Sprinklers Flood a Police Station

There are sprinklers in some of your houses. What if they cracked? Then what? A leak or nothing might be expected, right? But, what if the results were much more worse... Like a flooded police station?!?!

In the South Brunswick Police Station, cracked sprinkler heads created turmoil and damage on the first and second floors. The damages made cost about $158,327. There was also lots of damage done to the equipment. ”The fire sprinkler heads burst and it caused substantial damage to the lower floors at the Police Department,” claimed Ron Schmalz. “Once our dispatchers saw the heads leaking they called in Public Works, but those sprinklers throw out a lot of water so by the time they got it turned off there was substantial damage.” Mr. Schmalz also mentioned that the police were in the middle of some work while this had happened, but they evacuated soon enough. Mr. Schmalz also said that repairs are almost done. Although, out of all the damages, the worst is probably the carpet! $74,918 will be needed to replace it! A computer, a projector with a lamp and new ceiling tiles also need to be replaced.

To learn more about the disaster, click on the broken sprinkler.