WESTERN STATES FIRE PROTECTION CO. INSTALLED ONE-OF-A-KIND FIRE SUPRESSION MOUNTAIN, LAS VEGAS

July 25, 2005 - What happens when you build a $2 billion hotel on the Las Vegas strip and you do not like the view across the street? Well, if you are Steve Wynn, you build a $130 million mountain, plant 50 year old trees all over it (instant forest) add a million gallon lake with waterfalls and you have a fantastic showpiece, blocking all you do not wish to see.

What happens when worry sets in, about the mountain burning down and your investment in a beautiful living pine forest being lost? You call the fire scientists at Western States Fire Protection Co.

With no fire codes and no plans or specifications to guide them, Western States Fire Protection Co. designed and installed an automatic fire suppression system like no other.

The systems consists of fire pumps drawing water from the lake to supply 20 deluge systems, 360 open nozzles and 22 oscillating turret nozzles. It can be operated manually or be triggered by smoke reading cameras and flame detectors.

The entire installation took less than six weeks, with support from Western States Fire Protection Co.'s Denver headquarters and various branch offices.

In addition to the work done at Wynn Mountain, Western States Fire Protection Co. also installed 20,000 sprinkler heads at the Wynn property casino and low-rise hotel.