I know of only one that hasn't been mentioned. In the early 1970's a painter accidentally tripped the manual release on a CO2 system, and was killed. If I remember correctly it was on a ship, and in Alaska or the state of Washington.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Cahill, Christopher <[email protected]>wrote: > We're getting word there have been two different incidents where a fire > suppression system caused a death. Not a fire where the suppression system > failed but there was no fire and the system operation was somehow > complicit. One seems to be a high expansion foam system, the other is > unknown. Don't know the manner the HEF played, suffocate, fell trying to > leave and not being able to see, something else and HEF was a coincidence? > Ya'll hearing anything? That's about all I know, well...don't know. > > Chris Cahill, PE* > Associate 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 > -- Ed Vining 4819 John Muir Rd Martinez CA 94553 925-228-8792 Cell 925-787-0465 *Note the e-mail address change* _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
