Hi Scot, NFPA will be having a lecture on this at the Annual Meeting this June in Boston. Fighting Fires with Facts: It’s Time for the Fire and Emergency Services to Open Its Eyes – Information Sharing via NFIRS (T10) FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES
it'll be Tuesday the 14th between 8-9am. See ya, Cecil Bilbo Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology Champaign, IL 217.607.0325 www.sprinkleracademy.com [email protected] OUR STUDENTS SAVE LIVES!! > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:11:06 -0600 > Subject: statistics: sprinkler head failure > To: [email protected] > > Statistics: > > What is the failure rate of sprinklers, once the sprinkler heads are > installed, passed commissioning and initial testing > and the system is in service? > > One in 16 million sprinkler head failures, or > one in 500,000 sprinkler head failure (data suggested from this forum)? > > http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=326&articleid=20110128_19_0_SANDSP157566&rss_lnk=1 > > Granted, this newsworthy sprinkler head failure, > and most other sprinkler head failures that fall into > the statistical category of 1 in <<a very large number of sprinkler-years>> > are not differentiated for a host of relevant factors: > > installation crew quality > temperature/environment of protected property > sprinkler manufacturer > wet or dry system > type of occupancy (college football team dorm or critical care hospital > ward) > static and dynamics of static pressure > age of sprinkler, etc. > > Sprinkler head failure is an interesting statistic to have when people > naysay sprinklers > from fear from water damage. As discussed previously, the more > likely source of leakage is from fittings and pipes. > > NFPA could and should champion better data collection on sprinkler system > performance. > It has rightly been said, that it is the probies usually, > who be given the task of filling out the > NFIRS (or todays equivalent) form when back at the station. > there should be some motivation for accurate data collection, in addition > to simply wanting to do one's job thoroughly. > > Scot Deal > Excelsior Fire Engineering > _______________________________________________ > 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)
