Perspectives Play Ball In addition to helping manage special events, Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services is present at all 81 Atlanta Braves home games. Did that cooperation extend to response measures? From a response perspective, we've worked closely with the Braves to optimize fire department access during games and other events. That's something we as a department are very sensitive to. We shut down internal private roads around the property during games, for example, so we have access throughout the property. We also staff each game with a minimum of two certified Georgia fire inspectors, and we set up 50 | NFPA JOURNAL * J U L Y /A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 an incident command for each game. We actively patrol the property looking for potential problems and try to solve them in real time. What has it been like working with the Braves organization? This is our department's first time working with such a large construction project. We have had some exposition facilities and some smaller school campuses, but I would say the Braves team overall at SunTrust Park are some of the best to work with out there. They have their own engineering team and have been very mindful of safety. CURTIS COMPTON/NEWSCOM sprinkler the concourses, which made certain other design features easier.