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Willis, CET Automatic Fire Sprinklers Norred Fire Systems L.L.C. 318-387-1134 Voice 318-816-1087 Mobile 318-387-1163 Facsimile [email protected] > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] [mailto:sprinklerforum- > >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Wilder > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:46 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: Massive crew fights fire at landmark > > > >http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7180590.html > > > >Houston Fire Department officials said Tuesday that the 36-story > >structure, > >which dates to 1929 and was once the tallest in Houston, is being > >retrofitted with a sprinkler system that has yet to reach the upper > >floors. > > > >Firefighters found themselves delayed by a failure in the building's > >standpipe, which is used as a water supply on each floor of the building. > >A > >gasket in the standpipe ruptured in the basement of the building, leaving > >little water to pump upward to battle the fire raging above, Assistant > >Fire > >Chief Rick Flanagan said. > > > >The standpipe in the building was inspected in the last five years and > >was > >in good working order at the time, according to HFD spokesman Patrick > >Trahan. > > > >Flanagan said the building is in compliance with current city fire > >ordinances and was last inspected by HFD in 2009. > > > >He added that by 2014 all high-rise buildings in Houston must have half > >their floors protected with sprinklers; and the entire structure by 2017. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Autry, > >David > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:33 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: Massive crew fights fire at landmark > > > >Parker said she worked in the Art Deco building for 12 years. > > > >This leads me to believe it was built in the 30's and I'm sure no > >sprinklers. > > > > > > > >David Autry > >Plans Examiner > >Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office > >246 S. 14th Street > >Lincoln, NE 68508 > >402-471-9659 > >402-471-3118 fax > >www.sfm.ne.gov > > > >** Note new email address: [email protected] > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brown, > >Mike > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:26 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: Massive crew fights fire at landmark > > > >And this- "Firefighters also had to deal with a problem with the > >building's > >internal water supply - apparently a broken pipe. HFD had to pipe water > >directly into the building". > > > >Mike Brown > >Project Designer > >Sunland Fire Protection, Inc. > >1218 Elon Place > >High Point, NC 27263 > >[email protected] > >Business: 336-886-7027 Ext. #140 > >Fax: 336-886-7024 > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George > >Church > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 1:32 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: RE: Massive crew fights fire at landmark > > > >So where's the answer to the question inquiring minds need to know- > >WERE THERE SPRKRS? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John > >Drucker > >Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:32 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Massive crew fights fire at landmark > > > >Massive crew fights fire at landmark > >Nearly 200 respond to 27th-floor blaze at downtown Chase building > > > >By MIKE GLENN, HOUSTON CHRONICLE > >The Houston Chronicle > > > >August 31, 2010 > >Houston firefighters followed the "textbook approach" in fighting a blaze > >at > >a high-rise building Monday night, officials said, sending dozens of fire > >trucks and deploying nearly 200 crew members. > > > >No one was seriously injured in the fire at the JPMorgan Chase building > >at > >712 Main, formerly the Gulf Building, officials said. Five firefighters > >were > >taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but their injuries were not > >life-threatening, said Assistant Chief Jack Williams. > > > >No cause had been determined by late Monday. > > > >The fire, reported shortly after 8 p.m., was confined to the 27th floor > >of > >the historic building, officials said. At one point, clouds of smoke > >could > >be seen coming from near the top of the building. > > > >The floor is used solely by the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, the > >pro > >bono wing of the Houston Bar Association. > > > >The fire was brought under control about 11:20 p.m., said Assistant Chief > >Omero Longoria. > > > >Fire officials said fighting such fires is labor-intensive. In Monday's > >blaze, about 175 firefighters responded, many carrying their equipment up > >the stairs. > > > >Fresh crews were brought in throughout the night to replace their > >fatigued > >colleagues. > > > >"Any fire in a high-rise is intensive, just to get water to that level," > >Longoria said. > > > >Mayor Annise Parker complimented the department's efforts. > > > >"They went above and beyond tonight," she said outside the building > >Monday > >night. "They had to pull the hoses all the way up." > > > >Parker said she worked in the Art Deco building for 12 years. > > > >"It's a beautiful, historic building," she said. > > > >Firefighters also had to deal with a problem with the building's internal > >water supply - apparently a broken pipe. HFD had to pipe water directly > >into > >the building. > > > >City officials said they hope traffic around the building will be cleared > >by > >this morning but were not certain. > > > >"It's going to be a long night," Parker said. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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) > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3093 - Release Date: 09/01/10 > >01:34:00 _______________________________________________ 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)
