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Gas stations have built in fire suppression. It’s a stretch to link this to firefighting capacity. Nanny states are annoying.
by dijonman2 5y ago
Gas stations have built in fire suppression. It’s a stretch to link this to firefighting capacity. Nanny states are annoying.
- hammock 5y agoIn cases when a gas station's fire suppression is triggered, in how many cases does the fire department never come out? I would estimate that they come out every time anyway.
- awb 5y agoFrom the article gas station fires cause $20M in damage annually. Not to mention toxic fumes. Even with suppression someone has to intervene to reduce it from suppressed to extinguished, and that’s usually the fire department. The numbers are very small, but it’s not nothing. The key point though would be seeing if these risks are far lower in OR and NJ, or not. Edit: $20M, not $20B
- hammock 5y agoI would also be interested in a cost-benefit analysis for this intervention (full service pumping) compared to, say, different fire safety protocols, rules that allow only essential gas pumping to be done (like when your tank is below half full), or other approaches. I also wonder if it's OK that we let each state decide for themselves rather than creating a federal mandate with what is judged by leading experts to be the best solution.
- kens 5y ago> From the article gas station fires cause $20B in damage annually. No. That number is wildly wrong.
- awb 5y agoSorry, M instead of B. So yeah, off by 1,000x. Good catch!