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Oct 20, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Favored in Building Codes

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By Lew Sichelman – Los Angeles Times Six people were in the St. Michaels, Md., house when the smoke alarm went off two summers ago. The sound woke one, who was a light sleeper, according to news reports. And she [...]

Sep 19, 2008

International Code Council Ready to Vote on Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements

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The Residential Fire Sprinklers Code has passed! See the article “ICC Approves Residential Fire Sprinklers in the International Residential Code“ With the International Code Council (ICC) hearings in progress at the Minneapolis Convention Center, September 14-23, 2008, the Wall Street [...]

Aug 28, 2008

Builders Call for Changes to Alberta’s Fire Code

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By Sean Myers – Calgary Herald Builders say changes to the provincial building code designed to improve fire safety will cost new homebuyers thousands of dollars and create as many problems as they solve. The Alberta chapter of the Canadian [...]

Jul 29, 2008

New Building Codes for Safety Could Present a Hurdle for Redevelopment

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By Jeff Mores – Northwest Arkansas’ News BENTONVILLE – Normally, firefighters are the only people who get excited about indoor sprinkler systems. As Aug. 1 – the day the updated Arkansas Fire Prevention Code goes into effect – approaches, sprinklers [...]

Jul 25, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Just Make “Green” Sense

by Jason Williams

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Residential fire sprinklers are proven life safety devices with a little dose of eco-friendliness to go along with it. My grandmother use to say, “An ounce of prevention, out weighs a pound of cure.” Still to this day, I hate [...]

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 [...]

Jun 02, 2008

Top 5 Reasons to Build Green with Fire Sprinklers

by Gary D. Turner

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The first automatic fire sprinkler system was patented by Philip W. Pratt of Abington, MA, in 1872, although Henry S. Parmalee of New Haven, Connecticut is considered the inventor of the first practical automatic sprinkler head. Parmalee improved upon the [...]

May 07, 2008

Building Safety Week Promotes Fire Protection Codes

by Ryan J. Smith

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Building Safety Week in the United States is May 5 – 11, 2008, to promote the achievements and benefits of building and fire protection codes. I’ll bet some readers right now are rolling their eyes at what appears to [...]

Fire Sprinklers Favored in Building Codes

International Code Council Ready to Vote on Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements

Builders Call for Changes to Alberta’s Fire Code

New Building Codes for Safety Could Present a Hurdle for Redevelopment

Fire Sprinklers Just Make “Green” Sense

California Sets New Building Codes for Areas Vulnerable to Fire

Top 5 Reasons to Build Green with Fire Sprinklers

Building Safety Week Promotes Fire Protection Codes

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