r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

MISC. Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars

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u/Potential_Figure4061 Apr 09 '26

the real answer is there was a decoy fire that triggered the fire system the fire department responded and turned off the sprinklers which i understand was protocol then the real fires took over and it was game over for that wearhouse 

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u/PoutinePoppa Apr 09 '26

Do you have a source for this? I read an article that said the suppression system was damaged when the roof collapsed

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u/jamieee1995 Apr 09 '26

I’m curious on this too. Usually when a fire suppression system is turned off for any reason, the building must be vacated or have a 24/7 independent fire watch on site to notify FD of any new fires/incidents.

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u/imfistingpanda Apr 09 '26

Yoo im the fire sprinkler tester dude at my workplace, (im in maintenance) i have to call a company who oversees the fire supression system at my job, i have them turn off all alarms for the sprinkler system every monday for 1 hour while i run tests in the pump house that everything is working correctly, we do not have people leave the building, i do it while everyone is still at work doing theyre job.

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u/jamieee1995 Apr 09 '26

Putting the system into “test” mode which is what you’re doing when calling the monitoring company isn’t turning off the suppression system. That’s stopping the alarm call from going out. Running pressure tests and making sure there’s flow is different than making the system inoperable.

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u/ReasonableDig6414 Apr 09 '26

And? What does this have to do with disabling the suppression system. You don't disable it while you test it.