High Five George! Was it auto-ignition of the rags? Were they oily or have some kind of solvent on them?
-----Original Message----- From: George Church [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: success in PA/ nice to designers one of the principals, Harry Dunfee, and i go back to "Automatic" days like Jan 1975, worked in Phila, Atlantic City, and Pgh together. Ushers in each other's weddings. In this economy we all need as much help as we can find, and we're being especially nice to designers- hired one last week, another interviewing Friday. By the way, at the end of this week we say goodbye to Shawn Walters who's been a summer intern here from the Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology. He's learned a lot about flow tests, surveying, and designed some work for us under Ken's guidance. He also learned the earth is 3D, we have a few topo features here unlike IL, like hills and mountains. George Church Rowe Sprinkler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: success in PA Whoa! Actually giving credit to a designer. You could be drummed out of the industry for that. 8-) Great story. At 10:18 AM 7/27/2010, you wrote: > >We got a call just after midnight from a customer, please come over and >change the sprinkler. > >A fire started in Lemont just outside State College PA >(home of Penn State's extraordinary Nittany Lions) >at the Alto Restaurant- an old victorian mansion- >and one sprinkler activated and controlled the fire. > >Their washer was broken so they put their rags in a plastic bag and set it >on the washer. About an hour after closing the bag caught fire. Our QR >sprinkler went off shortly, and the only damage appears to be a scorched >wall and window. The owner noted we saved his building and he's now >delighted in his investment a few years ago. > >Events like this make all the due diligence of doing it correctly >worthwhile. >They DO work!!! > >There is an antifreeze system (50-50 premix) in the attic; this fire was >doused by the wet system. >Sorry,no ammo for the Research Project. > >Design was done for us by independent design firm Upright Sprinkler Design >Company from Springdale outside Pgh. > > >George L. Church, Jr. >President >Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. >7993 US Hwy 522 >PO Box 407 >Middleburg, PA 17842 >570-837-7647 >570-837-6335 fax >[email protected] > >_______________________________________________ >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) Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ 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)
