Jun 14, 2008

South Carolina Fire Chief to Fight Fire Sprinkler Bill Veto

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By RICK BRUNDRETT – The State Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed legislation providing tax breaks to home and business owners who install fire sprinklers — a move Columbia’s fire chief says he plans to fight. In a letter late Wednesday [...]

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Jun 14, 2008

Aspen, Colorado Fire Guts Apartments

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By Charles Agar – Post Independent ASPEN, Colorado — A fire gutted the Castle Ridge Apartments in Aspen late Tuesday night and raged into the early morning Wednesday. One cat perished from smoke inhalation, but all 17 residents escaped a [...]

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Jun 13, 2008

Pet Saves Family From Fire in Chesterfield, Virginia

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By Beth Danziger – NBC12 A Chesterfield family says they’re alive thanks to the family pet. Their four-year-old lab, Buddy, was killed in a massive house fire off Regalia Place early Thursday morning. But, not before he was able to [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Ontario, Canada Regulatory Environment for Construction

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By Richard Lyall – Daily Commercial News Ask just about anyone in the construction industry about the construction regulatory environment in Ontario and they will tell you it is out of control. There are no established standards governing the review [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Bethany Beach, DE Bedroom Fire Contained by Fire Sprinkler

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Delmarva Daily Times BETHANY BEACH — A fire at a townhouse on the 700 block of Sunrise Court on Sunday caused damages worth approximately $7,500, the Delaware State Fire Marshal reported. The fire started in a bedroom and was contained [...]

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Jun 09, 2008

Fire Heavily Damages Texas Governor’s Mansion

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By KELLEY SHANNON – The Huffington Post AUSTIN, Texas — Arson is suspected in a fire that swept through the historic Texas governor’s mansion early Sunday, leaving much of the 152-year-old building charred and severely damaged, the state fire marshal [...]

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Jun 08, 2008

Canada Province Changing Fire Code

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By Jordie Dwyer – Fort Record Years of work and lobbying by the province’s fire chiefs on changing the fire code has paid dividends. Following the fire that destroyed a large number of homes last July in Edmonton, the province [...]

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Jun 08, 2008

Fire Tragedy in Harvard

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By SARAH SUTSCHEK and CYNDI WYSS – Northwest Herald HARVARD – Jane Gasiorowski awoke Tuesday to her alarm at 4 a.m. and smelled smoke. When she opened her apartment door, she saw her neighbor across the hall, apologizing profusely. “The [...]

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Jun 06, 2008

Dartmouth, MA Gas Hoarding Eyed as Cause of Apartment Fire

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By Brian Boyd – SouthCoastToday.com DARTMOUTH — A couple tried to beat the high cost of gasoline by hoarding it in their apartment, but the plan backfired when fumes ignited, causing a fire that displaced residents from eight units in [...]

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Jun 04, 2008

Life Saving Fire Sprinklers for UK Victorian Flat Conversion

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By Haydn Lewis – York Press A VICTORIAN flat conversion in York is the first of its kind in the city to be fitted with potentially life-saving sprinklers. The block of nine flats at 3, Wenlock Terrace, in Fulford, has [...]

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