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Sprinklers, firefighters save Nashua factory |
4-30-07 |
The Union Leader -
Manchester, NH, USA
NASHUA – Fire struck a Nashua manufacturing plant
yesterday morning, but the building's sprinkler system
kept the blaze in check until firefighters were ... |
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A lesson in fire safety |
4-29-07 |
Middletown Press -
Middletown, CT, USA
When the ceiling reaches a temperature of 165 degrees,
the sprinkler head appears and sprays water on the
curtain. "It will contain the fire, ... |
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Sprinkler System Helps Save Restaurant |
4-25-07 |
KOIN.com -
Portland, OR, USA
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue credits the fire alarm and
commercial sprinkler system to keeping the fire small
until firefighters could arrive and finish ... |
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Fire damages theater at UNC |
4-24-07 |
Rocky Mountain
News - Denver, CO, USA
A fire curtain that seals the stage from the rest of the
auditorium came down and the fire was extinguished by
the fire sprinkler system by the time ... |
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Bill- Tax Credit for In-Home Sprinkler Systems |
4-23-07 |
CBS 21 -
Harrisburg, PA, USA
That's why he's pushing House Bill 1144 which would
offer tax credits of up to $1000 to eligible homeowners
who install fire sprinkler systems in their ... |
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Sprinkler contains hotel dryer fire |
4-23-07 |
Delmarva Daily
Times - MD, USA
The Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company said the hotel’s
sprinkler system contained the fire to the dryer. It
said all guests and hotel personnel were evacuated ... |
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Sprinklers Douse Fire in Store |
4-23-07 |
KSL-TV - Salt Lake
City, UT, USA
The tell us the sprinkler system put out the flames,
which started in a shelving area. The store has mostly
smoke and water damage. ... |
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Fire district may expand duties |
4-22-07 |
Palo Alto Daily
News - Palo Alto, CA, USA
Menlo Park does not have a sprinkler ordinance. Harold
Schapelhouman, the fire district's chief, said he wants
to focus on prevention and making it easier ... |
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Fire Causes $150000 Damage at Precision Aire |
4-21-07 |
Polk County
Democrat - Bartow, FL, USA
Without the sprinkler system, the fire would have spread
and the business might have suffered a complete loss,
because of the large amount of combustible ... |
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Sprinkler legislation reaches state Senate |
4-20-07 |
Joplin Globe -
Joplin, MO, USA
... have sprinkler systems in the wake of a Nov. 27 fire
that destroyed the Anderson Guest House, a home for the
mentally impaired, and killed 11 people. ... |
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City helps fund sprinkler systems downtown |
4-19-07 |
University Daily
Kansan - Lawrence, KS, USA
A $250000 downtown fire sprinkler incentive program will
reimburse owners of eight downtown buildings for up to
75 percent of the cost of installing a ... |
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Home Sprinkler Systems Cut Fire Risk |
4-14-07 |
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau
Claire, WI, USA
He says the Ramada sprinkler helped control the fire
while it was still small, preventing flames from
spreading upward to the six floors above the ... |
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Tax incentives needed for adding sprinklers |
4-13-07 |
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin - Honolulu, HI, USA
... a Waikiki high-rise fire two years ago, Mayor Mufi
Hannemann called on the Council to pass an ordinance
requiring sprinkler systems in all high-rises. ... |
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Makaloa building lacked fire safeguards |
4-11-07 |
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin - Honolulu, HI, USA
A high-rise fire that injured a 96-year-old woman and
five other people has renewed a call to retrofit older
buildings with sprinkler systems. ... |
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Fire Sprinkler Ordinance Put on Hold |
4-11-07 |
Hollister Free
Lance - Hollister, CA, USA
County Fire Marshal Jim Dellamonica told the Free Lance
in January that the fire sprinkler ordinance would just
formalize an existing practice. ... |
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Sprinkler system saves Berlin apartment building |
4-10-07 |
Delmarva Daily
Times - MD, USA
The firefighter found the sprinkler system had contained
the fire, which started on a stovetop in the apartment
kitchen and extended into the hood and ... |
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Grants to help pay for fire sprinklers |
4-10-07 |
Lawrence Journal
World - Lawrence, KS, USA
City staff members are recommending that grants be
provided to the owners of eight downtown buildings to
help them install fire sprinkler systems. ... |
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Bill would offer loans to install fire sprinklers |
4-8-07 |
San Diego Union
Tribune - San Diego, CA, USA
After the governor rejected the 2006 sprinkler measure –
which did not include the interest-free loan provision –
an 80-year-old woman died in a fire at a ... |
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Hotel Fire |
4-8-07 |
WEAU-TV 13 - Eau
Claire, WI, USA
"The sprinkler did its job and contained the fire to
that one room,” Deputy Chief David Gee said. “Had that
not been the case if this had not been a ... |
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Fire damages Lake Mary restaurant |
4-6-07 |
Orlando Sentinel -
Orlando, FL, USA
A good sprinkler system and fast response by fire crews
helped save a Lake Mary restaurant early this morning.
Smoke was coming out of the Keller's Real ... |
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Home sprinkler systems are a safer option |
4-6-07 |
Allentown Morning
Call - Allentown, PA, USA
The answer is the installation of residential fire
sprinkler systems. So many homeowners and builders spend
exorbitant amounts of money on upgrading ... |
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Sprinklers Save Lives |
4-4-07 |
WCAX - Burlington,
VT, USA
Assistant Chief Stephen Leinoff of the Hartford Fire
Department shows off two types of sprinkler heads at the
station in White River Junction. ... |
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City will consider sprinkler mandate |
4-1-07 |
Long Beach
Press-Telegram - Long Beach, CA, USA
As the codes stand now, the Fire Department can require
sprinkler systems in older buildings only under certain
circumstances: when a building is being ... |
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