Water Conservation Sprinkler System Audit
If you have a sprinkler system in your landscape whether it is a small yard or large estate you need to run the system station by station and check each spri...
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In two separate bedrooms, two wooden beds with white coverlets and throw pillows sat beside velour-covered armchairs, dressers and a nightstand with a lamp.
Walls decorated with fake, tacky art, fluffy slippers and aluminum walkers in the identical rooms were ready, it seemed, for the occupants to return to bed.
Instead, two fully decked out firefighters deliberately set the rooms on fire to demonstrate the efficacy of sprinklers.
If you were the occupant in the left room with the sprinkler system, you got a little wet and smoky.
But, if you were on the right side of the partition, within two minutes way before firefighters could arrive you were dead.
Our goal is to have sprinklers for all vulnerable occupancies by 2019, said Samantha Hoffmann, public fire & safety officer with Barrie Fire & Emergency Service.
Midway through the exercise, firefighter Carrie Clarke-Weatherup said the non-sprinkled room had reached a temperature of approximately 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
At the three-minute mark, she estimated the room was approximately 1,000 degrees.
After the firefighters extinguished the blaze, the blackend wood furniture looked marblized, with both the bed and armchair were burned down to their charred metal springs.
The sprinklered room had a semi-burned but still recognizable armchair, and the furniture would need to be dried and cleaned only.
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Barrie firefighters demonstrate effectiveness of sprinkler systems
Trim, Plumbing, Electrical, sprinkler system
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Frazier Residence - Sprinkler System Lighting
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DERRY The Derry Workout Club has closed after a sprinkler system burst twice within a span of several weeks and caused extensive damage to the property, according to club representatives.
Following the closure of the club at 35 Manchester Road, the signs have been removed and the building sits vacant.
The system first burst in April and then, after a number of repairs had been made, burst again last month, Ron Tringale, the clubs owner and president, wrote in a May 15 letter to club members.
The club was forced to close after the first incident in April flooded the facility. Crews logged long hours to fix the water damage caused by the sprinkler system, Tringale wrote. They repaired and replaced damaged walls, ceilings and flooring.
Then in mid-May, the same sprinkler system burst again, sending a chemical called glycol gushing throughout the front of the building, Tringale wrote. The chemical spread into the front entry way, sidewalk and parking lot.
Sadly, some of the newly finished drywall and ceiling did become damaged requiring them to be repaired once again, Tringale wrote.
The Workout Club has since closed and members are being allowed to use the Londonderry or Manchester facilities, a club representative said Tuesday. The Londonderry club is at 18 Orchard Drive and the Manchester facility is at 35 Hamel Drive.
As for the clubs future, the Workout Club is considering re-opening at another location in Derry, according to club representatives.
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Derry Workout Club closes after sprinkler system bursts
A sprinkler system that burst a gasket in the Hillsborough County government building Sunday night had recently been inspected after a similar incident over the Memorial Day weekend.
The fire protection system leak caused extensive damage to the first and second floor of the Fred Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., forcing the closure of the building to the public Monday and the relocation of 1,200 government employees. The leak knocked out running water to the building because the water sprayed and damaged a circuit board that controls the water pumps, said Tom Fass, director of real estate and facilities management for the county.
County employees continued to answer calls to central phone numbers, as well as emails.
The building will reopen Tuesday morning during regular hours, a news release said.
Fass said officials hope the board room is repaired on time for the commission meeting Wednesday and that the commissioners' offices and other areas of the first floor will be repaired by Wednesday evening.
Fass said the building's fire protection system had its five-year inspection about a month and a half ago by a contractor, Piper Fire Protection, which replaced some gaskets as part of the inspection. One of those replaced gaskets failed over Memorial Day weekend, causing roughly more than $200,000 in damage, Fass said. Because that leak happened over the long weekend, crews were able to make the needed repairs without any disruption to county business.
The damaged gasket was replaced and the remaining gaskets were inspected by Piper, which determined the system was safe, Fass said. Then about 7:30 p.m. another of the replaced gaskets failed, and this time the damage was more extensive, including the electrical circuit.
Fass said he had no estimate on the cost of the damage. Fass said the county is working with its insurance underwriter, AIG, on repairs.
Piper is now replacing all of the replaced gaskets, and an another firm is being brought in to review the system. Fass said he doesn't know if the first set of replaced gaskets were faulty or if the problem was in the installation. This is very unusual circumstances, he said. It's still too early to speculate what caused the failure. We know the gasket failed.
The leak damaged the county commissioner's board room and some commissioner offices and elevators that carry employees to the parking garage inside the building.
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Center to reopen Tuesday after water damage
LOMBARD The Lombard Fire Department is investigating an early morning fire that caused about $10,000 at a manufacturing building on the north side of the village.
Crews were dispatched at 3:52 a.m. Wednesday for a report of an active fire at Grimm Metal Fabricators, 1121 N. Garfield St., Lombard Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Howell said. Firefighters arrived to find the building's sprinkler system was activated and the warehouse portion of the large building was engulfed in smoke, he said.
"Our guys got there and they went inside to discover the sprinkler system was in fact flowing water," Howell said.
The fire was upgraded to a general alarm, which brought assistance from York Center and Addison fire protection districts, as well as the Villa Park, Oak Brook and Elmhurst fire departments.
No injuries were reported and the building was unoccupied at the time of the fire, Howell said, adding that there is nothing suspicious about the fire.
The fire was isolated to the back of the warehouse and kept in check by the sprinkler system, he said.
"They save lives and property," he added. "In this case, the fire was kept small by the system."
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JEM Jurong East Mall Flooded June 17, 2014
Jem does it again... sound system goes out of control followed by flood from the sprinkler system.
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