If I recall correctly, the chain of events surrounding the Omega sprinkler head debacle started with Central Sprinkler Corporation. After reports of several sprinklers failing to operate when the links fused, Central acknowledged the issue and issued a quiet voluntary recall involving a handfull of sprinkler contractors across the country. When this went public, CSCs' publicly traded stock took a nosedive and Tyco moved in and purchased the assets and liabilities of CSC. CPSC then issued a forced recall, which they did monitor and enforce. My recollection is that it had a 5 or 7 year term and was thought to involve some thirty plus million units. The rest, as they say is history, and so was the venerable Central Sprinkler Company. Mark at Aero
----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Greenman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 11:35 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Central Recall Comments I had always assumed that voluntary didn't mean voluntary on the part of the consumer anymore than any recall is, but voluntary on the part of Tyco, meaning CPSC reviewed and accepted Tyco's self-initiated plan. This took CPSC our of an enforcement loop and allowed Tyco to manage how the recall and replacement would be administered. This allowed Tyco to spread the cost over a longer time, and with more autonomy than would normally be allowed if CPSC was administering. That is at least how I understood what was explained to me. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 6, 2013, at 2:14 PM, "Cahill, Christopher" <[email protected]> wrote: > It was voluntary in regards to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC > has never issued a mandatory recall, they are all voluntary technically. > That aside it wasn't voluntary any more once the IFC kicked in 2006. If you > are under that or newer they are required to be replaced. If you find one > today it must be replaced under IFC 901.9 ('06, '09, '12 (.10)) > > I'm trying to figure out if Tyco finished their work they were responsible > for. > > Chris Cahill, PE* > Senior Fire Protection Engineer > Burns & McDonnell > 8201 Norman Center Drive > Bloomington, MN 55437 > Phone: 952.656.3652 > Fax: 952.229.2923 > [email protected] > www.burnsmcd.com > > Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For > *Registered in: MN > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Central Recall Comments > > Chris, et al: > > > Regarding the "recall" - I seem to 'recall' (?) (and still hear) the term > "voluntary" used before the (TYCO/CENTRAL GB) recall...And, yes, I suspect > there are probably (still) at least a few million of those sprinklers "in > service". > > > > Regards to all- > > > > Jerry > > > [email protected] > > > Jerry D. Watts, SFPE > President & Co-Founder > ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd.* > Santa Fe, New Mexico USA > (800) 503.1961 nationwide > > > *Licensed Fire Engineers-Architects/Inspectors/Investigators: AZ CA CO NM > NV NY TX UT KS MD MS > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cahill, Christopher <[email protected]> > To: sprinklerforum <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Sep 6, 2013 2:45 pm > Subject: Central Recall > > > Yes, I know this expired back in '07. Or at least Tyco paying for > replacements expired, the heads are still recalled. The question is have all > submitted claims been replaced? I know there are a lot of them still out > there that were never claimed under the recall. > > Chris Cahill, PE* > Senior Fire Protection Engineer > Burns & McDonnell > 8201 Norman Center Drive > Bloomington, MN 55437 > Phone: 952.656.3652 > Fax: 952.229.2923 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > www.burnsmcd.com<http://www.burnsmcd.com/> > > Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For *Registered in: MN > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
