An excellent article. Unlike me it was concise and to the point. Fire started. Sprinkler extinguished fire. No injuries. No ambiguity about the value of sprinklers here.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Loren Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Boy, that was some short news story!!! You're right Todd, it must take > either an injury, fatality, or an equipment/system malfunction in order for > it to be a newsworthy item. It's a crying shame. > > > Loren Johnson - CFPS, CET > Fire Protection Systems Consultant > The Hitchcock Company > Peoria, IL > > > > --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Todd Williams <[email protected]> >> Subject: underwhelming media attention >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 3:11 PM >> Here is an article from a Hartford, >> CT TV station about a fire in a >> nursing home in Enfield. Neither the Hartford Courant, >> Springfield >> Union-News or any other CT TV station mention it. I guess >> when >> sprinklers work, it's not news. >> >> http://www.wfsb.com/news/22239562/detail.html >> >> Todd G. Williams, PE >> Fire Protection Design/Consulting >> Stonington, Connecticut >> www.fpdc.com >> 860.535.2080 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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)
