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Hotel fire stopped by sprinkler |
1-31-07 |
AZ Central.com -
AZ, USA
Three residents at an extended-stay hotel in west Mesa
were temporarily displaced after a fire broke out
Wednesday afternoon. ... |
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Officials- Sprinkler Saved School From Fire |
1-31-07 |
WCCO -
Minneapolis, MN, USA
A plastic barrel filled with towels caught fire at Ellis
Middle School on Friday night. But a sprinkler head
directly above the barrel put out the fire. ... |
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Sprinkler System Prevents Major Damage In Fire |
1-30-07 |
WLUC-TV -
Negaunee, MI, USA
They reported water and smoke damage, but a sprinkler
system prevented the fire from spreading. The Incident
Commander declined to release the homeowner's ... |
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EDITORIAL- Sprinkler law's time has come |
1-30-07 |
Toronto Sun -
Canada
It's about time the alarm bells went off at Queen's Park
about fire deaths. Quite simply, we have the tools to
prevent more people from dying in fires, ... |
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LB looks at toughening its fire code |
1-29-07 |
Long Beach
Press-Telegram - Long Beach, CA, USA
Fire sprinkler installation costs range from $2.50 per
square foot to $6 per square foot depending on the
building size and type, according to the staff ... |
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Fire Officials Talk About Building Codes |
1-29-07 |
WVLT - Knoxville,
TN, USA
She got a call from one of them around 1:30 in the
morning saying their building was on fire. Numerous
firefighters responded, but there were no sprinkler ... |
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Sprinkler Saves School |
1-29-07 |
KTTC - Rochester,
MN, USA
He says the flames almost reached the ceiling of the
kitchen when the sprinkler went off and doused the fire
within minutes luckily causing very little ... |
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Sprinklers May Have Saved Fire Victim |
1-29-07 |
640 Toronto -
Toronto, ON, Canada
But active district fire chief Mike Strapko says a
sprinkler system could have gone a long way toward
getting the flames under control until firefighters ... |
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City Council OKs sprinkler resolution |
1-26-07 |
Albany Democrat
Herald - Albany, OR, USA
Fire Chief Kevin Kreitman had urged passage of the
resolution. He said many lives would be saved if fire
sprinklers were installed in new housing. ... |
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Town holds workshop on residential sprinklers |
1-25-07 |
Lumina News -
Wrightsville Beach, NC, USA
23, local homebuilders and Realtors met with Fire Chief
Frank Smith and other town officials to discuss
residential sprinkler systems. ... |
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City explores other methods to combat fires |
1-24-07 |
Annapolis Capital
- Annapolis, MD, USA
The group focused on five key points - burying wires,
installing sprinkler systems, requiring fire-resistant
paint, converting upper floors of commercial ... |
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Sprinklers turned off before food plant fire |
1-23-07 |
KSWO - Lawton, OK,
USA
Chief Harold Stewart says a maintenance worker at the
Diversified Foods and Seasonings plant turned off the
sprinkler system because of concerns that pipes ... |
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Fire marshal advocates sprinkler systems |
1-23-07 |
Daily Mail -
Charleston - Charleston, WV, USA
Nine people died in the Huntington fire on Jan. 13 at
the Emmons Jr. Apartments. The building, built in 1924,
did not have a sprinkler system, ... |
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Sprinkler Ordinance Could Save Lives |
1-23-07 |
Hollister Free
Lance - Hollister, CA, USA
San Juan Bautista already has a fire-sprinkler ordinance
in place, and Dellamonica said Hollister is likely to
follow the county's lead. ... |
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Fire chief urges idea of sprinklers in new houses |
1-22-07 |
Albany Democrat
Herald - Albany, OR, USA
“It is important to note,” he said, “that the adoption
of a resolution is not an adoption of a requirement for
a residential sprinkler ordinance but is ... |
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Tragic fires follow lost safety battles |
1-21-07 |
Green Bay Press
Gazette - Green Bay, WI, USA
... which will require new residential construction of
three or more units to install a sprinkler system. The
Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, RI, ... |
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High-Rise Fire Contained By Sprinkler System |
1-21-07 |
CBS 2 - Los
Angeles, CA, USA
(CBS) LOS ANGELES A fire on the 12th floor of a Miracle
Mile high-rise was held in check by the building's
sprinkler system, according to a city fire ... |
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Building fire shows value of sprinklers |
1-18-07 |
Huntington Herald
Dispatch - Huntington, WV, USA
"I believe if there was a properly working automated
sprinkler, we would have held this fire to one
apartment," he said. The fire, which investigators say
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Fire also served as opportunity |
1-18-07 |
Roseville Press
Tribune - Roseville, CA, USA
That sprinkler head quickly squelched the flames, which
caused less than $1000 damage to Totally Wireless,
located at 10305 Fairway Drive. ... |
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Fire hazard |
1-15-07 |
Baltimore Sun -
Baltimore, MD, USA
But two-thirds of the historic district's structures
still lack sprinkler protection, including a Main Street
building that sustained $250000 worth of fire ... |
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28 people lose homes in fire at apartments |
1-14-07 |
Gwinnett Daily
Post - Griffin, GA, USA
The apartment building, which is more than 30 years old,
was not equipped with firewalls or a sprinkler system,
which contributed to the quick spread of the ... |
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Sprinkler halts fire |
1-12-07 |
Waukegan News Sun
- Waukegan, IL, USA
Waukegan Fire Marshal Steven Lenzi said a single
sprinkler inside an eight-unit apartment building at 733
Greenwood Ave. helped contain a cooking fire ... |
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Make the sprinkler law work |
1-11-07 |
Boston Globe -
Boston, MA, USA
A fire the previous year at the Station nightclub in
West Warwick, RI, had sent 100 people to gruesome
deaths. A functioning sprinkler system almost surely ... |
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Annapolis officials look for greater fire safety |
1-10-07 |
Baltimore Sun -
Baltimore, MD, USA
Less than three weeks after a fire scorched a downtown
Annapolis business that did not have a sprinkler system,
two city council members are pushing for ... |
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Sprinklers make sense |
1-10-07 |
this is
hampshire.net - Winchester, Hampshire, UK
... fire can have, and how installing a sprinkler system
can dramatically reduce the risk of serious harm to
occupants and extinguish the fire quickly. ... |
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Council introduces sprinkler legislation |
1-9-07 |
Annapolis Capital
- Annapolis, MD, USA
Alderman David Cordle, R-Ward 5, introduced the first of
at least three fire safety bills expected in the coming
weeks. Alderman Richard Israel, D-Ward 1 ... |
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Sprinklers douse flames at Embassy Suites |
1-9-07 |
San Luis Obispo
Tribune - San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
The fire activated an overhead sprinkler system that
kept the fire from spreading, said Battalion Chief Tom
Zeulner of the San Luis Obispo Fire Department. ... |
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Sprinklers contain Sea Ray fire |
1-8-07 |
Knoxville News
Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville, TN, USA
An automatic sprinkler system contained an early-morning
fire at Sea Ray Boats in the Forks of the River
Industrial Park, according to Rural/Metro Fire ... |
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Governor’s sprinkler proposal draws support |
1-7-07 |
Joplin Globe -
Joplin, MO, USA
Matt Blunt to require that all residential-care homes be
equipped with fire sprinkler systems. Whispering Pine
does not have one. ... |
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City studies pros, cons of fire sprinkler retrofit |
1-6-07 |
East Valley
Tribune - Mesa, AZ, USA
The fire sprinkler plan first came about during
discussion of the city’s condominium craze. In 2004, the
number of apartments converted to condominiums was ... |
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Fire could lead to sweeping code changes |
1-6-07 |
Eagle Tribune -
North Andover, MA, USA
Reports that the sprinkler and alarm systems failed to
function and that fire walls were not installed properly
were denied by police, fire and building ... |
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Sprinklers Benefit New Housing Developments |
1-5-07 |
KSBI 52 - Oklahoma
City, OK, USA
Heirston says that's one reason the fire department
began offering economic incentives to builders
installing sprinkler systems. ... |
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Fire Sprinkler Saves Life |
1-2-07 |
KOMU-TV -
Colombia, MO, USA
... "Most likely, people don't know that fire sprinkler
systems are in buildings," said Steven Sapp of the
Columbia Fire Department. ... |
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Stricter fire codes urged |
1-2-07 |
Kansas City Star -
MO, USA
... Battalion Chief Steven Sapp and the Columbia Fire
Department have pushed for the sprinkler ordinance since
Dominic Passantino’s death. ... |
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Sprinklers put out Aloha condo fire |
1-1-07 |
Beaverton Valley
Times - Portland, OR, USA
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews said a sprinkler
system saved six Aloha condominiums from major fire
damage early New Year’s Day. ... |
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