May 31, 2008

County Fire Chiefs in Canada Band Together for Fire Sprinklers

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Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin The Simcoe County Fire Chiefs have banded together to speak out in a unified voice in favour of residential sprinklers as a method of reducing loss of life and minimizing property damage. The Fire Chiefs say they [...]

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May 31, 2008

Belvidere, IL Fire Sprinkler Debate

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By Max Seigle When a house goes up in flames like this one, firefighters race to the call with their hoses. But there’s another sort of hose that Belvidere could make a permanent fixture at home. “Most of the time [...]

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May 31, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Douses Fire at Riverside Resort

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By JIM MANIACI- Mohave Valley News LAUGHLIN – A sprinkler quickly doused a Wednesday morning fire in a room on the 24th floor of the Riverside Resort Hotel-Casino. There were no injuries, according to the Clark County Fire Department. “It [...]

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May 31, 2008

Richland, WA Woman’s Death in Fire Prompts Call for Safety Awareness

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By Paula Horton – Mid Columbia Tri-City Herald Fire investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked a blaze that killed an 83-year-old Richland woman. So far they’ve concluded the fire started in Isabel Arnold’s bedroom late Sunday and [...]

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May 31, 2008

Peabody, MA Apartment Fire Sparked by Cigarette

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By Erin Ailworth – Boston Globe PEABODY – A roaring four-alarm fire that tore through a Peabody apartment complex Thursday, leaving 40 people homeless and displacing hundreds of others, is being blamed on a carelessly discarded cigarette butt. Fire Chief [...]

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May 30, 2008

South Carolina Senate Agrees to Fire Sprinkler System Installation Tax Break

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By Tim Smith – Greenville News, SC COLUMBIA — The Senate today gave key approval to a bill that would give tax credits to those installing fire sprinkler systems. Senators voted to give the bill final approval, and it now [...]

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May 28, 2008

Fire Safety Concerns Drive Changes to Alberta Building Code

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RICHARD GILBERT – Journal of Commerce, Canada Building code regulations in Alberta are being beefed-up as a result of a major fire that destroyed dozens of homes in south Edmonton last summer. The devastating residential fire occurred in Edmonton and [...]

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May 28, 2008

Long Beach, CA Affordable Fire Safety

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Long Beach Press-Telegram Residents of older high rises whose safety was the concern of a Long Beach City Council committee can breathe a sigh of relief, but not for the reason you might think. They didn’t seem to want the [...]

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May 28, 2008

Paso Robles, CA Council Holds Off on Building Code Update

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Josh Petray – Paso Robles Press The Paso Robles City Council staved off making any changes to California Codes until it receives more information on topics of interest to local builders, homeowners and the City Council. Last week, the council [...]

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May 28, 2008

Toronto Fire Forces Dozens from their Homes

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Lori Paris- Newstalk 1010 CFRB A stubborn four-alarm blaze in the Weston Road and Jane area took several hours to be knocked down by Toronto Fire. At its peak, flames stretched more than 20 feet above the shared roof of [...]

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