| Advocates of Sprinkler Systems | Advocates of "Clean Agent"-Only Systems |
| Conservation Company (spoke to conservator; water is not damaging compared to total loss) | Large Regional Art Museum (recent construction has FM 200, said that we might have code approval issues) |
| Fire Safety Consultant (spoke to specialist in library and museum fire suppression; FM 200 with sprinklers ok; must have advanced air sampling detectors, such as Vesda or Analaser, with fast-response sprinklers [no glass bulbs—solder linkage instead]; must have sprinklers in separate zone; must have pneumatic air test for piping integrity; sprinklers systems do work—better drying technology) | Large Federal Library (spoke to Head of Conservation; no current construction; advocated new hypoxic system) |
| Law School Library (spoke to Director; new rare book storage area mandated to have sprinklers by local code enforcement) | Large University Library (spoke to Head of Preservation; no current construction; advocated new hypoxic system) |
| Large Private Research Library (spoke to Head of Preservation; recent construction includes only sprinklers—"what if" factor with other systems) | State Law Library (spoke to Librarian for Technical Services; built library in 1998 with FM 200 systems for 2 rooms—no redundant sprinklers) |
| Large Federal Library (message passed along to knowledgeable librarian; "likely to go to sprinklers soon") | Law School Library (spoke to Special Collections Librarian; added FM 200 three years ago, with no sprinkler requirement; previous special collections room had no system; believes that code now requires sprinkler redundancy) |
| Federal Military Library (spoke to Director; no new construction, but is in planning stages; concerned about "what if" factor with other systems) | Large University Library (spoke to Head of Special Collections; no current renovation) |
| Conservation Company (spoke to consultant conservator; sees benefit of water compared to risk of total loss) | Large University Library (spoke to Librarian, Rare Book Room; replaced halon with Inergen in 2000; sprinklers not required) |
| Regional Library Network (spoke to consultant conservator; advocates sprinklers) | Large Federal Court Library (spoke to a librarian; renovations with planned waterless system only in the planning stages) |
| Law School Library (spoke to Director; new construction includes only sprinklers) | |
| Large Regional Art Museum (spoke to Facilities Engineer; uses pre-action sprinklers) |