Jun 03, 2008

Home Fire Safety – Consumer Bulletin Released

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After much anticipation, the Home Fire Safety – Consumer Bulletin, written by fire protection industry executive, Ryan J. Smith, is now released and ready for download at Residential Fire Sprinklers .com. This report takes a unique approach to educating the [...]

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Jun 02, 2008

Top 5 Reasons to Build Green with Fire Sprinklers

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The first automatic fire sprinkler system was patented by Philip W. Pratt of Abington, MA, in 1872, although Henry S. Parmalee of New Haven, Connecticut is considered the inventor of the first practical automatic sprinkler head. Parmalee improved upon the [...]

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Jun 01, 2008

Toll Brothers Sues Buckingham, PA Over Building Codes

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By FREDA R. SAVANA – Bucks County Courier Times In a lawsuit filed in Bucks County court, attorneys for Toll Brothers Inc. say Buckingham is wrongly applying outdated township building codes to its projects and should sue the state code. [...]

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Jun 01, 2008

Petaluma, CA Fire Sprinklers in Place Using Sprinkler Grant Program

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By COREY YOUNG – Petaluma Argus Courier There won’t be any burning books on Kentucky Street if the new fire sprinklers at Copperfield’s work as expected — not that anyone wants to see them in action. Just a few doors [...]

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Jun 01, 2008

Palo Alto, CA to Re-ignite Foothills Fire Prevention Plan

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by Sue Dremann – Palo Alto Online With the Summit Fire near Santa Cruz still a smoldering reminder, Palo Alto Fire Chief Nick Marinaro Wednesday told residents a fire disaster in the Palo Alto foothills is a matter of not [...]

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May 31, 2008

County Fire Chiefs in Canada Band Together for Fire Sprinklers

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Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin The Simcoe County Fire Chiefs have banded together to speak out in a unified voice in favour of residential sprinklers as a method of reducing loss of life and minimizing property damage. The Fire Chiefs say they [...]

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May 31, 2008

Belvidere, IL Fire Sprinkler Debate

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By Max Seigle When a house goes up in flames like this one, firefighters race to the call with their hoses. But there’s another sort of hose that Belvidere could make a permanent fixture at home. “Most of the time [...]

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May 31, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Douses Fire at Riverside Resort

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By JIM MANIACI- Mohave Valley News LAUGHLIN – A sprinkler quickly doused a Wednesday morning fire in a room on the 24th floor of the Riverside Resort Hotel-Casino. There were no injuries, according to the Clark County Fire Department. “It [...]

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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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May 31, 2008

Peabody, MA Apartment Fire Sparked by Cigarette

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By Erin Ailworth – Boston Globe PEABODY – A roaring four-alarm fire that tore through a Peabody apartment complex Thursday, leaving 40 people homeless and displacing hundreds of others, is being blamed on a carelessly discarded cigarette butt. Fire Chief [...]

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