Add the cost of surveying and calcing the system to your bid. And if a bucket test accurately portrays the conditions found in the entire system (that includes the municipal grid) at all times throughout it's entire lifetime then That was a scientific poll.
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Forest Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > It is just a method of drawing people to their website. > It is obviously not a scientific poll, or they would pay a professional > polling company to conduct the survey. > If we were talking about NPR, or some other worthy news program it would be > different. Nobody remembers the 2 minute soundbites they hear on the evening > news anyway. > > On a more important matter: If a system was retrofitted with a backflow, and > there is no hydraulic calc plaque attached to the riser, and NFPA requires > forward flow testing of backflows, how can you conduct the test without a > benchmark to test against? > > What is the recommended practice in this scenario? > Forest Wilson > > Project Manager > Cherokee Fire Protection Co. > 1855 Bellbrook Ave Ste C > Xenia OH 45385 > > PH 937-376-2333 > FX 614-455-4324 > > visit our blog: www.cherokee-fire.blogspot.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Smith, David > (VFD) > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Res. Sprinkler Vote - News... > > Funny that they indicate the vote closed last night. I entered my vote > this morning when I arrived at work (PST) and I was only in the mid > 900's. > > Looks like the news station needs to consider their own facts.....where > do they get their information from???? > > David M. Smith, Assistant Fire Marshal > Vancouver Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office > 7110 NE 63rd Street > Vancouver, WA 98661 > 360-487-7240 Phone/Fax > 360-418-5619 Pager > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terri > Leyton > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Res. Sprinkler Vote - News... > > News on the vote from WJAC: > > > > From: Raymond W. Lonabaugh, CFPS > > Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager > > National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. > > ------------------------------------ > > > > As you may recall WJAC TV in Johnstown, PA ran a negative story on the > residential sprinkler adoption in Pennsylvania. The reporter first > interviewed a builder then Assistant Fire Chief Jason Ober of the > Richland Township Fire Company both of whom spoke negatively about the > residential sprinkler adoption. Yesterday the TV station ran a poll, > which closed last night with the results 1069 in favor versus 165 > opposed to sprinklers in new homes. Ed Mann, PA Fire Commissioner, got > in contact with Assistant Fire Chief Ober who made the remarks. The > chief now claims he was always in favor of sprinklers. John Waters, > Co-Chair PA Residential Fire Sprinkler Coalition, has sent the reporter > documentation to rebut her report. Tim Knisely, Co-Chair PA Residential > Sprinkler Coalition is attempting to get a rebuttal on the same TV > station. It is our hope that in the future the reporter will go after > both sides of an issue. > > --------------------------- > > Nice. > > > > Terri Simmons Leyton > > PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING > > 2851 Camino del Rio South, Suite 400 > > San Diego, CA 92108 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ph: 858-751-2930 - ext. 101 > > Fax: 858-751-2933 > > Cell: 619-871-8450 > > Fire Sprinklers Save Lives, Property and Firefighters! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 > [email protected] > http://fireball.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, WSAFM _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.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)
