Jun 07, 2009

Residential Fire Sprinklers Put Texas Governor In The Hot Seat

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By Rick Casey – Houston Chronicle The city of West University Place is hot under the collar over an amendment slipped into an innocuous bill on plumbing standards during the last days of the Legislature. The amendment prohibits municipalities from [...]

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Jun 03, 2009

Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements Coming Soon!

by Russ Leavitt, SET, CFPS

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Part 1 of a five part series focusing on the rapidly growing residential fire sprinkler market and why plumbing contractors are best positioned to capture this opportunity. On September 21, 2008 the International Code Council (ICC) adopted amendment RB64-07/08 to [...]

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May 05, 2009

National Fire Service Speaks Out Against Anti-Sprinkler Bills

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Citing the fact that more than 90 percent of fireground firefighter deaths occur in one- and two-family homes, leading fire service organizations warned against state-by-state legislative efforts, orchestrated by homebuilders, which are designed to prohibit communities from requiring residential fire [...]

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May 04, 2009

Fire Sprinklers To Be Required In New Residential Construction

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By Scott Simianer, City Building Inspector The City of Hot Springs is a governmental member of the International Code Council (ICC) and utilizes the building codes published by the ICC, as does the State of South Dakota and 47 other [...]

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Apr 25, 2009

Fire Sprinklers Become Mandatory In Santa Barbara, California

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By Eric Lindberg – The Daily Sound Fire sprinklers will be a mandatory requirement for any new buildings, additions and major remodels in Santa Barbara after leaders unanimously approved changes to the city’s fire code yesterday in an effort to [...]

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Apr 12, 2009

Fire Service Leaders in Ohio and Maine Help to Stop Anti-Fire Safety Legislation

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Legislative efforts preserve rights of local communities to create strongest fire safety requirements Leading fire service advocates in Ohio and Maine have successfully protected the rights of communities in their states to adopt residential fire sprinklers and other important safety [...]

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Apr 01, 2009

Texas Proposed Bill HB1511 Will Limit Local Authority to Adopt Codes

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House Bill 1511 will prohibit jurisdictions from enforcing ANY law that would mandate fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family dwellings that are less than 7,500 square feet in area. Texas home builders have leveraged connections in the legislature to [...]

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Mar 30, 2009

Fire Chief Welcomes Alberta Fire and Building Code Changes

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Edson Leader Edson’s fire chief welcomes the changes recently undertaken by the provincial government to increase fire protection. While the changes will not affect Edson and area that much, any measure taken to improve security and safety helps, Al Schram [...]

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Mar 20, 2009

Illinois Home Fire Sprinkler Opposition Bill Successfully Defeated

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QUINCY, Mass., March 19, 2009 – A statewide legislative threat that would have eliminated the ability of local communities to adopt or enforce requirements for home fire sprinklers has been defeated in Illinois. The Illinois bill died in recent days, [...]

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Mar 03, 2009

Minnesota Delays Adoption of IRC Residential Fire Sprinklers Requirement

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Hastings Star Gazette Rules to mandate automatic fire sprinklers in new homes constructed after Jan. 1, 2011, will be delayed, the state Department of Labor and Industry says. In a decision announced Monday in a letter to code officials, design [...]

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