. > > Next, I'm going to have to call every customer I've ever designed a > residential system for and apologize. You see, I was under the idiotic > impression that it was HEAT, not smoke that initiated the sprinkler water > discharge. And man, I never for one second considered that ALL of them would > go off if even one was tripped. Boy, that must be some pool of water to have > EVERY sprinkler in a house activating at one time. The last time there was a > flow of water like that Noah built an ark. > > It's more of the same drivel we've been hearing since this industry began. > All kidding aside, I really appreciate you tipping us to this publication of > theirs, and I would think that if they were dumb enough to use this make > their case in front of a legislative body that someone from our industry > would be there to ram it where it should be rammed. > > I'd like to write the head guy at their association but I don't think I could > keep the language even remotely civil. > > Always good to know what the other side is thinking though. > -- > PARSLEY CONSULTING > Ken Wagoner, SET > 760.745.6181 voice > 760.745.0537 fax > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> e-mail > www.ParsleyConsulting.com <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com> website > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA Member: SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA _______________________________________________ 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)
