Dear Pam:

I agree with Ms. Nicholson.  The cases where sprinklers have leaked or
discharged have been nil.  One can not count on the local fire dept. or
one's own staff for suppression of fire in the museum.  By the way, have
you ever seen what the water pressure in the fire hose will do to the
interior of a building?

Kind Regards

Roger Wulff


Executive Board - The International Committee On Museum Security
                        of The International Council of Museums


Nicholson, Claudia wrote:
>
> >Pam Endzweig wrote:  Now we are considering whether it would be
> wise to install a sprinkler system if and when we add on.
>
> Sprinkle.  No question.  There have been enough fires in non-sprinklered
> museum buildings to leave no doubt but that they are the wise thing to
> install.  If you have any doubts at all, contact Jim Secfik, director of
> the Louisiana State Museum (Cabildo fire in ??) or Brad Larson, director
> of the Oshkosh Public Museum (museum fire in 1994).  I am sure that
> either one of them will give you an earful.
>
> Claudia Nicholson
> Curator
> Museum Collections Department
> Minnesota Historical Society
> 345 Kellogg Blvd. W.
> St. Paul, MN  55102-1906
>       Tel: 612-297-7442
>       FAX: 612-297-2967
>       e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
>
> >