On 06/25/2011 08:30 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I live in an apartment with several fire sprinkler in the
ceiling.

CY: Good!

If the sprinkler goes off due to fire or malfunction, can I
turn it off
after the fire is out?

CY: No, the landlord or fire department does that.

Is it the same valve near the water heater or is
there a different one?

CY: Different one, which should be padlocked in the open
position.


That's the old school way. Now they typically have a groove cut in the
stem of the valve which activates a "tamper switch" which reports to the
FA system (and therefore the central station) when someone closes a
normally open valve, or opens a normally closed one.

If you don't have tamper switches, the chain/cable used to lock the
valve open is supposed to have a breakaway but in practice that doesn't
always happen. The key (actually, several sets of keys - including the
ones to access the fire alarm panel, and a master key to the building)
to the lock should be in the key box in the fire control room which the
fire dept. has access to.

nate


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