By Bianca Kaplanek – The Coast News DEL MAR — As the city prepares to adopt state-mandated updates to its fire code, council members are seeking public input on local ordinances that would affect homeowners. In a presentation at [...]

  By KAT HUGHES – Columbia Daily Tribune To restart the process of citizen input that they said failed in requiring Greek organizations to install fire sprinklers, members of the Columbia City Council voted last night to table the issue [...]

  Changes to the Oregon Building Code were brought up at this week’s meeting of Fire Marshals. The new code could require sprinkler systems in all new buildings. “When we first developed this complex, we made a decision at the [...]

  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 [...]

  BY DENICE THIBODEAU – DANVILLE REGISTER & BEE When Raymond and Jennifer Custer move into their new Habitat for Humanity home in August, they will have one amenity few Danville homes have: a sprinkler system. Volunteers from the Danville Fire [...]

  MAYOR BLOOMBERG SIGNS LEGISLATION INCREASING PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL CONVERSIONS OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS INTO RESIDENCES Remarks by Mayor Bloomberg at a Public Hearing on Local Laws “The next bill before me is Introductory Number 34-A, sponsored by Council [...]