Or that it was a leaky roof, condenser, toilet, etc. from the floor above finding the easiest way down was through an escutcheon.
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ladies/Gentlemen: > > I have always tossed around the number "One in Sixteen Million" - based not > on NFPA but years of published statistical analysis by Factory Mutual > Engineering. In just over 35 years, I have 'investigated' a half-dozen > "failures" > - only to discover there was an "event" that caused the sprinkler to > activate (heat, vandalism, etc.) > > Jerry > [email protected] > > Jerry D. Watts, SFPE > President > ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd.* > Santa Fe/Albuquerque New Mexico > (800) 503.1961 > > *Licensed FPE's: AZ CA CO NM NV NY TX UT KS MS MD > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 [email protected] http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ 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)
