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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Aug 29, 2008

Fire Chief to Sue the State Over Residential Fire Sprinklers – Jeffersontown, KY

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Fox41 WDRB Jeffersontown’s fire chief plans to sue the state Thursday over a dispute involving residential sprinklers. The issue is whether an ordinance passed by the city of Indian Hills can stand. The ordinance requires all new homes to have [...]

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Aug 27, 2008

Fire Prevention Week: Fire Departments Urge Residents to Prevent Home Fires

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A pot holder too close to a lit burner or a space heater left on overnight could be all it takes to start a home fire. In fact, cooking and heating are among the leading causes of home fires in [...]

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Aug 25, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Safety in Homes – Home Builder Perspective

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By Marty Hope – Calgary Herald It was the last session of a four-day conference in Las Vegas on fire safety and Murray Pound gambled that maybe, just maybe, it might be one he should attend. He had no idea [...]

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Aug 15, 2008

Home Fire Sprinkler Looped System Test

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By STEPHEN HUBA – Independent MASSILLON, OH — A potential revolution in home fire suppression got its Stark County debut Wednesday in Massillon before an audience of area firefighters, building officials and contractors. Live demonstrations of the “looped” residential fire [...]

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Aug 12, 2008

Put Fire Sprinklers in Every Housing Unit

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By Lloyd Alter – Treehugger.com Not just because of safety; Fire Marshals have been demanding that for years. It is probably necessary if we want to build healthy as well as safe houses. Perhaps if houses had sprinklers, then manufacturers [...]

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Aug 11, 2008

Advocating Home Fire Protection – A Fire Marshal’s Reasoning

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This is the second time in my life that I have written a letter for news publication. In 1986 while working for the State Fire Marshal in Florida, I was compelled to write a letter about a tragic fire that [...]

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Aug 10, 2008

Fireproofing a Dream Home – Napa Valley, CA

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By SASHA PAULSEN – Napa Valley Register When we met for the second time to survey the progress of the house David Horobin is building in the Montecito area of Napa, the sky was murky with smoke from wildfires burning [...]

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Jul 29, 2008

Tips on what to do in the event of a fire

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According to the Association of British Insurers, every day in the UK 200 homes suffer a fire, and one person dies and 40 are injured as a result of fires in the home. Regrettably, many of us will be involved [...]

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Jul 29, 2008

Residential Fire Sprinklers Good in Fire Protection

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By LORRAINE CARLI The recent fire in Westminster reported to be caused by a flaming candle dramatically makes several key points that should be learning experiences for all of us concerned about the threat of fire to our homes. First, [...]

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