Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

[Smitty Two <prestwhich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article
<580a5e4e-f39c-4dbd-8819-66c88be0bafd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Evan <evan.news.reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Jan 10, 11:51 pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The issue to me isn't if they work well but that federal, state or
> > local governments shouldn't be mandating them. if the builder or
> > customer wants them that's another story
>
>
> LOL...  And why not ?
>
> If something can save lives why not require it...  Especially
> out there in the "heartland of America" where volunteer fire
> protection rules the day...
>
> Smoke detectors = required
> Carbon monoxide detectors = required
>
> automatic fire sprinklers = requirement coming soon
>
> Not just the public safety folks, but normal people are
> starting to see the pattern of people dying in small home
> fires as opposed to large multi-unit dwellings which have
> had the requirement to be sprinkler protected for a while
> now...
>
> How many people were electrocuted in the bathroom
> at home before GFCI's became a requirement ?
>
> ~~ Evan

Thanks for your previous posts with good info about how these sprinkler
systems work. But I'm completely opposed to laws designed to protect me
from myself. I have smoke detectors because I think they're a good idea,
but I don't have CO detectors, and I sure as hell don't want anyone
telling me I need a sprinkler system.

As for GFCIs, absolute bullshit. The number of electrocutions in the
home, in the U.S. is vanishingly small. I researched this a few years
ago for an a.h.r. discussion, and IIRC, about ten times as many people
die by falling down while walking on level ground. A law requiring
installation of tens of millions of devices in order to keep ~20 people
per year alive is absolutely, positively insane.