[SML] flame testing

[Don Taco]

*sigh* Apparently, not only do you need to tell him how to do his job, but 
he *needs* to tell you how to do your job. Sad. It's a tough battle. He's 
the 'Authority.'

At one point in my 'career' at one of the local high schools, we were 
ordered by the AHJ to put all our latex paint in a fire-proof cabinet. I was 
not consulted. The school district bought one that wouldn't hold a fraction 
of the inventory. I worked in the other high school, and every other theater 
building in that town, and none of them had that same restriction. Okay, 
well, enough griping from me. Keep up the good fight.


> Here's a new one.  I got a call from a customer that said that the fire
> inspector was asking question regarding the flame treating of their 
> scenery.
> Apparently, the local community theatre was renting the space and they 
> made
> rocks from Styrofoam and paper mache.  The "rocks" were painted using 
> scenic
> paint and Rosco flamex.  According to the customer, when the fire 
> inspector
> tested the flame retardancy, he said that the flamex seemed to 
> "accelerate"
> the flame.  He was using a Bic lighter to test the material.  He cited 
> NFPA
> 289 - Method of Fire Test for Individual Fuel Packages.  The problem with
> this (from what I understand) is that 289 is for laboratory testing.
> Hmmm.  Seems like someone does too much reading, but apparently not for
> content.
>
> Also, he told them that their scenic platforms should be made with 2X6 and
> joist hangers.  Really?
>
> This isn't the first time this has popped up.  Anybody else hitting this
> headache?
>
> David R. Krajec