Sep 10, 2008

Ocean Isle Beach, NC Fire Victims Families Urge Residential Fire Sprinkler Use

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By JAMES ROSEN – The State Kaaren Mann and Bonnie Woodruff share a tragic burden that is almost too painful for them to bear. Mann’s daughter, Lauren Mahorn, died in the Ocean Isle beach-house fire last October that also killed [...]

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Sep 09, 2008

Fire Officials Want New Jersey Governor to Approve New Fire Sprinkler Code

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By Tom Hester – Newark Star-Ledger The Corzine administration has until Sept. 17 to decide if the new state fire code should require that sprinklers be installed in about 470 high-rise residential and office buildings statewide. The proposed mandate for [...]

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Sep 08, 2008

Conshohocken Apartment Fire Litigation Continues

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By MARGARET GIBBONS – Times Herald Insurance companies now are jumping into the litigation surrounding the catastrophic fire that ripped through the Riverwalk at Millennium apartment complex in Conshohocken on Aug. 13. Four major insurance companies, which insured tenants’ property [...]

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Sep 08, 2008

Fire Prevention Week: Blocked Exits

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When a smoke alarm sounds we all know what to do, right? Find the nearest escape route, get out and stay out! But if that exit is blocked, the best escape plan in the world will not help you and [...]

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Sep 07, 2008

IAFF Joins Coalition in Support of Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement

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The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has adopted a resolution supporting a change to the International Residential Code (IRC) to require fire sprinklers in new single-family homes (IRC Proposal RB64-07/08). The IRC is the model code governing residential construction [...]

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Sep 05, 2008

North Carolina’s Fireman of the Year from Pinehurst Fire Department

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FayObserver.com Floyd Fritz, the deputy chief of the Pinehurst Fire Department, was presented the 2008 North Carolina Fireman of the Year Award during the North Carolina Firemen’s Association annual conference. The award was presented Aug. 30 in Winston-Salem. Fritz was [...]

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Sep 04, 2008

New Zealand Fire Safety Education Rejuvenated

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By KAREN MANGNELL – Auckland stuff.co.nz The Fire Service is putting new faces on its education materials to rejuvenate its fire safety campaign. Adults get one booklet on home fire safety while children get their own material with new Firewise [...]

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Sep 03, 2008

Dog’s Nose Responds Faster Than Smoke Alarms During Fire

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By Pamela Constable – Washington Post A Labrador retriever with a sharp nose helped his owners safely escape their burning home in Potomac early yesterday morning when his frantic barking awakened them minutes before smoke alarms went off. The quick [...]

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Sep 02, 2008

Fire Protection Industry Interview with Steve Muncy, AFSA President, HFSC Board Member

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ResidentialFireSprinklers.com is pleased to bring you a recorded audio interview with Steve Muncy, President of the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA). Steve has an extensive career in the fire sprinkler industry. In 1988 he became the Executive Vice President of [...]

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Sep 01, 2008

Fire Prevention Week: Home Fire Sprinklers

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“It’s Fire Prevention Week: Prevent Home Fires!” – October 5-11, 2008 Fire safety educators do their best to educate residents about ways to prevent fires in their communities. But as we all know, the highest level of vigilance regarding home [...]

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