Before I left the fire service 20 + years ago, the Oregon State FM had an
article in the Gated Wye, about fire extinguisher use in reported fires. I
do not remember the exact figures now, of the reported fires, about 93 % of
the fires that fire extinguishers were used on, were controlled by fire
extinguishers. Of the fires controlled by fire extinguishers, a very small
number of the fires are reported to the FD. Fire extinguishers can help
control an incipient fire.
Douglas Hicks
General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Cahill
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: PC- 3 Laboratories
I don't concur with the statement they don't have a stellar success rate.
In some sprinkler research I found a statistically significant number of
fires put out with extinguishers in SPRINKLERED buildings. We including I
often speak of the holy grail of sprinklers but these very cheap cousins are
valuable. I guarantee they have put out more fires than fires alarms with
all the strobes and costs. And lost in the data is a fire knocked down so
it's smaller than would have been when the FD arrived.
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