National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979 (1979)

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160 As for the Fire Chiefs report, the delude system is not .the only viay to qo. Contrary to the statement about a sprinl-cler head operating at 165''f, UL 159 v/ould not require that a sprinkler head in air go into operation until 290 F a'ter 6''2 minutes. Too nany people believe that a sprinkler head v/ill operate promptly v;hen air temperature o reaches 165 F, V/lnerc the Minority Report is concerned, as I read NFPA kO, quick aqting spriiiklers are not required. Sriokc detectors would be of no significant benefit and, possibly, could be actuated too frequently and thus lead people to disbelieve a fire alorri. In other respects the minority report touches on numerous significant items with v/hich I have no disagreement.