The other factor that troubles me is the inherent propensity for "what if" scenario building, which I am pretty sure the language of the standard and its annex make clear it isn't intended to address. Post-911, we experienced a hue and cry for more responder access to buildings, such as dedicated stairs for firefighters and all manner of "airplane-proofing" high-rise buildings. We simply can't take every single event into account, nor should certain 50-year events be taken as the norm or be used for benchmarking.
Steve Leyton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Reliable Power Craig, I see you also use space invaders to make the "what if scenario" point about anything being possible, no matter how unlikely, and should we consider all possibilities rather than probabilities? I also like when my annoying pocket cell phone tether is trying to interrupt a conversation with the person in front of me, and that person says, "Shouldn't you answer that?" My responses is "It's probably not God or the President so not more important than you, and I'm not so sure I should include the President," or "So you're pretty sure whoever it is is more important than you, huh?" On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If an area was prone to such regularly scheduled events it would be > factored in to the equation of reliability and you wouldn't need a > Standard to tell you to include those type of events. But you cannot > just randomly take an area and make a matter of fact determination > that their power MAY be unreliable someday because they MIGHT get hit > with a tornado or hurricane or slathered with a corrosive gelatinous > substance by space aliens. > > Historical data, system configurations, system improvements or > impairments are all considered when establishing whether a site has > reliable power, it's not just a "judgment call". > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > CH2MHILL Extension 74102 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > -- 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, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attach ments/20120703/7adb6ff4/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
