On Sun, 04 Oct 2020 11:15:14 GMT, JohnP wrote:

A school has just gone up in flames in my area. Usual photos of it burning
inside whilst water is put on the outside. Usual cries for sprinklers - but
these can be vandalised and could cause problems.

I know about dry risers - usually to Landing Hose Unions - but what about a
simple array of pipes in the roof space with open nozzles. In the event of
a fire then the Fire Engine hooks up and dowses the fire from the inside
using the fixed nozzles - no need to enter the building. Notre Dame would
have possibly been saved if such a simple system was in place.

And the 2000 pigs that recently burned to death , trapped in their
tiny pens. ;-(

Any thoughts? It seems a compromise to a full sprinkler system but has the
advantage of not being automatic and able to flood the building.

I can't understand why they didn't have such a thing in the pig farm,
after all, there is hardly anything that was likely to be more damaged
by water than fire (including the pigs).

Or a fail-safe exit system that gave the poor things a chance to
escape such a death (not that they had much of a life, burning to
death can't be a nice way to go).

Cheers, T i m