George is of course, right. But with respect, the journalist appear to have been only quoting the Fire Marshal - it surprises me to find that there are still people out there who should know better when commenting on the effects of a sprinkler operation. Wouldn't it have been nice if the first responding fire truck had been carrying a wedge or sprinkler stopper ?
Stewart Kidd Cambridge, England On 23 Aug 2010, at 14:07, George Church wrote: > Careful- the $1,000 is the damage from the FIRE. > Damage from the sprinkler is what was EXTENSIVE. > > They'd have been so much further ahead to not have the fire extinguished by > a 20 GPM sprinkler, they could have let the fire rage outa control for > awhile before having the FD show up and drown it. Then the water damage > would have been less than the Fire damage and we'd not get bad press. > > We had a similar situation when one head saved a modular plant. I explained > its tough to have a sprinkler system work with less than one head flowing, > we really did the best we could. How would we know maintenance would let the > sprinklers run for an hour, thinking they'd shut off the system when they > hit the OFF button on the fire pump controller. Course it was 50 PSI city > not 150 PSI boosted city, so I guess it looked OFF in comparison. Sure took > a long time to drain, tho. > > glc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 8:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Another fine piece of journalism - NOT! > > $1000 is EXTENSIVE damage? Really? > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Specialist > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [email protected] > http://www.ch2m.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Another fine piece of journalism - NOT! > > Bethlehem police and fire officials are investigating a fire at a woman's > apartment Thursday morning that has been ruled an arson. > > The fire happened around 8:30 am at a third-floor apartment at the Moravian > House, 70 W. North St. No one was injured and police and fire officials > declined to release the woman's name, pending completion of the > investigation. > > The fire was set on the floor of the woman's bathroom and while the flames > only damaged a rug and shower curtain, there was extensive damage because a > sprinkler was activated, Bethlehem Fire Marshal Robert Novatnack said. > > Water from the sprinkler went from the third floor all the way into the > building's basement and damaged other apartments and offices, Novatnack > said. He estimated damage from the fire at around $1,000. > > - Pamela Lehman > > (from the Morning Call Allentown, Pa.) > _______________________________________________ > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
