Aug 20, 2008

Boy Sets Apartment Fire in Tampa, FL

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Daily Comet Officials say a 4-year-old boy playing with a cigarette lighter set fire to a bedroom in a Tampa apartment. No one was injured. Firefighters responded, but a sprinkler had already controlled the blaze. The Tampa Fire Marshal’s Office [...]

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Aug 20, 2008

Fire Breaks Out at Auburn Hills Apartment Complex

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BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA AND GINA DAMRON – Detroit Free Press Fire caused more than $50,000 in damage and displaced nearly 40 residents in Auburn Hills this morning. “I smelled smoke and it woke me up,” said James Sparks, 72, [...]

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Aug 20, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Systems Handle Two Fires in Rochester, MN

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Post-Bulletin Two fires in Rochester were limited when sprinkler systems were able to contain flames until firefighters arrived. The first incident occurred about 7:30 p.m. Monday at 2076 11th Ave. S.E., Unit A. A pot left cooking on a stove [...]

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Aug 19, 2008

Conshohocken Apartments Fire – Tenants Sue

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By Margaret Gibbons – Pottstown Mercury NORRISTOWN – Alleging the inferno at a Conshohocken apartment complex could have been prevented, a Philadelphia law firm filed a civil lawsuit Monday claiming negligence by the developer, construction managers, contractors and complex management. [...]

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Aug 18, 2008

Planning Commissioner on a Mission for Residential Fire Sprinklers – Pleasanton, CA

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By Robert Jordan – Valley Times PLEASANTON — Announcing residential fires in the city isn’t in Phil Blank’s job description. But for the past three years, the chairman of the city’s Planning Commission has brought up the subject every time [...]

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Aug 15, 2008

Conshohocken Fire Destroys Waterfront Homes – Pennsylvania Officials Seek Cause

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By Jeff Gammage, Joelle Farrell, Diane Mastrull and Larry King Philadelphia Inquirer Investigators spent yesterday pressing their search into the cause of the massive blaze that lit up the Conshohocken waterfront on Wednesday night. But they can’t yet say how [...]

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Aug 15, 2008

Illinois Incentive for Home Fire Sprinklers

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By Andrea Zelinski – The Times With 80 percent of fatal fires happening at home, a new law is giving homeowners another reason to install an in-home sprinkler system. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill this week that enables fire [...]

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Aug 15, 2008

Home Fire Sprinkler Looped System Test

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By STEPHEN HUBA – Independent MASSILLON, OH — A potential revolution in home fire suppression got its Stark County debut Wednesday in Massillon before an audience of area firefighters, building officials and contractors. Live demonstrations of the “looped” residential fire [...]

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Aug 14, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Incentive – Illinois Governor Signs Bill

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ORLAND PARK, Ill., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Effective immediately, fire protection districts in the state may now offer financial incentive to encourage and reward homeowners who install automatic fire sprinkler systems to protect their homes. On August 12, 2008, Governor [...]

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Aug 12, 2008

Put Fire Sprinklers in Every Housing Unit

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By Lloyd Alter – Treehugger.com Not just because of safety; Fire Marshals have been demanding that for years. It is probably necessary if we want to build healthy as well as safe houses. Perhaps if houses had sprinklers, then manufacturers [...]

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