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Fire
Sprinklers in the News - February |
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Hotel sprinkler douses fire |
2-28-06 |
Journal Times
Online - Racine, WI, USA
... "They found the room sprinkler system had put
(the fire) out and limited it to the room of origin," he
said. "It did exactly what it was supposed to.". ...
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Sprinklers key in UMass fire |
2-28-06 |
The Republican -
Springfield, MA, USA
... When Amherst Fire Department officials
arrived on the scene, the fire had already been
extinguished by an automatic sprinkler system. ...
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Plea to have sprinklers installed in new homes |
2-27-06 |
Glasgow Evening
Times - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
... The spokesman said: "It is a myth sprinkler
systems flood the house because only the sprinkler head
nearest the fire will go off. ... |
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Target on track for March 5 opening despite fire |
2-26-06 |
Beaver County
Times - Beaver County, PA, USA
... began around 7:30 am, was contained to a
maintenance area near the rear of the store thanks to a
sprinkler system, according to Center Township Fire
Chief Bill ... |
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Kitchen fire damages restaurant, video store |
2-26-06 |
Barre Montpelier
Times Argus - Barre, VT, USA
... business. The fire set off an alarm and
activated a sprinkler system which contained the fire at
the stove top, Tillinghast said. "We ... |
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Three Injured In Sorority House Fire |
2-23-06 |
Boston Channel.com
- MA, USA
... A sprinkler controlled the fire and allowed
firefighters to put it out before it could spread. Fire
damaged one room, but there ... |
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Tokyo - Protection From Fire |
2-21-06 |
Asahi Shimbun -
Tokyo, Japan
... who are incapacitated and unable to leave
their homes without assistance, a sprinkler
system would seem to be essential. In early January, a
fire flared after ... |
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Dust Off Sprinkler Proposal |
2-20-06 |
Diamondback Online
- College Park, MD, USA
... editorial last August stating Brayman's plan to
retrofit fire sprinklers into ... that four Knox Box
landlords are interested in installing sprinkler systems
is ... |
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"Station" Fire Influences Codes |
2-19-06 |
Westerly Sun -
Westerly, RI, USA
... He's looking at expenditures estimated in excess of
$60,000 to upgrade the fire alarm and sprinkler systems
and install fire suppressors and hood and exhaust ...
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Protecting Bell Buckle's history |
2-18-06 |
Shelbyville
Times-Gazette - TN, USA
... All residential homes would be equipped with
a residential fire sprinkler system and all new
development would use underground electrical wiring as
prescribed ... |
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Dreadful toll of fire deaths |
2-16-06 |
The Herald -
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
... inaction of individuals is the biggest driver
of Scotland's dreadful fire-death statistics ... that
new residential homes must be fitted with sprinkler
systems, in ... |
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Sprinkler systems will be required for local night spots |
2-15-06 |
Eastern Washington
Statesmen Examiner - Eastern Washington, WA, USA
... According to the legislation (substitute
House Bill 1401), automatic sprinkler systems
must ... According to fire code
regulations, a nightclub is defined as an ...
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Fire chief proposes home sprinklers |
2-15-06 |
WCPO
- Middletown, OH, USA
... While smoke detectors help alert residents of
a possible fire, a residential sprinkler system could
contain or extinguish a fire, and could decrease fire
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Firefighters Watch Sprinkler Demonstration |
2-14-06 |
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Springdale Morning News -
Springdale, AR, USA
... A burn trailer owned by Road Sprinkler
Fitters, UA Local Union No. 669, demonstrated several
scenarios of fire sprinkler applications. ...
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News Digest |
2-12-06 |
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Baltimore Sun - United States
... A partnership of fire safety and protection
groups will design and install a residential fire
sprinkler system in two Aberdeen homes to be constructed
this ... |
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Officials eye ways to protect buildings |
2-12-06 |
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Centre Daily Times - Centre
County, PA
... Bellefonte -- Knisely estimates about 95
percent -- the Bush House, which was destroyed by
Wednesday's fire, did not have a building-wide sprinkler
system. ... |
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Renovating or Remodeling? Ask The Question! |
2-11-06 |
LAFD News & Information - Los
Angeles, CA, USA
... the exception of terrorist attacks, there has
never been a major loss of life (3 or more fatalities)
in any building fully protected by Fire Sprinkler
Systems. ... |
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Woman dies in early morning apartment fire |
2-11-06 |
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Whidbey News Times - Whidbey, WA,
USA
... "If the building was built today," he said, "both a
fire alarm system and a sprinkler system would have been
required -- and we probably wouldn't have ... |
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Get Out Alive: High-Tech Sprinkler System |
2-9-06 |
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WTVQ - Lexington, KY, USA
But what if you could have more time? A home with a
built-in fire sprinkler system can do just that. "70% of
people could have ... |
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Code allowances may have contributed to fire |
2-7-06 |
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News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
... it was under 5,000 square feet, the code
didn't require a sprinkler system in there,"
Smith said. The city of Austin adopted a new
international fire code that ... |
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Fire Marshall Gets Life-Saving Gift |
2-3-06 |
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First Coast News -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
... His new home is equipped with state-of-the-art
system that was paid for by the National Fire Sprinkler
Association and the manufacturer. ... |
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