May 13, 2008

Home Fire Sprinklers Score ‘A’ in NIST Cost-Benefit Study

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  Sometimes life-saving technologies seem beyond the reach of the average person. If you put residential fire sprinklers in that category, think again. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) economists ran the numbers. Their benefit-cost analysis found that for [...]

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May 13, 2008

Reno Firefighters Start Look at Residential Buildings

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  BY SUSAN VOYLES – RGJ.COM – MAY 3, 2008 One month after Reno firefighters dropped their court fight over building inspections, they began this week making their first walk-through inspections of residential buildings without sprinkler systems. Reno Fire Chief [...]

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May 13, 2008

Danville, Virginia Habitat For Humanity Home to Have Sprinkler System

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  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 [...]

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May 12, 2008

Fire Safety Forum Looks For New Prevention Strategies

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  WTHR, IN – Mar 31, 2008 Tom Walker/Eyewitness News Washington – The United States has one of the highest fire death tolls in the world. People have joined together to come up with a national strategy. Last week, dozens of people [...]

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May 12, 2008

Former Seahawk Warner’s House Damaged By Blaze

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  Saturday, February 23, 2008 By JOHN BRANTON, Columbian Staff Writer Family escapes harm; quick response proves crucial to saving home CAMAS — Five members of Chevrolet dealer Curt Warner’s family escaped unharmed Friday when a two-alarm fire broke out [...]

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May 12, 2008

NYC Increasing Penalties for Illegal Conversions to Residential

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  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 [...]

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May 12, 2008

Vision 20/20 Targets National Agenda for Fire Prevention

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  SUSAN NICOL KYLE – Firehouse.com News WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yet another powerful struggle is underway in the nation’s capital. This time, however, the participants aren’t elected. They are among the Who’s Who in the nation’s fire service. During the initial [...]

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May 12, 2008

Ontario’s Fire Chiefs Urge Province to Save Lives By Mandating…

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  TORONTO, Jan. 17 /CNW/ – Over the past decade, 874 Ontarians lost their lives in residential fires. Many of these deaths could have been prevented had automatic sprinklers been installed in the homes. “These tragedies are made all the [...]

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May 12, 2008

Rising From The Ashes

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  TheTimes, OR – May 1, 2008 – Standing just inside the fence line that encircles the charred remains of her home, Kim Williams stiffens her back when she talks about rebuilding.But as she stares past the brittle, blackened and chaotic mess that [...]

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May 07, 2008

Building Safety Week Promotes Fire Protection Codes

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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 [...]

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