Sep 01, 2008

Fire Prevention Week: Home Fire Sprinklers

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“It’s Fire Prevention Week: Prevent Home Fires!” – October 5-11, 2008 Fire safety educators do their best to educate residents about ways to prevent fires in their communities. But as we all know, the highest level of vigilance regarding home [...]

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Aug 28, 2008

Blaze at Downtown Loft Makes Case for Residential Fire Sprinklers – Springfield, MO

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News-Leader.com An early morning fire was quickly extinguished in a downtown loft apartment building today. The fire, in the 400 block of South Jefferson, began on the stove and quickly spread to the cabinets while the residents were asleep, a [...]

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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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Jun 15, 2008

Wrightsville Beach, NC Fire Chief Continues to Promote Residential Fire Sprinklers

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by Jules Norwood – Lumina News In 2006, the most recent year for which data is available, fires claimed the lives of 3,245 civilians in the United States, more than all natural disasters combined. Wrightsville Beach Fire Chief Frank Smith [...]

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Jun 14, 2008

South Carolina Fire Chief to Fight Fire Sprinkler Bill Veto

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By RICK BRUNDRETT – The State Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed legislation providing tax breaks to home and business owners who install fire sprinklers — a move Columbia’s fire chief says he plans to fight. In a letter late Wednesday [...]

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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

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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Jun 04, 2008

Life Saving Fire Sprinklers for UK Victorian Flat Conversion

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By Haydn Lewis – York Press A VICTORIAN flat conversion in York is the first of its kind in the city to be fitted with potentially life-saving sprinklers. The block of nine flats at 3, Wenlock Terrace, in Fulford, has [...]

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May 31, 2008

Richland, WA Woman’s Death in Fire Prompts Call for Safety Awareness

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By Paula Horton – Mid Columbia Tri-City Herald Fire investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked a blaze that killed an 83-year-old Richland woman. So far they’ve concluded the fire started in Isabel Arnold’s bedroom late Sunday and [...]

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