[Towertalk] Fire, Electrical and other saftey codes
Bill Steffey
ny9h@arrl.net
Mon, 02 Dec 2002 22:32:54 -0600
In the MGM Hotel Casino Fire in Las Vegas, the fire was transmitted into
the casino ceiling space ( air handling plenum space) on electric cables
running thru a fire wall. Too bad the contractors didn't patch up around
the wires.. and maintain the fire resistance. The fire ran right down the
wires....
think it took out the casino (300+) feet in less than 4 minutes.
It was spooky two days later to go to the Comdex or NAB ( whatever)
convention, and drive by the place with smoke still coming out of the
building....
It killed 80... it started in some wires and spread in the more wires,,,
led to many of the current cabling regs....
take a look : http://www.co.clark.nv.us/fire/mgm_doc.htm
bill
> I heard about the fire that killed 43 yesterday because of faulty
wiring. I
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