Jun 11, 2008

Christmas Tree Fire Demonstration

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Each year millions of people around the world celebrate the holiday season by setting up a Christmas tree in their house and decorating it with ornaments and lights. It’s a wonderful time of year, but there is a fire hazard [...]

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Jun 11, 2008

Prevention Still Best Way to Fight Fires

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By Joan Oliver – Northwest Herald Fire safety is a lot like insurance: You don’t think about it until you need it. That is, until something bad happens. Last week in Harvard, 27 people were displaced when two apartment buildings [...]

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Jun 11, 2008

South Carolina Fire Sprinkler Incentives Bill Sent to Sanford

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By Tim Smith – The Greenville News The House concurred Tuesday with the Senate’s changes to a bill providing incentives to those who install fire sprinklers, sending the legislation to the governor. The Senate had passed the bill last week [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Tennessee Council Contemplating Exemption to Fire Sprinkler Requirements

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WPLN News The Metro Council will soon take up a bill to exempt small group homes from having to install sprinkler systems. The requirement was added when the Council adopted updated fire codes last year. This was after 16 individuals [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Ontario, Canada Regulatory Environment for Construction

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By Richard Lyall – Daily Commercial News Ask just about anyone in the construction industry about the construction regulatory environment in Ontario and they will tell you it is out of control. There are no established standards governing the review [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Old Buildings Don’t Follow New Fire Codes

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By DAVID FITZGERALD – Northwest Herald Last week’s apartment fire in Harvard and another apartment fire in Woodstock last year could have been less severe if the buildings were built today, Woodstock Fire Chief Ralph Webster said. “Those buildings were [...]

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Jun 10, 2008

Bethany Beach, DE Bedroom Fire Contained by Fire Sprinkler

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Delmarva Daily Times BETHANY BEACH — A fire at a townhouse on the 700 block of Sunrise Court on Sunday caused damages worth approximately $7,500, the Delaware State Fire Marshal reported. The fire started in a bedroom and was contained [...]

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Jun 09, 2008

Make Your Home Fire Safe

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By G.K. Sharman – Orlando Sentinel Most people wouldn’t notice, but in Baldwin Park, fire hydrants are farther apart than they are in other communities — 500 feet instead of the typical 300 feet. It’s one of the trade-offs the [...]

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Jun 09, 2008

Fire Heavily Damages Texas Governor’s Mansion

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By KELLEY SHANNON – The Huffington Post AUSTIN, Texas — Arson is suspected in a fire that swept through the historic Texas governor’s mansion early Sunday, leaving much of the 152-year-old building charred and severely damaged, the state fire marshal [...]

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Jun 09, 2008

Ontario, Canada Residential Fire Sprinklers Make Sense

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Independent and Free Press Legislation introduced by a local provincial politician to reduce house fire deaths and damage passed another hurdle at Queen’s Park. And we are keeping our fingers crossed that the legislation will in fact one day become [...]

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