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2008-01-14 Iraq

New Baghdad embassy's fire-fighting system is defective

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Posted by gorb 2008-01-14 04:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 This was in Saturday's WaPo, so eith McClatchy or WaPo are into heavy plagiarism.

Perspective story: first 5,000' long bridge for Dallas Area Rapid Transit built in 1991 does not have hydrants every 800'. It IS a concrete structure.

Second 5,000' long bridge built in 1999 has hydrants every 800', fed by a dry standpipe system from the ground, but since the bridge crosses a floodplain, access to feed the standpipes from the ground is problematic.

I'll ride over either bridge - and have - but the only difference between the two structures is a new Fire Marshall came in between the first and second bridges.

You'll notice no one describes what any of these life-threatening embassy problems are? Too complex for the fifth estate to explain to us flyover folks?

Posted by Bobby 2008-01-14 06:20|| 2008-01-14 06:20|| Front Page Top

#2 "Violations" to the Fire Code does not necessarily mean the system won't operate. There is much redundancy in the requirements and they could be a simple as the siren is not loud enough to hear everywhere. Maybe the reason the violations aren't delineated is because they're not really important.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2008-01-14 06:49|| 2008-01-14 06:49|| Front Page Top

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