Fire spreads rapidly
Room without automatic fire sprinkler
Room with an automatic sprinkler
Fire destroys room without sprinkler
Successful demonstration
Automatic sprinkler puts out fire
The Side by Side Burn on April 24 at the Del Prado Elementary School Health and Safety Fair was a great success.
This demonstration was a bit of a challenge. We typically construct the burn units the day prior to the demonstration; as this event was on the grounds of an elementary school, we were not allowed on-site preparations until Saturday morning at 7:00 am. The fair started at 9:00 am. Thanks to John Duffin and his crew from Wayne Automatic, we built the units, removed the units, and cleaned the site in one day. Thanks also to Neal Baluha, who has never missed one of our sprinkler demos. In addition to Neal’s essential preparations with the local fire station personnel, Neal worked throughout the day handing out Sprinklerman coloring books, and worked till day’s end in the tear down of the units and cleanup of the site. And he brought his own tools!
Bob Kleinheinz was exceptional in adapting his educational presentation to our audience of hundreds of school children and their parents. Bob always does a great job in moderating these demonstrations. And Bob’s 33 years in the fire service is invaluable in the required site coordination with the firefighters. Bob also answered questions from the crowd and distributed residential fire sprinkler literature throughout the day. Great job, Bob!
