*it is fun to play games, no denying, *with the spaghetti code that keeps
consultants employed (and my head spinning).  But if the end game is doing
society a favor (which is our forum's cause celébre with residential
sprinklers) , and not just our pocketbooks, then sprinkler the whole
building and lets go home and bar-b-que.

Getting some water, any water on the fire (regardless of standpipes) before
the ticks roll up can help.  (pejorative term self-inflicted).  As alluded
to in an earlier portion of this post, if this is a residence with
non-ambulatory people (which can always become the case as an R-occupancy
ages in place), we should seriously consider sprinklering the car park area .
 While not a common occurrence, there is an instance where a car fire under
a european (i believe english) apartment killed older residents as the
smoke entered the unit's open windows via spill plume.  Saving one old
person's life may not be a great risk assessment (in terms of the value the
automobile industry assesses to an-old-person's life), but one more
instance of not having to dedicate as many mobile fire resources over the
duration of the building's life, is worth heavy consideration in defense of
the cost for yet another car park sprinkler system.

scot deal
excelsior fire
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