Jul 19, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Legislation Offering by Eldridge in MA

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By Lynne Klaft – Worcester Telegram LUNENBURG— Can sprinkler alarm systems save lives? Ask any firefighter and the unequivocal answer is yes. State Rep. James B. Eldridge, D-Acton, plans to file a bill that will require automatic sprinkler systems in [...]

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Jul 18, 2008

Building Fire Sprinklers Contain Fire at Pinole, CA Retirement Home

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By Jonathan Lockett – San Jose Mercury News PINOLE — An accidental fire temporarily displaced residents of a retirement home early Friday, fire officials said. The fire at Bay Park Retirement Residence occurred around 12:08 a.m. when an overheated refrigerator [...]

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Jul 18, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Mandate will go to Superior Court – Avondale, AZ

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By Howard Fischer – AZ Central.com Avondale voters made it clear three years ago they did not like a new city ordinance that required sprinklers in all new houses when they voted down a ballot measure requiring them. Now, a [...]

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Jul 17, 2008

Small Fire Ignites in Durango, CO Condo

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By Shane Benjamin – Durango Herald A sprinkler system may have saved a woman’s condo Monday on Main Avenue. Durango Fire Marshal Tom Kaufman shows the water sprinkler head that deterred a fire that started in a condominium bathroom at [...]

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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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Jul 09, 2008

The Price of a Fire – Massachusetts

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By State Rep. Lida Harkins – Dover-Sherborn Press As many residents likely remember, in February 2000, five innocent lives were taken after a nondescript office building on Route 9 in Newton burst into flames. Despite a rapid response from local [...]

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Jul 09, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Bill in South Carolina is Now Law

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By Martha Entwistle – Security Systems News COLUMBIA, S.C.–A bill that provides tax incentives to homes and businesses that install sprinkler systems became law on June 26 when the South Carolina Legislature voted unanimously to override Gov. Mark Sanford’s June [...]

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Jul 07, 2008

No Fire Sprinklers at Sumter, SC Apartment Fire

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By Alison Rauch – WACH Fire officials continue to investigate what sparked a weekend blaze that left 20 people homeless. Flames broke out around 1 a.m. Saturday at the Union Square Apartments off Houck Street. When firefighters arrived, the two-story [...]

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Jul 03, 2008

House Fire in Atascadero, CA Severely Burns Woman

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San Luis Obispo Tribune A woman was hospitalized with burns Wednesday after a fire damaged an Atascadero home. City fire officials said the blaze was caused by smoking and started in the living room of the Olmeda Avenue home. The [...]

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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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