Lisa Roberson – The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — Drafting legislation calling for all new homes to be constructed with fire sprinkler systems is easy. The hard part will come if the Elyria Fire Department tries to get it passed. While [...]

  CBC News An Ottawa city councillor is lobbying for a regulation that would make sprinklers mandatory in all new homes built in the city but Ontario law doesn’t allow such municipal rules to be enforced. Diane Deans said she [...]

  By Bianca Kaplanek – The Coast News DEL MAR — As the city prepares to adopt state-mandated updates to its fire code, council members are seeking public input on local ordinances that would affect homeowners. In a presentation at [...]

  By KAT HUGHES – Columbia Daily Tribune To restart the process of citizen input that they said failed in requiring Greek organizations to install fire sprinklers, members of the Columbia City Council voted last night to table the issue [...]

  Changes to the Oregon Building Code were brought up at this week’s meeting of Fire Marshals. The new code could require sprinkler systems in all new buildings. “When we first developed this complex, we made a decision at the [...]

  By CHRIS KELLY – Evening Sun Reporter Local fire chiefs say there is a need for a mandatory sprinkler ordinance in future Adams County townhouse developments. No one voiced an objection when the chiefs made their comments at a [...]