I'm gonna be working with some 400v capacitors and I'm wondering if regular latex gloves would be enough to keep me safe. Honestly, I doubt anything is going to happen, but I just want to make sure it's not a major safety concern.
Most smoke detectors are Photoelectric, they have a light transmitter and a receiver, smoke, dust or steam will filter the light, and the alarm will respond. NORMALLY when an alarm is triggered no physical response or signal is sent to the sprinkler system. The exception is if a dry system exists in an outdoor area or in a water sensitive environment the pipes are normally kept dry using air pressure, but can be designed to go wet in alarm. But a head still has to break to let water out. Very very very few fire sprinklers are open or deluge heads like they like to show in movies that all go off at the same time, they are good for the camera, I have heard they exist, but I have never actually seen one. Most closed heads trigger individually at 135 degrees Fahrenheit, this is controlled by a glass bulb that breaks or by a two part metal link that separates when it gets hot allowing a plugging mechanism to move and allow flow, again, as I repeat, one at a time. There are a few poisonous HALON system left out there that emit a fire suppressing gas, but more common now are oxygen depleted gas Inergen systems that suffocate the fire and are not deadly. Either of these environments are also rare, and normally have large obvious signs and switches that are clearly marked to abort the dispensing of gas as long as an abort switch is held.
In addition to the above, you can get a folding stock for the Mini 14/ Mini 30, with a 16 inch barrel leaves you with what 21 inches overall? Or a SCAR, last I checked they had a folding stock. Take a look at some of the things Gavin De Becker said. Might help. With a concealed long arm I'd go with a sling in a loop so It could be under my arm or behind my back. A 3 point would be a front carry. Can you get an NFA weapon like a short barrel? That will greatly increase your options and viability. From what I know about armed situations, I'd rather have my pistol concealed allowing me to move freely and have the carbine in the SUV, say above the seat or in a vertical locking holser in the car. If I need a longarm it is right there, and I can move my client out of harms way easily. This would also allow me to have a better equipped rifle than what I could comfortably wear all day.
