May 18, 2009

Better Home Fire Sprinkler Systems For A Better Price

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By Robert Behre – The Post and Courier Normally, it wouldn’t be considered a good thing to have several fire trucks, fire marshals and code inspectors parked in your driveway. But in the case of the new 3,500-square-foot home under [...]

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Jan 06, 2009

Anne Arundel, MD Passes Fire Sprinkler Requirement for New Homes

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By ERIN COX – HomeTownAnnapolis.com Fire sprinklers will soon be required in all new Anne Arundel homes after the County Council approved the mandate last night. Firefighters have lobbied for the across-the-board sprinkler rule for the better part of a [...]

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Sep 17, 2008

Reconstruction of Conshohocken Apartments Will Have Fire Sprinklers

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By CARL ROTENBERG – Norristown Times Herald The reconstruction of two apartment buildings in Conshohocken destroyed by the eight-alarm fire in August will include sprinkler systems in attic areas that are not currently required by state construction codes. Brian O’Neill, [...]

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Sep 13, 2008

Conshohocken Apartments Fire Survives Closer Scrutiny

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By Matt Brezius – Pottstown Mercury It has been nearly four weeks since the massive blaze that ripped through the Riverwalk at Millennium apartment complex in Conshohocken, but the catastrophic fire is still making news. Three lawsuits have been filed [...]

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Sep 08, 2008

Conshohocken Apartment Fire Litigation Continues

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By MARGARET GIBBONS – Times Herald Insurance companies now are jumping into the litigation surrounding the catastrophic fire that ripped through the Riverwalk at Millennium apartment complex in Conshohocken on Aug. 13. Four major insurance companies, which insured tenants’ property [...]

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Aug 22, 2008

County Calls for Tougher Codes after Conshohocken Apartment Fire

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By MARGARET GIBBONS – The Phoenix NORRISTOWN — The Montgomery County commissioners want tougher fire protection measures incorporated into municipal building and fire codes in the wake of last week’s catastrophic blaze that destroyed two of the four occupied apartment [...]

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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 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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Jul 12, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Rules – Builders Seek Review in Johnston, IA

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By KRISTIN DANLEY-GREINER – DesMoinesRegister.com Johnston’s fire code and developers’ desire for lower construction costs have ignited discussion among city officials and leaders of the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines. Johnston code calls for sprinkler systems in townhome [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Burien, WA 3 Dead, 5 Injured, 31 Homeless in Fire

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By Elizabeth Rhodes – Seattle Times Burien’s worst residential fire in nearly two decades claimed three lives, injured five other people and left 31 homeless when two adjoining apartment buildings burned early this morning. The cause of the blaze, which [...]

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