I took a look at the data and didn't see an increase in the number of fires in CT but I wouldn't be surprised. Here's a link to the NFIRS CT database. 2009 annual data isn't posted but quarterly data is.
http://www.dir.ct.gov/dps/cfirs/cfirsreports.aspx Byron -------------------------------------------------- From: "George Church" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 04:21 To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: More fires? > We had some in the area that border on the ridiculous. > 83 yr old man gets a call from his daughter who told him to get out of his > apt, the bldg is on fire, she heard it on the scanner. How's that for > automatic alarm- can you imagine submitting a procedure to an AHJ that > includes a tenant's daughter listening to the scanner as a SOP for life > safety? Yet the news article instead focused on the wiring issue, complete > with a sidebar on basic extension cord safety. No mention of the > non-working > alarms. > > glc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. Scott > Mitchell > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: More fires? > > Not surprising at all considering the "trickle up poverty" economics. > > J. Scott Mitchell, P.E. > > --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Todd - FPDC <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Todd - FPDC <[email protected]> > Subject: More fires? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 7:00 PM > > Is anybody else seeing an increase in the number of fires in there > area? It seems like there are a lot more on the news on the CT area. > Mostly residential. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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)
