ETC puts their installers through a rigorous Emergency Fire Sprinkler Water Leak Shut-off Training course. ETC is one of very few organizations (if not the only one) with such a training course in the United States.
Randy Brown, PM of Sharp Memorial Hospital, enjoys Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream at a FUN Raiser, an ETC "just-for-fun" event for employees.
Todd Jacobson, of Essrig Taylor Construction, Inc., shows off the "Certified Installer" insignia on his T-shirt at a training session.
CHPAC President's Club Event May 22, 2008 • Riverwalk Golf Course
California State Senator
Mark Wyland (left)
and Michael Essrig
Mike Murphy, President & CEO, Sharp Hospitals (at right) with Michael Essrig and Judith Yates, COO of Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties (at left)
Senator Mark Wyland addresses the CHPAC President's Club gathering
Michael Essrig speaking about SB 1953 at CHPAC Presidents Club Event
Berkeley Earthquake Lab Puts
Safe-T-Proof Fastening System to Test
The furnished house shown at right is located inside the Earthquake Lab at UC Berkeley and was built for NBC's "Dateline" TV show. The show demostrates how a structure built using today's building codes can withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake.
Inside, it shows how furniture and equipment fastened using the Safe-T-Proof Fastening System holds up in an 8.0 quake. The photos below show furniture after the 8.0. Everything we fastened held. Other pictures show what happened after we disengaged the furniture from the Safe-T-Proof Fastening System and another simulated 8.0 quake was generated.
This "Dateline" special featuring the lab test on our fastening system aired on Sunday, May 21, 2006 @ 7pm PST.
The photos below are from the day of the video documented test, including before and after photos
Cabinet 1: Cabinet and cabinet doors
with Sate-T-Proof Fastening System
Cabinet 1: without Safe-T-Proof
Fastening System
Blue-Top Cabinet: fastened
BlueTop Cabinet: fastening disengaged
Shelf and monitor fastened
Adjacent shelf also fastened
Fastening for both shelves disengaged resulting in both falling onto the chair and desk area, with the monitor coming off the shelf
Michael Essrig with Hoda Kotb, the NBC Dateline correspondent at the UC Berkeley Earthquake Lab
Quake Cottage III from the outside
Inside Quake Cottage III
Video Clips
2006: (.wmv & .wav files)
NBC's Dateline • May 21, 2006
• Shorter version (3.5 mins., 6.1MB .wmv file)
• Long version (15 min., 49.4MB .wmv file;
NOT suitable for dial-up connection)
