I saw a study back in the late '90's that dispelled the economy relationship to fires. Kind of like the myth of full moons linked to anything. There is however a slight uptick in the winter and more predictable with unseasonable cold weather. If it's been cold you might just be seeing that normal increase from people staying inside more than usual. You know the old saying about men, women and children being the 3 most common causes of fire. "Honey, its cold out, why don't we skip Aunt What's Her Name 164th birthday, light some romantic candles, throw some wood in the fire place that hasn't been used in years and burn down the house after we fall asleep."
Also don't trust the news if that's where the thought of more fires comes from. Remember a bunch of years ago the great shark menace on the east coast where they publicized every shark bite. Well turns out it was a below average year for shark bite. Also there is nothing like reporting fires and the "poor" FF that have to go out in this weather on a slow news day. Chris Cahill, P.E. Fire Protection Engineer Sentry Fire Protection, Inc. 763-658-4483 763-658-4921 fax Email: [email protected] Mail: P.O. Box 69 Waverly, MN 55390 Location: 4439 Hwy 12 SW Waverly, MN 55390 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. Scott Mitchell Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:20 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)
