"Tom Horne" wrote in message news:57270a38-831f-4d3b-
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I once helped a fellow firefighter rig up a home fire sprinkler system
for his father in law who the entire family was sure would immolate
himself by smoking a pipe in his favorite chair just prior to bed.
Since we did all of the work ourselves the whole sprinkler system cost
less then the final piece.

Same sort of situation just not family so I can't quite force myself or a
work crew on him for a problem that he doesn't see as serious although those
around him do.

One of the tragedies of fire insurance is that if you took all the premiums
paid, the money would pay for a lot of sprinkler systems. It's so typical,
though, to spend a lot to replace but not a lot to prevent. We could have
saved ourselves a lot of trauma as a nation had we just locked jetliner
cabins like El Al has been doing for 20 plus years.

If I were building a new home, I would definitely install fire control
sprinklers in it.

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Bobby G.