Sep 11, 2026 · 38 min · 10 segments
In this episode of the Fire Sprinkler Podcast, we put fire protection systems under the microscope with Dyne Labs and explore the testing and science that happens behind the scenes. We dig into why…
Stan BarnesGuest
Grant LobdellGuestChrisHosthow do you go from being from the from the fire side as an H.J. to coming into the fire protection side? Like, it seems like an easy transition, but is it is it because of the things you saw from your job as an H.J.
that brought you over? Like, we need more of this.
As a sprinkler guy, it's easy for me to say, like, let's sprinkle the world.
You're showing me where to put the hangers.
But it's another thing for somebody who's seeing the actual benefits of fire protection and life safety, properly maintained fire protection and life safety, and then be passionate enough to say, I'm retired from that.
Let's keep going.
And that, I think you hit it on the nail on the head because the reality is that in the fire service, we say it a lot.
But I noticed that when, you know, in the fire service, when we're, you know, doing what we do, if it's a cardiac arrest and we save a life, if it's a diabetic emergency, strokes, all that stuff, and we do that from a medical standpoint, and then we go into fire and we pull out lives there.
But the sprinkler side of things, man, that was, the reality is that they save more lives.
And it's like, I won't get into the story about the Medal of Valor and how that came about, but I am going to say this, that...
can you not get into that? We'll talk about that later.
I guess we'll come back.
Just throw that out there casually.
Just don't
When you save a life and you realize that the life you saved could have been, we say predictable is preventable.
how do you go from being from the from the fire side as an H.J. to coming into the fire protection side? Like, it seems like an easy transition, but is it is it because of the things you saw from your job as an H.J.
that brought you over? Like, we need more of this.
As a sprinkler guy, it's easy for me to say, like, let's sprinkle the world.
You're showing me where to put the hangers.
But it's another thing for somebody who's seeing the actual benefits of fire protection and life safety, properly maintained fire protection and life safety, and then be passionate enough to say, I'm retired from that.
Let's keep going.
And that, I think you hit it on the nail on the head because the reality is that in the fire service, we say it a lot.
But I noticed that when, you know, in the fire service, when we're, you know, doing what we do, if it's a cardiac arrest and we save a life, if it's a diabetic emergency, strokes, all that stuff, and we do that from a medical standpoint, and then we go into fire and we pull out lives there.
But the sprinkler side of things, man, that was, the reality is that they save more lives.
And it's like, I won't get into the story about the Medal of Valor and how that came about, but I am going to say this, that...
can you not get into that? We'll talk about that later.
I guess we'll come back.
Just throw that out there casually.
Just don't
When you save a life and you realize that the life you saved could have been, we say predictable is preventable.
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