I think I may have brought this up before, but, once upon a time the buildings where the college is housed where under the jurisdiction of the State FM because it was included in K-12 instead of higher education (not in FM's bag). At that time someone in that office decided, much like the plague of locust that descended up us a couple years back where all the FMs want single heads in kitchens off the plumbing, that anywhere paper was passed between administration and students needed protection. I've seen an elementary school with two heads over a counter with six spare heads in a Ziploc bag tied to the pipe with a tie wrap. Here there are currently four residential Omegas in a counselor's office that used to be financial aid and form a "water curtain" over the pass through window that is no longer there. There are seven more making another "water curtain" at the doorway that used to be student services. During a remodel I suggested that these voluntary sprinklers and there associated plumbing piping be removed. The Facilities Director told me that the Tacoma Fire Marshal told him they couldn't be removed. Now I know that the FM never discussed this with our facilities guys because I asked him while we bending an elbow together. That was at least ten years ago, new FM, same Facilities Director, same Omegas.
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 6:33 AM, Todd - Work <[email protected]> wrote: > Extended coverage head > > Todd G Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > www.fpdc.com > > On Oct 14, 2013, at 9:28 AM, "Garth W. Warren" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It seems odd that a single sprinkler head was able to ruin ALL 3,500 > books in the building. A small building? > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Watt > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 8:27 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: County continues investigation into fire sprinklers, voluntary > recall > > > > > http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/10/13/2736723/county-continues-investigation.html > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- 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) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
