I need to add something to my above post.
I don't condone dis-abling any fire retardent system - EVER!
Even though I mentioned it above, I only did so because it was a situation I was faced with several years ago, and the venue manager did the disabling himself, only after calling downtown ahead of time to isolate the one room. There were three fire department personnel on hand for that event, for the duration. As soon as the venue manager came in at midnight and brought the lights up, he re-activated the system under the watchful eyes of the fire department folks.
I don't condone dis-abling any fire retardent system - EVER!
Even though I mentioned it above, I only did so because it was a situation I was faced with several years ago, and the venue manager did the disabling himself, only after calling downtown ahead of time to isolate the one room. There were three fire department personnel on hand for that event, for the duration. As soon as the venue manager came in at midnight and brought the lights up, he re-activated the system under the watchful eyes of the fire department folks.