Jul 04, 2008

United States Fire Administration Seeks A Safer July 4th For All Residents

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Washington D.C — Fireworks account for a substantial number of preventable injuries and fires each year, especially during the weeks before and after the Fourth of July.  Parents need to be especially vigilant during this period, ensuring children do not [...]

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Jul 03, 2008

Fire Chiefs Trying to Close Loophole in Fire Safety Rules

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By Gerard A. Dio As Worcester fire chief and the recently appointed president of the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts, I am asking for public support for a very important bill that the association is seeking to have passed. The [...]

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Jul 03, 2008

Fire Rules Few for Beach Houses

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By Martha Quillin and Jerry Allegood – Raleigh News & Observer OCEAN ISLE BEACH – Bigger beach houses all along the North Carolina coast are packing people into places where sprinklers and other fire safety measures are not required, state [...]

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Jul 02, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Important Safety Tool

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By Jayne Hanson – Havasu News-Herald In a recent City Council meeting, Lake Havasu City adopted the 2006 International Fire Code affecting the new construction of adult care homes or group homes by requiring the installation of fire sprinkler systems. [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Projects Delayed at Three USC Dorms

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By JAMES T. HAMMOND – The State Almost 1,000 USC students who live in dorms could go another year without fire-dousing sprinklers and other fire protection because of a state building moratorium. The State Budget and Control Board has halted [...]

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Jun 25, 2008

Florida Developer Cuts Deal With City On Fire Sprinklers

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By CHRISTIAN M. WADE – Tampa Tribune ZEPHYRHILLS – The developer of a massive town home project could be exempted from the new municipal sprinkler law, under a tentative agreement reached with city officials. Miami-based Lennar Homes LLC – developer [...]

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Jun 23, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Vital in Fire Safety

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By Russell Sanders – Courier Journal The No. 1 priority of government at all levels is public safety. Elected and appointed officials often talk about the importance of fire safety, but it’s nothing but rhetoric if they don’t participate in [...]

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Jun 20, 2008

Wasilla, AK Fire Officials: Fire Sprinkler System Prevents Further Damage

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Fort Mills Times WASILLA, Alaska — Officials in Wasilla are crediting a sprinkler system with preventing extensive damage during a fire at a senior independent living facility. The fire started Sunday in a recliner located in one of the facility’s [...]

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Jun 18, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Worth the Small Cost

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By Dan Clawson Home fire sprinkler systems save billions of dollars while saving lives of countless occupants and firefighters. Sprinklers typically cost one-half percent to 1 percent of a new home’s price, but more than pay for themselves in reduced [...]

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Jun 17, 2008

Fire Safety – No Smoking in Apartments?

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By JENN WIANT – Northwest Herald HARVARD – Tenants of Cunat Inc. apartments can do anything they like in their units, as long as it is legal and does not affect other tenants, said Christopher Zock, Cunat’s vice president of [...]

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