Fire sprinkler pipe bursts setting off fire alarm system and smoke control system at high school

I have received many comments about dry systems we do use them here, however they are installed in areas susceptible to freezing like unheated attics and outdoor applications. They are not installed for general indoor protection as they have a much higher cost more complexity for testing and maintenance and require much more supervision. This does not need a dry system a wet system is completely normal for this application. The soffit space is supposed to be insulated and is indicated as such on the as-builts just never was actually installed.

Wow, that's a really nice looking school! It must be pretty new with how clear that sprinkler water is

Sync on the alarms is 👌 Definitely worth all the work you guys put into fit it in earlier videos

All this equipment and nobody was alerted to respond, only curiousity saved this from becoming a swimming pool for the weekend.

Great response Nic, you did amazing! Don't ever stop what you're doing cause you're doing it amazingly.

I always used to see problems like this (reported as the wrong signal type to monitor, reporting the wrong zone or non-existent zones, etc.) and it was really bad with the addressable systems early on. Graphic annunciators should be a code requirement these days. My 1980 Michigan high school had a graphic annunciator (totally analog though with a shape of the building and colored incandescent lights at specific locations) and then there were sub-annunciators that were located in each zone (just a row of lights up near the ceiling) that drilled down the initiating device further, really advanced for 1978 when it was designed (also had an advanced smoke control system). It worked great for 20 years until they frankensteined it to a digital panel and botched it (graphic annunciator is a dead zombie now). At 2am over a holiday weekend, the fire dept got a signal for a pull station. Entered the school, checked the pull station and it was fine, then left. It was actually triggered by a water flow on the other side of the building due to a frozen pipe. Water ran for 2 days straight. They found nothing was programmed or working right and the next time we had a drill, they had to send us home because they couldn't shut off the horns. Then we had an arson fire (and attempted bombing) just before graduation in 2002. That building was never right afterwards so I hope yours is dried out and the problems are fixed.

No doubt about it, that early January cold snap was brutal. -10 is definitely not what our island is used to; so many burst pipes across town and even one of the ferries. The School District is sure lucky to have your expertise and experience in this case which no doubt helped prevent a far worse outcome. Excellent work Nic.

"A high school in western Canada has recently installed an indoor swimming pool..."

The janitor deserves a raise after this!

2:12 That is a nice ass school tho Wtffff the entrance looks like a damn hotel😭

Oh and btw, great video. You did an awesome job as cameraman, using text to explain what is going on, and overall did a 10/10 job for showing us what happened that day. I would hire you as my employee any day.

I am glad you knew what to do agin I will say you preformed well in a high stress situation I don't think I could have done it !!!

That sucks man. We had temps reach -23f / -30c and didn't go above 0f / -18c for 3 days and pipes were bursting all over town in mid January. Grateful we didn't have any problems here.

Well done for getting to the problem fast

nic this would give me nightmares, I'm custodian/maintance and can tell you this would not be a fun fixing. rip and rebuild time.

My OCD got crazy just like yours with the labels up-side down :)

loving the videos they really are getting more and more pro by the day

Wish I found this video earlier. At a previous job a car clipped a sprinkler pipe in a parking garage, setting off flow alarms and triggering a general fire alarm. People were evacuated and were subsequently confused as to why the level of response was needed. Fun times

Need to get antifreeze in certain zones of the school or something. Nice work as well. Good job

Well done Nic!