Jan 13, 2010

California Adopting 2009 IRC With The Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement

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The State of California has adopted building code changes that will require all new one- and two-family homes and townhouses built in the state starting January 1, 2011, to be equipped with life-saving fire sprinkler systems. The California State Building [...]

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Sep 23, 2009

Johnston, Iowa Awaits New Rules on Residential Fire Sprinklers

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By LISA LAVIA RYAN – DesMoinesRegister.com It’s far too early to determine where the city of Johnston will land regarding proposed rules governing sprinkler requirements in residences, Johnston’s fire chief told the City Council last week. International Residential Code sprinkler [...]

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May 05, 2009

National Fire Service Speaks Out Against Anti-Sprinkler Bills

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Citing the fact that more than 90 percent of fireground firefighter deaths occur in one- and two-family homes, leading fire service organizations warned against state-by-state legislative efforts, orchestrated by homebuilders, which are designed to prohibit communities from requiring residential fire [...]

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Mar 03, 2009

Minnesota Delays Adoption of IRC Residential Fire Sprinklers Requirement

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Hastings Star Gazette Rules to mandate automatic fire sprinklers in new homes constructed after Jan. 1, 2011, will be delayed, the state Department of Labor and Industry says. In a decision announced Monday in a letter to code officials, design [...]

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Nov 26, 2008

Firefighters Back Anne Arundel, MD Residential Fire Sprinkler Bill

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By Jason Flanagan – Baltimore Examiner Firefighters from throughout the metropolitan region converged in Anne Arundel to support legislation requiring sprinklers installed in houses there, a bill home builders have openly opposed. “We are urging Anne Arundel to be the [...]

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Nov 25, 2008

South Carolina Fire Sprinkler Tax Incentive Slow To Become Available

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By David Slade – The Post and Courier Months after the General Assembly approved new incentives for installing fire sprinkler systems, they remain unavailable because not one municipality or county has adopted the tax breaks. The incentives were meant to [...]

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Oct 31, 2008

North Carolina – Fire Sprinklers Might Become Mandatory In New Homes

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By Sonja Elmquist – Greensboro News-Record A firefighter for 17 years, Jim Robinson has seen fire’s effect on people’s lives over and over. “I’ve stood on someone’s front yard and I’ve handed someone their Bible out of their rubble pile,” [...]

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Sep 07, 2008

IAFF Joins Coalition in Support of Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement

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The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has adopted a resolution supporting a change to the International Residential Code (IRC) to require fire sprinklers in new single-family homes (IRC Proposal RB64-07/08). The IRC is the model code governing residential construction [...]

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Aug 21, 2008

Smoke Alarms – Missouri State Committee at Odds Over Wording

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By John Ford – Neosho Daily News A state legislative committee is at odds over the phrasing of part of a new law enacted to improve fire safety at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Missouri. The Joint [...]

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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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