Sweden's Ice Hotel told to get fire alarms - Polidicks

[IMG]http://www.thelocal.se/userdata/images/article/dd5b19a88cd9b1c6bd802504610d6492a4e4d79470bc5386853874cab258e170.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE][B]Sweden's Ice Hotel has been ordered by the National Housing Board to install fire alarms, despite being made completely out of frozen water. [/B] The Ice Hotel, which is rebuilt every year in northern Sweden out of enormous chunks of ice from the Torne River in Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, will this year come equipped with fire alarms - and the irony isn't lost on the staff. [/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.thelocal.se/20131114/swedens-ice-hotel-in-jukkasjarvi-kiruna-told-to-get-fire-alarms[/URL]

Wouldn't it just melt and the water'd put the fire out? Or is that too simple for dem higher-ups

[QUOTE=Chinook249;42868490]Wouldn't it just melt and the water'd put the fire out? Or is that too simple[/QUOTE] Bureaucracy is too retarded to care.

Wow, really? Spend Money on a thousand dollar Fire Alarm.. on This?

I guess they should put one of these every square metre as well: [QUOTE][IMG]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ024ia8llbl1YLKpUvERD01otOCLFUkuUb7tqrFXSMNlSe0v8LBQ[/IMG][/QUOTE]

fucking health and safety

[QUOTE=Bradyns;42868624]I guess they should put one of these every square metre as well: [IMG]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ024ia8llbl1YLKpUvERD01otOCLFUkuUb7tqrFXSMNlSe0v8LBQ[/IMG][/QUOTE] woah what a pose

the alarm is when the entire place begins to melt

i guess you could argue that if there was a fire, depending on its placement it could melt enough of the building to compromise its structural integrity before going out, and being crushed by big blocks of frozen water isn't an ideal situation to be in

It's one of those things that doesn't make sense at first and then you go "wait it's called a fire alarm but it's really just an [I]emergency get the fuck out of where you are[/I] alarm

[QUOTE=Uber|nooB;42868938]i guess you could argue that if there was a fire, depending on its placement it could melt enough of the building to compromise its structural integrity before going out, and being crushed by big blocks of frozen water isn't an ideal situation to be in[/QUOTE] Exactly, I don't see why this is stupid at all. There are still a lot of flammable materials in the ice hotel, all it takes is one joker smoking in the room to accidentally set the bedsheets on fire and cause serious damage to the building.

Yeah, fire alarms don't put the fire out, they're there to alert you to the fire so you can leave the place. Being made of ice doesn't magically make the place fire proof (Stuff will still burn, ice melts slowly since the heat doesn't penetrate it much, etc.)

[QUOTE=pentium;42868545]Bureaucracy is too retarded to care.[/QUOTE] do you even know what you're talking about fire alarms arent magical devices that put out a fire, they're an emergency warning which is kind of important if something like a fucking fire is happening

[QUOTE=milkandcooki;42869166]do you even know what you're talking about fire alarms arent magical devices that put out a fire, they're an emergency warning which is kind of important if something like a fucking fire is happening[/QUOTE] yes but its... made of ice [del]the fire alarms are going to have a huge amount of frost and water damage issues too[/del] though to be fair some spots may have enough cloth for a big (and obviously that makes it dangerous) fire but it's not like the building is going to burn down in a blaze

[QUOTE=J!NX;42869276]yes but its... made of ice the fire alarms are going to have a huge amount of frost and water damage issues too though to be fair some spots may have enough cloth for a big (and obviously that makes it dangerous) fire but it's not like the building is going to burn down in a blaze[/QUOTE] No, it'll go from largest ice hotel to largest slushi

will there be a system in place that sprays water

[QUOTE=J!NX;42869276]yes but its... made of ice [B]the fire alarms are going to have a huge amount of frost and water damage issues too[/B] though to be fair some spots may have enough cloth for a big (and obviously that makes it dangerous) fire but it's not like the building is going to burn down in a blaze[/QUOTE] They make completely water proof fire alarms, the cold and ice wont affect them.

[QUOTE=J!NX;42869276]yes but its... made of ice [del]the fire alarms are going to have a huge amount of frost and water damage issues too[/del] though to be fair some spots may have enough cloth for a big (and obviously that makes it dangerous) fire but it's not like the building is going to burn down in a blaze[/QUOTE] Fire alarms aren't there to protect the building though, they're there to protect the people inside it.

[QUOTE=J!NX;42869276]yes but its... made of ice [del]the fire alarms are going to have a huge amount of frost and water damage issues too[/del] though to be fair some spots may have enough cloth for a big (and obviously that makes it dangerous) fire but it's not like the building is going to burn down in a blaze[/QUOTE] Sure it's made of ice, but ice won't stop carbon monoxide.

Well what is regulations? I kind of half expected the building to have it already.

To be honest if there was somehow a fire like the bedding caught a light it'd be a good warning to tell everyone that the whole hotel could collapse.

[QUOTE=LaughingStock;42869461]will there be a system in place that sprays water[/QUOTE] Yeah it's called a fire

The problem isn't fire the problem is smoke, a burning chair or something would create a tremendous amount of toxic smoke and while it may not affect the structure if anyone sleeping were to breathe it in, they would die instantly.

Imagine reading the headlines "10 people drowned in housefire".

Fire safety is serious business in Sweden

to be fair a building made of ice is going to be a lot more susceptible to fires than, oh, say a building made of something that doesn't melt

[QUOTE=Bradyns;42868624][img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ024ia8llbl1YLKpUvERD01otOCLFUkuUb7tqrFXSMNlSe0v8LBQ[/img][/QUOTE]"OH MY GOD MY NECK OH SHIT THE FLOOR IS SLIPPERY AS WELL OH NO" That's what I think of whenever I see those signs. Why don't they draw the necks on these poor people? D:[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;42871818]to be fair a building made of ice is going to be a lot more susceptible to fires than, oh, say a building made of something that doesn't melt[/QUOTE]So, I shouldn't put that fireplace in my life-sized lego castle?

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;42871916]"OH MY GOD MY NECK OH SHIT THE FLOOR IS SLIPPERY AS WELL OH NO" That's what I think of whenever I see those signs. Why don't they draw the necks on these poor people? D:So, I shouldn't put that fireplace in my life-sized lego castle?[/QUOTE] I always think "Caution - Interpretive dancers in area". I'm speshul. :downs:

[QUOTE=snookypookums;42871982]I always think "Caution - Interpretive dancers in area". I'm speshul. :downs:[/QUOTE]I gave you a gold star for being so special. Good job. <3

IT just seems like a weird place to go on fire.