Re: Another one for the books

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just as a follow up to my recent posts, I called the client who had the 832
panel fire to inquire what they have in the way of fire protection.
Apparently they are well protected with a fire / sprinkler system monitored
by Chubb. When they moved into the building, they had to spend oodles of $
to have this installed.

It's not at all visible upon casual examination, but their explanation puts
my mind at ease....

RHC

"Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I got a call yesterday from a customer because his fire system kept going
> off.  The city has a contractor working on water mains in the area, and
> the
> sprinkler flow switches keep going off as it drains and refills and as air
> int he system shifts causing water flow.  I don't do fire sprinklers just
> monitoring so don't get on me about backflow valves etc...The building is
> ancient anyway, and no telling how long ago the sprinklers were installed.
> I doubt back flow vlaves were required when it was installed.  It still
> has
> a water powered bell.
>
> A local fire inspector actually wrote the client a ticket for the false
> alarms.  I would have gone ballistic, but the building owner showed up
> before I did, and promised a lawsuit against the city fire department if
> they persisted in that since the blatant cause was the city's fault.  The
> inspector tore up the ticket.
>
> The inspector then tried to make up some garbage about it being the smoke
> detectors.  Sorry pal the only zones tripped were the sprinkler zones.
>
>