Installation
of a
Dry-Pipe Fire Sprinkler System in a Building that Stores Archived
Records
VFP
Fire Systems, Inc. will be installing 1,100 dry-pipe
fire sprinklers and three stand pipes in a building
that was once one of the command centers for the United States
Air Force. The building is located next to the Air National Guard
Base
in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Today, the building is used to archive
records.
The
building is owned
by Ferguson Fruin who leases it to Security
Archives. Security Archives uses the building to archive records
for other
companies.
In
the 1950's this building was a command center for the United States
Air Force.
It has thick concrete walls and was built
to withstand a nuclear blast. It
is the equivalent to one of today's NORAD Centers. The
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a bi national
United States and Canadian organization charged
with the monitoring of man-made
objects in space, and the detection, validation, and warning of
attack against North America whether by aircraft, missiles, or
space vehicles.
A
dry-pipe fire sprinkler system will be installed because the
building is not heated. Fire sprinkler system pipes within
the building are pressurized with air. Glass bulbs in the fire
sprinkler heads are filled with a liquid that does not freeze.
In the event of a fire, liquid in glass bulbs expands,
breaking
the bulbs. This in turn opens the sprinkler heads which de-pressurizes
the pipes, allowing for the flow of water.
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