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Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 12:47:01 -0500
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Subject: ////////// IMPORTANT FIRE PROTECTION PRODUCT ALERT //////////////////////
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Since fire represents the greatest potential threat to Cultural
Institutions and their collections, I feel it is my duty to notify
everyone on the lists, and ask them to notify the proper individuals in
their institutions, about a product - OMEGA FIRE SPRINKLER HEADS
MANUFACTURED BY CENTRAL SPRINKLER CORP OF LANDSDALE, PA USA.  This
product may be defective and likely to fail.

In an article appearing in The Washington Post of today and the subject
of a TV segment on NBC's "Dateline" last evening, The U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission announced action this week against Central
Sprinkler Corp., seeking a recall of the company's Omega fire
sprinklers.  The commission staff filed an administrative law complaint
alleging the sprinklers were defective and likely to fail.

The complaint cited six fires in which Omega sprinklers reportedly
failed in support of a U.S. nationwide recall of 10 million Omega
sprinkler heads manufactured since 1982.

The company said, "The Omega works.  It has been successfully
controlling fires for 15 years years."  Central said it already had
spent more than $ 5 million in a voluntary remediation program since it
learned of concerns about sprinkler activation in early 1996.

"The above is quoted from the Washington Post article of 7 March 1998."
____________________________________________________________________

SUGGESTED ACTION:  You should notify the proper person - responsible for
fire protection in your institution to see if you have any Omega
sprinkler heads in your facility.

If your institution has Omega sprinkler heads, you should work with your
local fire dept and/or a local fire protection engineer in order to take
the proper steps suggested by these fire protection experts.

Roger Wulff
Museum Services International

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