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To: T.B. Yoits

Hit a fire sprinkler standpipe...did the pump come on???
Surf’s up baby


63 posted on 12/23/2025 10:26:57 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Keyhopper
Hit a fire sprinkler standpipe...did the pump come on??? Surf’s up baby

Yes. The standpipe was for an entire warehouse section. It was a geyser and a river. Fortunately the building wasn't in low land and the runoff flowed out of the building instead of flooding it.

I'm not sure if the sprinkler system was a retrofit but there were a lot of people other than the forklift driver who also failed: The owner, architect, engineer, builder, and sprinkler system installer should have had protective bollards around the pipe (which were installed after the incident).

64 posted on 12/24/2025 5:04:38 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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