<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">High-rate-of-rise heat detectors is what I’ve always aimed to have in a theatre. We do Fire Watch in theatres slated for renovation. <div><br><div>Retrofitting could pay for itself in the long term with labour savings for fire watch.</div><div><br><div>Unfortunately what an AHJ’s will let you do is quite specific to the individual. If it were me I’d say no because flipping (back on) the switch requires action by a person and this elevates the life-safety risk.</div><div><br></div><div>I’ve heard the expression that the Fire Code is “written in blood”.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek proverb</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 4, 2023, at 10:55, Marty Petlock via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpf0def6b6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I had the same issue: A previous T.D. had a sweetheart deal with a technician who for a large sum of cash (had to be cash) would sit by the silenced alarms with a walkie during concerts. Spoke to my alarm company and the AHJ who agreed I could remove the smoke alarms in the areas affected by fog/haze and replace with rapid rise detectors' They were happy and it worked great. Worth looking into.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpf0def6b6signature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font size="3">Marty Petlock</font></div></div></div></div><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/></span><br><span>Stagecraft mailing list</span><br><span>Stagecraft@theatrical.net</span><br><span>http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>