Dec 20, 2009

New Hampshire Adopting 2009 IRC With The Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement

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On Friday, December 11, the New Hampshire State Code Review Board voted in the majority to adopt the International Residential Code 2009 edition, including townhouse automatic fire sprinkler systems and one- and two-family dwellings automatic fire sprinkler systems; effective April [...]

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Nov 22, 2009

Life Saving Fire Sprinklers Face Code Test in South Carolina

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By BARBARA S. WILLIAMS – The Post and Courier The good news is that a misguided attempt to reverse last year’s hard-fought national building code mandate for fire sprinklers in new residential construction has gone down to overwhelming defeat. It’s [...]

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Apr 25, 2009

Fire Sprinklers Become Mandatory In Santa Barbara, California

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By Eric Lindberg – The Daily Sound Fire sprinklers will be a mandatory requirement for any new buildings, additions and major remodels in Santa Barbara after leaders unanimously approved changes to the city’s fire code yesterday in an effort to [...]

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Feb 12, 2009

Arizona Bill HB2267 Would Bar Communities From Requiring Fire Sprinklers

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By Daniel Newhauser – Cronkite News Service Laura Gentile said she rests easier knowing that she, her husband and her 16-year-old daughter live under a ceiling sporting fire sprinklers. “I for sure feel safer with them,” she said from the [...]

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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 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 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 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 11, 2008

Advocating Home Fire Protection – A Fire Marshal’s Reasoning

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This is the second time in my life that I have written a letter for news publication. In 1986 while working for the State Fire Marshal in Florida, I was compelled to write a letter about a tragic fire that [...]

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Jul 21, 2008

Fire Sprinklers Save Home in Lake Tahoe, CA

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By Kyle Magin – North Lake Tahoe Bonanza A fire that started Friday on a 500-block Lakeshore Boulevard home was contained quickly by an in-home sprinkler system that North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District officials say saved the home. The [...]

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