Feb 15, 2009

Home Fire Safety

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“Discover How You and Your Family Can Feel the Comfort of Continuous Fire Protection In Your Home…” Consider… – That the most effective and reliable fire protection system was invented over 100 years ago, yet your home most likely is [...]

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Sep 19, 2008

International Code Council Ready to Vote on Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements

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The Residential Fire Sprinklers Code has passed! See the article “ICC Approves Residential Fire Sprinklers in the International Residential Code“ With the International Code Council (ICC) hearings in progress at the Minneapolis Convention Center, September 14-23, 2008, the Wall Street [...]

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Aug 11, 2008

Advocating Home Fire Protection – A Fire Marshal’s Reasoning

by Rick Ruh

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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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Jun 24, 2008

Installing Residential Fire Sprinklers – Travis Mack – Case Study

by Ryan J. Smith

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. Location: Gilbert, AZ Home Type: Single Family Yr Built: 2007 Sq. Ft.: 2694 Yr Sprinklers Installed: 2007 Sprinkler Cost: $4000* In 2007, Travis Mack decided to have his new Gilbert, Arizona, home built with residential fire sprinklers. Travis reasons, [...]

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Jun 08, 2008

Virginia Home Fire Protection – A Vital Step

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Leesburg Today In the wake of the Loudoun County fire and rescue system’s most tragic day in decades, Chief Pozzo moved quickly to take steps aimed at preventing similar situations in the future. The May 25 house fire near Leesburg [...]

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May 24, 2008

Las Vegas, NV Agencies Taking Second Look at Faulty Plumbing Complaint on Fire System

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  By JOAN WHITELY – Las Vegas Review-Journal The Meridian Luxury Suites bills itself as a “refined getaway in the heart of the bustling Las Vegas Strip.” But for all the luxury, one of the Meridian’s five-story buildings has gone [...]

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May 24, 2008

Alberta House Prices May Rise to Meet Fire Code Changes

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  Jason Markusoff – Calgary Herald EDMONTON – Some new Alberta fire-safety rules would have helped reduce the wide-scale damage of a blaze that devoured dozens of townhouse duplexes in south Edmonton last year, Edmonton Fire Chief Randy Wolsey said [...]

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May 24, 2008

Shelter Builders Learned Their Fire Sprinkler Lesson the Hard Way

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  BY KURT MOORE – The Marion Star MARION – The Marion (Homeless) Shelter Program continues to seek donations as it works toward complying with a state order to install a fire sprinkler system. The Ohio Board of Building Appeals [...]

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May 23, 2008

Saddle River, NJ Promotes Strobes and Fire Sprinklers for Fire Safety

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  BY EVONNE COUTROS – The Record SADDLE RIVER — Borough officials would like to see sprinkler systems and strobe warning lights become standard features in new or renovated homes in town. Strobe lights could provide a lifesaving warning if [...]

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May 23, 2008

Housing Slowdown Worries Builders

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  By BRENDAN WEDLEY – Peterborough Examiner The housing construction market is slowing along with the economy but home builders remain optimistic about the future, the president of the provincial association of home builders says. Mark Basciano, the Ontario Home [...]

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