My facility is located on the Delaware River so It is colder and windier than other places. We have 410 feet of riverfront property.
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The river is almost frozen all the way across.
When I got to work one of the nurses handed me this and said she found it on the floor of a resident's room
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The second I saw her coming I knew what was wrong and what had happened. One of the rooms facing the river had the fire sprinkler head freeze and fall to the ground. The ice cracked the pipe. As we were shutting the fire system down and getting ready to drain the system it started to rain in the basement.
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I ran up to the resident's room and this is what I saw only the water was flooding out of the empty ceiling tile. The only good thing is that I had already had the pump off and all the valves turned off. So it was just draining the system into the room...
Enjoy the rest of your day.
The river is almost frozen all the way across.
When I got to work one of the nurses handed me this and said she found it on the floor of a resident's room
The second I saw her coming I knew what was wrong and what had happened. One of the rooms facing the river had the fire sprinkler head freeze and fall to the ground. The ice cracked the pipe. As we were shutting the fire system down and getting ready to drain the system it started to rain in the basement.
I ran up to the resident's room and this is what I saw only the water was flooding out of the empty ceiling tile. The only good thing is that I had already had the pump off and all the valves turned off. So it was just draining the system into the room...
Enjoy the rest of your day.