Jul 02, 2008

Raising the Bar with AB 2288 – Part 1

by Robert L. Rowe

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For those of you who know me, regardless of the emotions that sometimes seem to get in the way when controversial issues in the fire service arise, I’ve have always made it a point to see both sides of an [...]

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Jul 02, 2008

Firefighter and Resident Injured in Bartlett, IL Blaze

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Courier News BARTLETT — A firefighter and a resident were injured Thursday night after a fire started on a propane grill during a cookout on a backyard deck. Flames spread to the building and caused an estimated $300,000 damage to [...]

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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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Jul 01, 2008

South Carolina Fire Sprinkler Bill Veto Overridden

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By Tim Smith – Greenville News COLUMBIA — Lawmakers voted unanimously on Wednesday to override Gov. Mark Sanford’s veto of a bill providing incentives to those installing fire sprinklers. The bill now becomes law. The House voted 109-0 while the [...]

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Jul 01, 2008

California Sets New Building Codes for Areas Vulnerable to Fire

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By Paul Rogers – San Jose Mercury News When Ed Kanner decided to build a new home in the foothills just south of downtown Los Gatos, he chose an unusual roof. Steel, painted brown to blend in with the oaks [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Park City, UT Vicious Fire Rips Apart Historic Houses

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By Jay Hamburger – Park Record A vicious fire destroyed an Old Town house and damaged at least two neighboring houses Friday morning, one of the most devastating fires in Park City’s renowned historic district in more than a decade. [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Saugus, MA Fire Chief Presses for Attic Sprinklers in GLSS Housing Project

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By Chris Stevens – The Daily Item SAUGUS – Developers by law do not have to include sprinklers in the attic of new construction, but Fire Chief James Blanchard is hoping that will change soon. Fire officials said the absence [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Wisconsin Site of Fatal Fire Was Up to Code, but No Fire Sprinklers

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By DAN SPRINGER – La Crosse Tribune A public housing duplex where fire that took the life of a 6-year-old boy Sunday had all the required fire prevention and warning equipment, La Crosse fire and housing authority officials said Monday. [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Burien, WA 3 Dead, 5 Injured, 31 Homeless in Fire

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By Elizabeth Rhodes – Seattle Times Burien’s worst residential fire in nearly two decades claimed three lives, injured five other people and left 31 homeless when two adjoining apartment buildings burned early this morning. The cause of the blaze, which [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

The Sprinkler Fitters Union Support Fire Sprinklers

by Randy D. Roxson

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In Steve Leyton’s recent rebuttal to my response to his misinformed article, he states, "they (in reference to the words of my letter ) were quoted word for word". His quote was “SPRINKLER FITTERS UNION TO OPPOSE FIRE SPRINKLERS”. Word [...]

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