I'm willing to bet the "local residents" are actually HBA members.
The code committee originally had eliminated the sprinkler requirement. Several of us along with the President of the Fire Marshals Association made comments regarding the need for sprinklers, the fact that the IRC is a minimum requirement and you can't do less than the minimum and we refuted the HBA's claims. The review committee sent it back to the code committee for review/re-write. We attended those meetings and got the requirement put back in. We stayed with it through the review committee and it stayed in even though we were outnumbered 4-1. The HBA members were really pissed, it was fun. It was scheduled for a vote by the County Council on June 15 and we were prepared. Suddenly that item was removed from the agenda and now this article comes out along with all the comments. It's just too much of a coincidence especially since there are HBA members on all committees and the County Council. I'm going to try to write a reply to the paper before I leave on vacation tomorrow morning. This is really bad timing for me. Regards, mike Mike Henke CET Sprinkler Product Manager 1-800-325-3936 314-595-6740 Direct www.pottersignal.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terri Leyton Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: St. Louis Sprinkler Article Check this: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/stor y/2EDA98897148243D8625773F000158B6?OpenDocument Besides the usual rhetoric and misinformation, the comments from local residents.. are nothing short of .. well... I can't say. I'll get Steve to say something inflammatory. Haha. Anyway, it gives the reader insight into just what we are up against. T 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)
