My question was prompted by a rather dramatic increase in fires in the local news outlets.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 1, 2010, at 10:01 AM, "Chris Cahill" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:Sprinklerforum- > [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:Sprinklerforum- > [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)
