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Posted by George Conklin on September 22, 2008, 2:28 pm
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> > Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
> > "model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
> > the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
> > the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
> > including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
> > Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.
> Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
> In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
> firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
> inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
> trigger controlled nozzle).
> Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
> a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
> The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
> known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
> Ken
Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not
near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting to
ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.
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Posted by <gary on September 23, 2008, 3:48 pm
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>> > Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
>> > "model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
>> > the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
>> > the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
>> > including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
>> > Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.
>> Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
>> In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
>> firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
>> inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
>> trigger controlled nozzle).
>> Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
>> a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
>> The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
>> known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
>> Ken
> Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
> volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses
> not
> near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting to
> ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.
yup............time to add a pond to the project!
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Posted by George Conklin on September 24, 2008, 8:17 am
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> >> > Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
> >> > "model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I
guess
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> >> > the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
> >> > the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
> >> > including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
> >> > Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.
> >> Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
> >> In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
> >> firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
> >> inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
> >> trigger controlled nozzle).
> >> Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
> >> a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
> >> The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
> >> known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
> >> Ken
> > Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
> > volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses
> > not
> > near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting
> > ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.
> yup............time to add a pond to the project!
Actually I based my comment on an actual incident from Missouri I heard
about from a fire station there while visiting. The company DID want
sprinklers.
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Posted by George Conklin on September 24, 2008, 8:19 am
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> >> > Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
> >> > "model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
> >> > the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
> >> > the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
> >> > including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
> >> > Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.
> >> Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
> >> In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
> >> firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
> >> inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
> >> trigger controlled nozzle).
> >> Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
> >> a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
> >> The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
> >> known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
> >> Ken
> > Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
> > volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses
> > not
> > near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting
> > ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.
> yup............time to add a pond to the project!
Ummmm, around here we have that. They put a pipe into the pond and
run it underground to up near the road. Then fire companies have
better access to water (especially in winter) to fill their tankers.
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Also, in NC the local fire station has a 1,000 gallon tank at the end of
the driveway with a traditional fire plug over it. So far they have not had
to use it, but I mow around the plug.
Of course, in the city house there is a traditional fire plug on the city
water supply across the street.
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> > "model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
> > the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
> > the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
> > including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
> > Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.
> Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
> In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
> firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
> inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
> trigger controlled nozzle).
> Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
> a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
> The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
> known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
> Ken