Busch Gardens Quality Control Team
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That's been that way for years. If they didn't fix it for the anniversary, I assume they never will.
If you were referring to the fire sprinkler heads they generally can't be touched, even to dust, by code in most cities and states.
That's because they only get pixie dust, and it's invisible to the naked eye
I'm aware.
The issue is there's dust that's just caked on to these sprinklers right above the food. Which I'm pretty sure is a health code violation. Not to mention with the sheer amount of dust on these sprinklers, I'm also worried that in case of a fire they won't work as well as they should. If they gotta get the fire department to dust some sprinklers so they not only work, but also aren't just a mass of dust blobs, then so be it.
I'm glad they have visible sprinklers (as I have worked in a place with a drop ceiling and said dropped ceiling covered all the sprinklers so if there was a fire, the building was screwed.) But said sprinklers should be clear and unobstructed to work.
What about a low power compressed air dusting? Not physically touching anything that could set the sprinklers off...
Edit: I see @Jahrules beat me to it
I don't believe so. It's because of the wax seal in them that can be damaged/displaced and then accidentally set off the system. If a place does want them cleaned they have to get with the local Fire Department for the info on how to do it.
Those sprinklers activate with such force that the grease will not affect them, there are a couple kinds and I dont know the exact ones your referring to but a wet system uses either a glass tube filled with a special liquid that expands and breaks the glass tube allowing the activation of the head. Another had a bimetalic ring that holds the other metal parts in place, when that melts the other parts are released and water flows. Additionally over cooking areas like the Festhaus grill they use a hood system that is activated by someone oulling a pin to release the supression agent. Look on the walls around the food prep area and there will be a round unit with what looks like a pin and tamper seal. Also the Fire Department is not responsible nor will we come clean a sprinkler. There are private companies that must service and certify systems at various times of the year.
As for the visable sprinklers, that all depends on how they engineered the system. They can have heads above the drop cieling that are there to protect areas not occupied but at which a fire could start and go unnoticed. You would be suprised how much fire could be in a attic space and you would never know anything was going on. The fire could be hot enough to cause a roof collapse and yet occupants were still unaware.
Cool, so what you're saying is that this is still a health code violation, and they should kinda get on fixing that.
(And for clarification about the store I worked at. Nah, we got hit every single time about those sprinklers as well as other problems that we honestly couldn't fix. My store was a massive fire hazard, but the only thing they'd enforce is helium tanks need to be chained a specific way. if we died lol they'd rebuild and replace us. My store and the building owners did not give two shits. But this isn't the point.)
(And for clarification about the store I worked at. Nah, we got hit every single time about those sprinklers as well as other problems that we honestly couldn't fix. My store was a massive fire hazard, but the only thing they'd enforce is helium tanks need to be chained a specific way. if we died lol they'd rebuild and replace us. My store and the building owners did not give two shits. But this isn't the point.)
Trust me, the sprinklers work (not sure about any sprinkles that may be up there ?). The fire control systems are inspected on a regular basis and monitored 24/7. They should be cleaned, but that won't stop them from working. I'm sure cleaning crews are paranoid they'll go off if they to get close. Someone needs to introduce them to lightweight "feather" dusters.
ADA allows you to question what serves the animal performs but not ask what disability the person has. That said many companies are to afraid of both the bad PR and legal penalties to let staff ask that question unless there is an on going issue with the animal.
Many people have started hiding behind the ADA as a way to bring there pets where ever they go sadly the time may have come when we need to consider rewriting ADA to include actual ID and registration of service animals.
I would actually guess twice a year is more likely. Must places that I have worked have been on six month schedules for hood cleaning but maybe Busch can vet away with once a year given their limited days of operation.
BINGO!!! This is actually one of the biggest contamination risked out there.
That is correct. BGW doesn't need to do it twice a year because they are not open daily. They are only open approximately 200 days.
Not sure if the really falls under quality controll but Saturday night we were at BGW and stopped at the pin cart across from DarKastle. While looking a family came up and asked the person working where Verbolten was. At first she pointed the wrong direction but gave a really confused look. The family again asked how do you get to Verbolten and the person looked around for a few seconds and then said there is a map over there. I finally pointed them in the right direction but also told them it was closed until after the fireworks. That is completely crazy that a team member in the hamlet of a ride does not know where it is.