Suppose you're in a store and you find something like this. Doesn't look like the rest of the sprinklers in the place, are only in dressing rooms, and in each space, there is one of these and one of the regular sprinklers found throughout the building. You tell the manager as he's the likely highest person you can get to. He tells his superior who may or may not be the owner of the building and the whole thing gets dropped at that level. You note the suspicious sprinkler(s) in the comments section of the report and it goes to whomever it goes to. You've done your due diligence but we all know if something goes sideways you could be sued though likely to be held harmless because you did do what you were supposed to do. Despite the provision in the Building Code who is it that enforces these kinds of things? And by these kinds of things I mean *“Any device that has the physical appearance of life safety or fire protection equipment but that does not perform that life safety or fire protection function shall be prohibited.”*
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 8:55 AM Bill Jones <bill.jo...@yumaaz.gov> wrote: > If you’re in the 2018 IFC Section 901.4.5 states *“Any device that has > the physical appearance of life safety or fire protection equipment but > that does not perform that life safety or fire protection function shall be > prohibited.”* > > > > *From:* Eric Rieve <e...@rievefire.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 16, 2023 9:30 AM > *To:* sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > *Subject:* [Sprinklerforum] AFSA ITM Connection - Sprinkler head security > cameras > > > > ⚠ *CAUTION:* External Email > > > > Today’s ITM tech memo is quite a doozy! > > [image: A black sign with white text Description automatically generated] > > And a quick Amazon search later I find this badboy. > > [image: A sprinkler head on a white background Description automatically > generated] > > > > So besides telling my inspectors to start paying way more attention to > funny looking sprinkler heads in changing rooms and locker rooms what can > be done about this? Feels crazy that these can be marketed at all. Does > AFSA, NFSA, or any of the major manufacturers have a communication pathway > with like the consumer product safety commission or something like that? > > > > Yeesh. > > > > Eric Rieve > > Rieve Fire Protection > > _________________________________________________________ > SprinklerForum mailing list: > https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > sprinklerforum-le...@lists.firesprinkler.org >
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