Re: Automatic fire sprinklers

[DD_BobK <rkazanjy@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 10, 9:16=A0pm, Evan <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
>
> LOL... =A0And why not ?
>
> If something can save lives why not require it... =A0Especially
> out there in the "heartland of America" where volunteer fire
> protection rules the day...
>
> Smoke detectors =3D required
> Carbon monoxide detectors =3D required
>
> automatic fire sprinklers =3D 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

Why not?

Because cost needs to be considered.

Is the cost of all the systems divided by the number of lives saved
($ / life) a reasonable number.

Of course, the emotional reaction is........  it's worth it if it
saves one life or the life of someone I care about.

But expenditures like this don't take place in a vacuum.... could the
same amount of money be spent per capita and yield a greater number of
lives saved?

California has spent  ~$10 billion (& counting) to replace the Oakland
bay Bridge.
Failure of a single span killed one person. ..... one person in 50
years.

 If the entire bridge had failed it possibly could have killed a few
hundred?

So the taxpayers of CA are saving lives at $25,000,000 per life?

There are about 2500 deaths & 13,000 injuries per year in the US from
house fires.
How many of these deaths & injuries might mandatory fire sprinklers
prevent?

At what cost?

Could we get more bang for our buck elsewhere?
How about a mandatory GFCI retrofit in the US  every residential unit
as well as commercial space?

I wonder if that would be money better spent.

cheers
Bob