Maryland Business

By: jackie.sauter

If you’re in Annapolis Thursday and you think the State House is on fire, don’t worry. It’s just a really cool “deluge system” that protects the capitol’s historic dome.

The Department of General Services is testing the fire suppression system at 9a.m. on Thursday morning. It “will pour up to 7,500 gallons of water over the dome of the State House at a rate of 1,500 gallons per minute,” according to a DGS release. I guess they don’t take any chances.

Anyway, the system creates a mist that can look like smoke to the untrained eye. It’s not.

According to the release, this blog entry could perform a public service by helping to prevent the Annapolis fire and police departments from getting flooded with calls. They already know about the test.

ANDY ROSEN, Business Writer