beach said:
Do whatever you want! We have cities here with RFS requirements since the seventies..... all those "problems" (theories) you people cite, just don't happen. In California, I believe we call it "empirical evidense". But gee, us goofy Californians are just plain crazy stupid, right? It's great you're enforcing your codes, good for you! If you want to pick and choose what code you want to use for what you think is best for everybody, feel free! I'm not going to judge....
That's just it Beach, we are doing what we are HIRED to do and legally allowed to do. Enforce the codes adopted by the Feds, State and City.
I stand by my earlier post (again call me cruel or heartless) but when we start talking about spending the type of money required to save 3000 people a year (and I don't think even with sprinklers you will save them all and those are NFPA numbers not mine) it is a waste of money. People will die in fires each and every year and there is nothing we can do about it. Again those 3000 people represent 0.000967 of one percent of the entire nation. If you really want to save as many lives as possible "feed the children" for 40 cents a day, you will save a lot more lives each and every year.
I do not pick and choose the codes I will enforce, the Federal, State and City governments pick them for me. And just because the ICC wrote a new code doesn't mean that the new one in better than the older ones. The ICC is fallible just like any other big corporation. Hell look at the number of cars Toyota had to recall, big corporations make mistakes too. The "Mini Soda" and Baltimore hearings proved that the ICC isn't interested in whats right, its interested in what makes them money. I spent my personal money to be at Mini Soda, never felt so cheated in my life and haven't bothered to go to anything run by ICC since.
I didn't say that Californians are goofy, but I will stay where I am and not head toward California to live.
Please post the "empirical evidence" about how SFR sprinklers are so good from the California info. I just haven't seen anything yet that impresses me or makes sense.
And by the way Beach I think you are judging me as being dumb, stupid or ignorant because I don't agree with you, but thats cool, all those words describe me and if you are picking on me you are leaving everyone else alone.
In closing I will agree to disagree with you and welcome any information that you think might change my mind. I just haven't seen data that makes me think SFR sprinklers are worth the cost. That's my opinion, feel free to try and change me, but give me the data.