Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

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On Jan 11, 8:09=A0am, Smitty Two <prestwh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> =A0Evan <evan.news.re...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Jan 10, 11:51=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > 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
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> > LOL... =A0And why not ?
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> > If something can save lives why not require it... =A0Especially
> > out there in the "heartland of America" where volunteer fire
> > protection rules the day...
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> > Smoke detectors =3D required
> > Carbon monoxide detectors =3D required
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> > automatic fire sprinklers =3D requirement coming soon
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> > 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...
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> > How many people were electrocuted in the bathroom
> > at home before GFCI's became a requirement ?
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> > ~~ Evan
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> 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.
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> 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.- Hide quoted text -
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Whether you think requiring sprinklers in new homes is a good idea or
not, I think it's positively STUPID to pass this law in PA now, in the
middle of the worst housing recession since the Depression.   Sort
of like passing national health insurance, imposing all kinds of
uncertaintity and new costs on businesses during the worst recession.
They can't sell houses now, so let's make them cost even more....