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Re: NFPA article
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:31:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> James Powell wrote:
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> > Reading (on my spare) the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
> > Journal, there is a article on the Mall of America, with a description of
> > the sprinkler system, including some comments on the Lego store, and how it
> > is specally protected, due to the ABS and smoke concerns from it.
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> > Neat little bit from a technical stand point.
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> > James Powell
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> I bet. And it worked so WELL, from what I heard, that they dumpstered
> hundreds of RIS's after their fire. :-)
I got the impression (from James' post, not the article - which I haven't
read) that the special protection was to prevent smoke *from* burning ABS, not
to prevent smoke *on* ABS.
I know, just from safety training(1), that some varieties of plastic give off
some very toxic fumes when hot/burning.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
1:I work at Dow chemical.
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| (...) Oh, yes, I agree. My point is that the fire was large. If the fire suppression had really been first first first rate, the fire would have been small, because it would have been suppressed quickly. (24 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes. Working in a firm that actually engineers fire protection systems, the building code has specific requirements on various materials, from plastic to chemicals to oil, and everything in between. We work primarily on laboratories (AEI is (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I bet. And it worked so WELL, from what I heard, that they dumpstered hundreds of RIS's after their fire. :-) Was the article written before or after the fire? (24 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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