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In the News -
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Sprinklers installed at ISR for fire safety |
2-28-07 |
Daily Illini -
Champaign, IL, USA
According to the current schedule, installing new
sprinkler and fire safety systems in the remaining halls
will take approximately five more years. ... |
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Sprinkler is 50th in Habitat home |
2-28-07 |
News & Observer -
Raleigh, NC, USA
The sprinkler systems have already saved the home of one
Habitat for Humanity family this winter: When a kitchen
fire began in the Chapel Hill home of Aaron ... |
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Residents, businesses backing sprinkler bill |
2-27-07 |
Annapolis Capital
- Annapolis, MD, USA
The bill would extend automatic fire sprinkler systems
requirements to include new residential construction, as
well as large overhauls - at least 50 ... |
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To sprinkler or not to sprinkler |
2-26-07 |
Westside Star -
Laurie, MO, USA
Residential sprinklers have recently become a hot topic
for other lake area fire departments with building
codes, with some considering backing down on ... |
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Early-morning UM dorm fire deemed arson |
2-25-07 |
Great Falls
Tribune - Great Falls, MT, USA
“This is a suspicious fire, but we’re very lucky that
the sprinkler deployed and took the fire out,” Nunnally
said. “It’s a successful stop, and that’s a good ... |
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Motel sprinkler system extinguishes fire |
2-23-07 |
Ashtabula
Star-Beacon - Ashtabula, OH, USA
Saybrook Township Fire Chief William Kaiser said the
fire was confined to the ceiling area of a restroom off
the pool. The sprinkler alarm was sounding when ... |
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Fire Safety Stressed As Fatalities Increase |
2-23-07 |
Garden City News -
Garden City, NY, USA
And, for the long term, consider getting a residential
fire sprinkler. According to statistics, the risk of
death by fire is reduced by 82 percent when ... |
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‘No one wants to lose a life’ |
2-22-07 |
Scranton
Times-Tribune - Scranton, PA, USA
The fire likely would not have been deadly if the
apartment had been protected with a fire sprinkler
system, according to Bill Fiorini, the city’s director
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Mansion owner describes narrow escape from fire |
2-22-07 |
Cherry Hill
Courier Post - Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Foulke says they will rebuild the home almost exactly as
it was before the fire. But there will be two major
changes -- a fire sprinkler system and a roof ... |
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Safer nursing homes |
2-21-07 |
Fort Wayne Journal
Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
The bills would require health facilities to have
automatic fire-sprinkler systems and either a
battery-operated or hard-wired smoke detector in each
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City may pitch in to meet fire code |
2-20-07 |
Austin Herald -
Austin, MN, USA
Hurm said the city has not yet spoken with many of the
businesses about offering loans for renovations, mostly
sprinkler systems. ... |
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Sprinklers beat fighters to the fire |
2-20-07 |
Cecil Whig - MD,
USA
A sprinkler activates when it detects high heat in a
room, and a fire alarm sounds when the sprinklers start,
he said. Multifamily residential buildings ... |
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Bill could help prevent another Emmons tragedy |
2-20-07 |
Huntington Herald
Dispatch - Huntington, WV, USA
Gordon Smith, R-Ore, reintroduced the Fire Sprinkler
Incentive Act. Under current law, property owners who
install sprinkler systems in older buildings are ... |
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Fire Sprinklers Save Building |
2-19-07 |
Fox 12 Boise -
Nampa, ID, USA
Fire crews were sent to the Beehive Assisted Living
Center on Saturday afternoon, but by the time they
arrived, a sprinkler system had already extinguished ... |
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Bills advance for nursing home safety |
2-18-07 |
Fort Wayne Journal
Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
According to the Indiana State Department of Health, 17
long-term care centers have a partial sprinkler system
and 10 have no sprinkler system at all. ... |
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CMU dorm evacuated by fire |
2-17-07 |
WOOD-TV - Grand
Rapids, MI, USA
The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department arrived and quickly put
the fire out. There was water damage from the sprinkler
system, mostly on the seventh floor of ... |
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Residential sprinklers systems being encouraged |
2-16-07 |
Brampton Guardian
- Brampton, Ontario, Canada
25, a single sprinkler head doused a fire in a Brampton
machine shop before firefighters arrived, limiting
damage to $10000. Firefighters say damage could ... |
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Woman sets head on fire trying to light cig |
2-16-07 |
Trentonian -
Trenton, NJ, USA
Slackwood Fire Company Chief Mike Oakley said a water
sprinkler activated directly over her head, saving her
life. The victim, Julia Edwards, 47, ... |
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Huntington Fire Sparks New Safety Legistlation |
2-16-07 |
WVNS-TV - Ghent,
WV, USA
Senator Rockefellar has re-introduced legislation making
it easier to upgrade fire sprinkler systems in older
buildings. This comes a little over a month ... |
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Fire deaths show need for education |
2-12-07 |
Southeast
Missourian - Cape Girardeau, MO, USA
He said there has never been a multiple fire death in a
structure with a sprinkler system, based on statistics
from the National Fire Protection Association ... |
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How safe are downtown buildings? |
2-7-07 |
WATE.com -
Knoxville, TN, USA
In the basement is the hydraulically designed automatic
sprinkler system with a main drain and fire sprinkler
control valve, so if an alarm were to go off, ... |
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Improve fire protection in student housing |
2-7-07 |
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines, IA, USA
Sprinkler systems "are definitely lifesavers," said Ames
fire inspector Tom Henriksen. Other Iowa cities should
consider adopting similar laws. ... |
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Sprinkler stops high school wood shop fire |
2-7-07 |
Tehachapi News -
Tehachapi, CA, USA
According to Kern County Firefighter Shane Reed, the
flames set off the building’s sprinkler and alarm
system, extinguishing the flames. ... |
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Soap dispenser sparks fire |
2-7-07 |
AZ Central.com -
AZ, USA
"This is a good example of the fire alarm and sprinkler
systems working as they are designed," Dunn said. "It
kept the fire in check and it kept them from a ... |
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Sprinklers control motel blaze |
2-5-07 |
Suffolk
News-Herald - Suffolk, VA, USA
Water from two sprinkler heads flooded the hallway,
running down to rooms directly under the fire on the
second and first floors. ... |
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Suffolk Motel Fire Forces Evacuations |
2-5-07 |
WTKR Your
NewsChannel 3 - Norfolk, VA, USA
Around 10 PM Sunday night the Motel's fire alarm
sounded. Fortunately, the hotel's new sprinkler system
put out most of the flames. ... |
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Sprinkler douses Deschutes Courthouse fire |
2-5-07 |
KTVZ - Bend, OR,
USA
Arriving crews smelled smoke, checked the alarm panel
and were directed to the basement, where a sprinkler
head had activated and "the fire was out" already ... |
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Sprinklers prevent loss of life in fire |
2-4-07 |
Green Bay Press
Gazette - Green Bay, WI, USA
The fire sprinkler system was activated at 7:02 am, set
off by a fire caused by improper placement of a portable
radio near a commercial toaster in the ... |
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Advocates call for nursing home reform |
2-3-04 |
Fort Wayne News
Sentinel - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Proponents of legislation that would require Indiana
nursing homes to install full sprinkler systems hope the
third time is the charm. ... |
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Fire chiefs push home sprinkler legislation |
2-3-04 |
YorkRegion.com -
Keswick, Ontario, Canada
Central York Fire Chief John Molyneaux is urging Premier
Dalton McGuinty to get behind sprinkler legislation that
has stalled at Queen’s Park. ... |
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Lack of sprinklers causes big problem |
2-2-07 |
Idaho
Press-Tribune - Nampa, ID, USA
“We were fortunate no lives were lost,” Strosnider said,
adding that “had there been a sprinkler system we
wouldn’t have had this problem. ... |
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Sprinkler System Douses Fire In Downtown GB Pub |
2-1-07 |
CBS 5 - Green Bay
- Green Bay, WI, USA
(WFRV) GREEN BAY A fire at a downtown Green Bay pub
Thursday morning was quickly controlled by the
building's automatic fire sprinkler system. ... |
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