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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As Andy points out, there’s a major difference between a fire involving ethanol and one fueled by, say, gasoline – ethanol is diluted by water, not carried by it. You won’t spread an alcohol fire by spraying large amounts of water on it, you’ll put it out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Paul Callomon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Collections Manager in Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.0pt'><span style='font-variant:small-caps;color:#1F497D'>The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Philadelphia, PA 19103<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>callomon@ansp.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel. 215-405-5096<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='color:#1F497D'>ansp.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Follow us:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/AcademyofNaturalSciences" title="http://www.facebook.com/AcademyofNaturalSciences">Facebook</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> | </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AcadNatSci" title="http://twitter.com/#!/AcadNatSci">Twitter</a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>Join us as we celebrate the Academy’s 200th anniversary with a year of exciting events, special programs, and our bicentennial exhibit, <i>The Academy at 200: The Nature of Discovery</i>. <a href="http://www.ansp.org">www.ansp.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> Gali Beiner; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Sprinklers in wet collections<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Gali</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think the issue with water sprinklers spreading a fire are a little overblown personally. Her at the University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute we had a new facility for our wet collections built in the mid 90’s and we went with a three pronged solution:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lowered temperature – 65</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>°</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>F – below the flash point of 70% ethanol which is 70°F</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HVAC system that replaces air every two hours in the facility to prevent vapor buildup, and</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A sprinkler system and smoke detectors.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Personally I think the potential hazard to people of any gas replacement system (CO2 or otherwise) and the additional cost (very expensive initially and to maintain) far outweighs any potential issue with a sprinkler system. 70% ethanol would be diluted so quickly that it would have very little chance to spread dramatically within a facility in the event of a fire.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hope that helps</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Andy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> A : A : A :<br> }<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<)))_°><br> V V V<br> Andy Bentley<br> Ichthyology Collection Manager<br> University of Kansas<br>Biodiversity Institute</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> Dyche Hall<br> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br> USA<br><br>Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br> Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> : : <br> A : A : A :<br> }<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<(((_°>.,.,.,.}<)))_°><br> V V V</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gali Beiner<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Sprinklers in wet collections</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>We are currently dealing with a proposal to install water sprinklers in our wet collection storage facilities as part of the general fire hazard measures. It will be very helpful to know what kind of fire-extinguishing measures have been installed in other facilities holding jars and containers with alcohol / formalin / other preservative fluids. Were there any particular considerations your institute took into accound, given that preservation fluids tend to be so flammable? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Many thanks for your thoughts on this subject, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Gali Beiner (ACR)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'>Conservator, Palaeontology Lab</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>National Natural History Collections</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The Hebrew University of Jerusalem <br>Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram<br>Jerusalem 91904, Israel<br>Fax. 972-2-6584741<br></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:galib@savion.huji.ac.il" title="blocked::mailto:rivka@vms.huji.ac.il">galib@savion.huji.ac.il</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Look into our <a href="http://nnhc.huji.ac.il/default.asp?PageID=8">National Natural History Collections </a>Website!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>