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Re: NFPA article
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:20:23 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > James Powell wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Neat little bit from a technical stand point.
> > >
> > > James Powell
> >
> > I bet. And it worked so WELL, from what I heard, that they dumpstered
> > hundreds of RIS's after their fire. :-)
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> 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.
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> I know, just from safety training(1), that some varieties of plastic give off
> some very toxic fumes when hot/burning.
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.
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| (...) Larry (or anyone else who can pipe up with info) could you recap what happened? I thought, from what little I remember about the post, that it was a "offstage" (non public) area that had the fire, and as was above, the smoke did the damage. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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