In the News - April Mo. Gov. Nixon signs fire sprinkler legislation 4-29-11 Belleville News Democrat Jay Nixon has signed legislation requiring home builders to offer to install fire sprinklers for buyers. The bill signed Friday extends to 2019 an existing law that was set to expire at the end of this year. Rooms Torched For Sprinkler Demonstration 4-28-11 KPTV Portland Firefighters held a demonstration Wednesday to show students how important having home fire sprinklers can be. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue's display at their training center in Sherwood was put on for more than 100 middle school students. ... Demonstration shows importance of home sprinklers 4-27-11 Sherwood Gazette SprinklerSmarts.org in their classes to learn important fire safety messages. The demonstration was sponsored by Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and the national nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition. Residential Sprinkler Bill Resurrected in Washington House 4-27-11 JD Supra (press release) ... introduced in Olympia by Representative Simpson, and aimed to "eradicate barriers that prevent the voluntary installation of sprinkler systems in private residences by promoting education regarding the effectiveness of residential fire sprinklers." Chattanooga Nightclubs Have Until 2013 To Install Sprinklers 4-26-11 WDEF News 12 Vickie Pritchett with Common Voices....a group of women directly affected by fire...and the National Fire Sprinkler Association... asked him to join the Chattanooga debate on the sprinkler ordinance. Fire Officials say requiring sprinklers in existing ... Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue invites residents to home fire sprinkler system ... 4-26-11 OregonLive.com Eubanks said that 80 percent of fire fatalities occur inside homes. Those who have a working smoke alarm and a home fire sprinkler system, Eubanks said, are 82 percent less likely to die in a house fire than residents who have neither. Fire safe- campus ready for blaze 4-25-11 UAB Kaleidoscope However, a surprising find in the study was that many buildings on campus feature entire floors without ceiling-mounted sprinkler systems. Some buildings do not have sprinklers at all. The National Fire Sprinkler Association says that while alarms and ... Fire and water 4-21-11 Chicago Tribune In almost all regions, residential sprinkler systems are an optional extra. But the number of municipalities requiring them by code is growing. ... Fire Sprinklers Made Compulsory For All New Homes in Wales 4-20-11 Free Press Release Center (press release) Wales has become the first country in the world to introduce a law that makes residential fire sprinklers compulsory in all new homes. ... Home fire sprinkler systems a practical investment 4-18-11 Osceola Sentinel Tribune The reality is that for the same amount of money it would cost to upgrade your carpet or cabinets, you could install a life-saving fire sprinkler system. On average, the cost to install a fire sprinkler system in a new home is 1 to 1.5 percent of the ... Crews snuff electrical blaze at Universal Studios 4-15-11 San Jose Mercury News Los Angeles County fire Inspector Matt Levesque (leh-VEHK) says crews saw light smoke when they arrived at the scene Friday morning. He says the building's sprinkler kept the fire from spreading and crews were able to quickly finish putting it out. ... Sprinklers douse school fire 4-12-11 Auckland stuff.co.nz Awareness was heightened further when 14 classrooms at Glendowie Primary School, which had no sprinkler system, were destroyed by fire. Sprinklers not only contribute to property protection but once activated the water alerts people to vacate the ... CHFD Responds to Fraternity House Structure Fire 4-12-11 WCHL 1360 A fire alarm had been installed in the building, and it gave residents early warning to vacate the premises. The property was also equipped with a fire sprinkler system, which extinguished the fire by the time units arrived. Since 1996, all fraternity ... J-S LETTER- Dropping sprinklers from code a bad idea 4-11-11 Freeport Journal-Standard By Anonymous On a recent Tuesday morning in The Journal-Standard, I read “Council to examine sprinkler mandate,” referring to the Freeport City Council, who may remove mandates to install residential fire sprinkler systems in new homes. ... Fatal fire fuels debate over sprinkler system 4-11-11 PennLive.com The sprinkler heads operate independently and are activated by direct flame or heat reaching 155 degrees Fahrenheit. Home fire sprinkler systems seem to be a great idea, but there is debate among building contractors, insurance companies, firefighters, ... Fire sprinkler systems mandatory for new home construction in California 4-8-11 Daily Breeze By Tara Tran first tuesday Fire sprinkler systems are now required on all new California single family residences (SFRs) and duplexes built on or after Jan. 1, 2011. Prior to the recent California building code amendment, 146 cities and counties in ... Sprinklers douse ASU Memorial Union fire 4-5-11 AZFamily “ASU did a great job of bringing it up to code,” said Mike Reichling of the Tempe Fire Department. “Because of the sprinklers this morning, the fire was checked.” There was some relatively minor water damage from the sprinkler system, which is tied to ... Officials- Fire Sprinkler Saves Life During Hotel Room Fire 4-1-11 NewsChannel5.com Firefighters say the fire burned in the pan for some time, and eventually spread up the wall reaching the cabinets and range hood. That's when the room's automatic fire sprinkler system kicked in. Fire Marshal Andy King released a statement with more ...