By CHRIS KELLY – Evening Sun Reporter Local fire chiefs say there is a need for a mandatory sprinkler ordinance in future Adams County townhouse developments. No one voiced an objection when the chiefs made their comments at a [...]

  All new one- and two-family residential structures in Fayette County will be required to have fire sprinklers beginning April 1, 2008. In Tennessee, Fayette County commissioners voted 14-5 Tuesday night to make the sprinklers mandatory. The vote came a [...]

  By Terry Rodgers and Lola Sherman – UNION-TRIBUNE Del Mar and Oceanside may be joining other communities in the county to mandate fire sprinklers for some or all new homes. Last night, the Oceanside City Council voted unanimously in [...]

  By IAN McCANN / The Dallas Morning News The Highland Park Town Council on Monday unanimously decided to require fire sprinklers in new homes and in those that undergo major renovations. Sprinklers will be required in all new homes [...]

  Tampa Tribune, FL ZEPHYRHILLS – Lennar Homes’ appeal of Zephyrhills’ law requiring sprinklers in new construction has been postponed until May 19. The Miami-based developer, which is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, is challenging the rules. They would require [...]