webfact Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Sweden's ice hotel to install fire alarmsSTOCKHOLM: -- A famous hotel rebuilt every winter in northern Sweden using only ice said Thursday it would install fire alarms this year.The hotel, located in the small Arctic town of Jukkasjaervi, is following a request by the authorities to guarantee the safety of its guests.icehotel“We were a little surprised at first, but the reason is that there are things that can actually catch fire, like pillows, sleeping bags or reindeer skins,” hotel spokeswoman Beatrice Karlsson said.“To us the most important concern is the safety of our clients, so we will comply,” she added.The hotel will open from December 6 to April 13, with prices ranging from 1 900 kronor (212 euro, $285) for a single room to 7 500 kronor for the most expensive suite.Tourists come from all over the world to sleep on an ice bed in temperatures as low as minus eight degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit).The alarms, which were already tested last winter with the local fire department, have made construction of the hotel, conceived as a work of art, even harder than before.“The environment is humid, and ice and snow… move, so it had to be taken into account,” Karlsson said.“It’s been a challenge for our building team, but it made us one experience richer.”http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2013/11/18/swedish-ice-hotel-to-install-fire-alarmsSource: http://scandasia.com/swedens-ice-hotel-install-fire-alarms/-- ScandAsia 2013-11-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Sorry folks,totally off topic....but amazing to watch. Chasing Ice....captures largest glacier calving ever filmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Sorry folks,totally off topic....but amazing to watch. Chasing Ice....captures largest glacier calving ever filmed. Yes, a tad off-topic, but I am not sure there is a lot to be said that is on-topic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Will a sprinkler system be required next? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Will a sprinkler system be required next? Probably heating system as someone could catch a cold during the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 The next story will be US Navy to install screen doors in nuclear powered submarines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 An off-topic post has been deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
folium Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 If the fire alarm sounds because a fire has broken out, how do they put the fire out? Shovel snow...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NxaiPan Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 If the fire alarm sounds because a fire has broken out, how do they put the fire out? Shovel snow...? What do guests do if they hear the alarm? Go outside and die of hypothermia? It must be safer to stay inside... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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