Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

[Evan <evan.news.reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 11, 9:44=A0pm, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My biggest worry we put all these systems in homes which will probably
> not need them for 30-40 years and will they work when called on?
> But the real problem is existing housing what has been done to protect
> those who need it most.
> How many times in fatal fires no working smoke detectors and the same
> thing will happen with sprinklers
> the same people who need them the most will be the ones to turn them
> off and not maintain them.
> I wonder how many 100% sprinkled community's over the last 10 years I
> could walk into and find sprinklers turned off and smokes disabled.
> how many GFCI and Arc Faults will work???


Which is why the requirement for smoke detectors has changed
over the years from requiring a smoke detector to requiring
*hardwired* smoke detectors...

Batteries seem to be something that people are unable to replace
in life safety devices even if they are still *good* twice a year to
ensure that the things will actually work when they are needed...
Hence the evolution of the requirement...

As far as having sprinkler systems disabled in any building that
requires such systems for permitting and occupancy -- well that
is a totally different matter, that was an intentional act to disable
the sprinkler system made by someone who deliberately chose
to do so...  Better hope no one ever dies in a home which is
mandated to be protected by a sprinkler system...  Those deaths
would no longer be classified as "Accidental: Fire" and would
be "Homicide: Criminal Negligence"...  Depending on what your
state laws are you could be up for a manslaughter charge and
do 10 to 15 years or up on murder charges and do 25 to life for
turning off a required life safety device...

~~ Evan