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Michigan Clean Agent System Seen As Waste of Taxpayers Money February 27, 2010

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As an advocate for my industry, I have a hard time with this one…

Michigan State Representative, Rick Jones, R- Grand Ledge, has criticized the newly opened Michigan State Police facility in Lansing, Michigan as a “boondoggle and a waste of taxpayers money.”

According to detNews.com on a February 25. 2010 post, “a digital evidence room had to be redone and special fire suppression equipment installed so that, in the event of a fire alert, evidence and equipment would not be damaged by water from sprinklers.”

I say good for Michiganders and those with foresight to use clean agents in a responsible manner. Apparently this type of extravagance in protecting critical documents and evidence from fire and water ruin is too much for the representative to handle.

I know times are a bit tough nowadays, but I think it calls for more attention to critical priorities and their proper protection.  Yes, clean agent systems are more expensive that basic water fire protection, but in applications such as this I ask – expensive compared to lost or damaged critical evidence?

Here’s a link to the article:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100225/METRO/2250396/1409/metro/Michigan-State-Police-begin-move-to-facility-criticized-for-its-cost#ixzz0gm98rY7G

FSSA Annual Meeting Set To Begin February 21, 2010

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The 28th Annual Meeting of the Fire Suppression Systems Association is set to begin today at the beautiful Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Over 150 industry leaders and guests are anticipated for the two and a half day meeting. An energetic agenda is planned for attendees with topics ranging from “Leveraging Technology for Increased Productivity” with Steve Turner, to panel discussion on Climate Change and Related Legislation featuring members of the FSSA’s Public Policy Committee.
Technical presentations consisting of changes to various NFPA Codes including 2001 and 72 will be given by FSSA technical director, Tom Wysocki and other FSSA technical committee members.
The Annual Meeting concludes on Tuesday, February 24.