[BC] KOMO, Seattle building fire

[Tom Spencer]

Water + electricity = VERY BAD

Halon or CO2 preferred in electrical areas -

Dry chemical as a LAST resort

I recall when HALON was first being marketed, it was touted as having 
similar characteristics as CO2 (heavy gas, would tend to settle near the 
floor) without the oxygen-depletion / displacement issues that CO2 has; 
a room fire extinguished by HALON was supposed to be able to be 
re-entered within a very few minutes, rather than ISTR something like 
the hour that a CO2 event was supposed to require to be vented.

Alan Alsobrook wrote:
> Charles Ring wrote:
>   
>> I wonder if the sprinklers were near the generators because they were 
>> _required_ by an unthinking zero-tolerance enforcement of codes?
>>     
>
> I would sure expect sprinklers to be near the generators. Generators
> catch on fire too. 

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Tom Spencer
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