David, et al: I am not familiar with the article(s), however, NOW I can understand why the NAHB were against 'detectors', to wit: I just read in my SFPE Magazine that, over a recent four-year period, 40% of all home fire fatalities occurred in homes with WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS...Pardon me for saying this but both AFSA and NFSA/NFPA should be all over this...This statistic totally fl oored me! We should have started with residential sprinklers, then smokes/heats??? (I am fully cognizant NAHB fought tooth and nail against mandatory smoke detectors/alarms due to increased costs to construction - their same song & dance against sprinklers today). SPRINKLERS SAVE LIVES!!! Cordially- Jerry* [email protected]_ (mailto:[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 Journeyman Sprinklerfitter (NM) In a message dated 5/26/2015 12:43:25 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I'll preface this with request with an admission that I am a history buff and I love to know and share the history of things. I especially love to showcase when history repeats itself. Several years ago during the big residential sprinkler systems debates someone sent me a copy of a news article from decades ago [the 1970s?] which showcased the NAHB position against home smoke "detectors" [I do not believe that the term "smoke alarms" was being used at that time]. The arguments made then about the cost and affordability of smoke detectors mirrored arguments made more recently about the cost of home sprinklers. Does anyone on the forum remember such a post or have a copy of the news article. I have been having a time locating it since I have gotten a new PC and moved offices since receiving the article. Feel free to email it to me directly at [email protected] Thanks in advance! Respectfully, David W. S. Blackwell, II, PE, CFPE, CFI I Chief Engineer Office of State Fire Marshal SC Department of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation, 141 Monticello Trail, Columbia, SC 29203 Telephone: 803.896.9800 [Office] 803.896.9833 [Direct] Fax: 803.896.9806 [Office] Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.scfiremarshal.llronline.com/ Please note that you can sign up to receive automatic information on SC Division of Fire and Life Safety current events, policies, laws and procedures by visiting our Web site at: http://www.scfiremarshal.llronline.com/ 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
