In the News - March Fire Officials Push For Sprinklers In Homes 3-31-11 KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska “Its probably the rare exception for an apartment building to have sprinklers,” said Acting Fire Marshal James Gray. If fire officials had their way, fire sprinklers would be in every home. “We would prefer all buildings are sprinkled,” said Gray. ... Sprinkler contains electrical fire at DND headquarters 3-31-11 Ottawa Citizen By CLAIRE BROWNELL, Ottawa Citizen March 30, 2011 OTTAWA – The sprinkler system at the Department of National Defence headquarters kept an early morning fire contained to one room. Ottawa Fire spokesman Marc Messier said fire fighters responded to ... Trust the experts on fire safety 3-30-11 Centre Daily Times A day after the state House approved a bill that would repeal the law mandating residential fire sprinklers in new home construction, seven children died in a farmhouse in Perry County. I wouldn't for a moment suggest that the potential step backward ... Dogs safe after fire- Sprinkler system extinguishes South Berwick blaze ... 3-30-11 Foster's Daily Democrat By KYLE STUCKER SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — A stove fire forced the evacuation of the bottom two floors of Cummings Mill Apartments Tuesday morning when smoke triggered the 2 Railroad Ave. building's sprinkler system. The only apartment that suffered ... Officials- Sprinkler helped quell fire 3-29-11 Sturgis Journal As more firefighters arrived, it was determined the bags had ignited and were extinguished substantially by a fire sprinkler system in the facility. Investigators and plant personnel said they believe the larger pellets may have retained more heat than ... Oskaloosa a 'trend-setter' for sprinklers 3-24-11 TMC Net Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock Jr. said city code requires all new construction on new residential properties to have fire sprinklers installed. That decision was made when the Oskaloosa City Council approved the updates to city code per the ... Kitchen fire quickly quelled 3-24-11 Ocala OCALA - A fire sprinkler system is credited by Ocala firefighters for quickly controlling a kitchen fire in a three-story apartment building. The tenant, Louis Arroyo, told fire officials Thursday that he left the kitchen while he had food on the stove ... Sprinkler helps stop kitchen fire in Orange County hotel room 3-23-11 Orlando Sentinel Once inside the room, firefighters said they discovered that a fire sprinkler had activated, keeping the fire in check. After confirming the fire was out, crews went about shutting off water flow to the sprinkler head. Investigators determined that the ... Sprinkler system kept fire in check at Tyson Foods plant in Council Bluffs 3-22-11 WQAD By AP COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs officials say a sprinkler system saved the Tyson Foods Inc. meatpacking plant after a fire broke out in a room filled with plastic foam flats used to display cuts of meat at the grocery store. ... Fire Chief- Sprinklers Saved Anderson County Business 3-22-11 News Channel 7 A pile of cardboard was on fire behind the store and there was also a fire inside. Anderson County fire chief Billy Gibson says the sprinkler system in the building went off, helping contain the fire until they arrived. Sammy Hagar- 4 Discoveries From his Uncensored Autobiography 3-21-11 Hollywood Reporter After persuading officials in Fontana, Calif., to let him install sprinklers in a building rather than build a fire hydrant, Hagar started American Fire Chief Inc. It became the second-largest fire-sprinkler company in the US He wants to settle scores ... Inquirer Editorial- New law hosed | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-03-19 3-19-11 Philadelphia Inquirer What's really distasteful about the pending repeal of the sprinkler requirement is that it would be an outrageous insult to firefighters. These first-responders - many of them volunteers - are among the strongest advocates of fire sprinklers. Why? ... Firefighters Credit Automatic Sprinklers In Battling Three Fires 3-18-11 WFMY News 2 Greensboro, NC -- Greensboro firefighters say that commercial sprinklers have been instrumental in fighting three recent building fires. From March 4-9, the city had three successful activations of commercial fire sprinklers three times in a five day ... Hypocrisy on home fire protection 3-16-11 Arizona Republic Last week, the Legislature passed a bill denying cities the right to adopt residential fire-sprinkler ordinances. In one breath, the Legislature preaches less government; then, it forbids cities from requiring proactive fire protection in homes. ... Greensboro fire officials credit sprinklers with big saves over last two weeks 3-16-11 Greensboro News & Record GREENSBORO -- Greensboro fire officials are crediting the presence and deployment of automatic fire sprinklers in limiting three fires recently, including one at a crowded nightclub. Between March 4 and 9, the fire department responded to three fires ... Sprinklers extinguish apartment fire 3-12-11 ABC2 News The fire was contained to the bedroom of Apartment 418 and was extinguished completely by one automatic sprinkler head. There was water and smoke damage in that apartment, and several other apartments also sustained water damage. ... Loudoun fire official joins initiative to try to make fire sprinklers ... 3-10-11 Washington Post Instead of additional manpower, Brower said, a simple change in Virginia's building code requiring home fire sprinkler systems could have made a greater difference. "We think they're the best protection for occupant escape," he said. ... Sprinklers halt fire at Monroe retirement home 3-9-11 HeraldNet MONROE -- Fire sprinklers prevented major damage and injuries at a retirement home in Monroe on Monday night. A fire broke out just before 8:45 pm in a laundry room at Merrill Gardens on 179th Avenue SE. Clothes inside a dryer ignited for an unknown ... Spinklers help contain and extinguish apartment fire 3-8-11 KRCG While fire fighters were en route to the building, residents called 911 to report that there was water and smoke coming from apartment 408, which was unoccupied. Fire crews arrived and discovered that a fire sprinkler head in the apartment had ... Opinion- Yes to Sprinklers 3-6-11 Main Line The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) reports that the additional cost of installing a fire-sprinkler system is about $1.61 per square foot in a new home, while nationally the total average building costs associated with this updated requirement is ... Fires Show the Power of Sprinklers 3-5-11 OzarksFirst.com (Branson, MO) -- Firefighters gathered for a controlled burn Saturday, to show the importance of having a sprinkler system in the home. City of Branson Fire and Rescue and the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition made the demonstration possible. ... Fire chiefs want sprinklers in all new single-family homes 3-5-11 Honolulu Star-Advertiser ...on fire sprinklers in homes, visit firesprinklerinitiative.org. The effort is part of a national movement. Now as the debate heats up locally, there are sparks that suggest the issue could become contentious considering that housing costs in Hawaii ... Fire sprinkler law extends to new mobile homes built in OC 3-5-11 Delmarva Now OCEAN CITY -- All new mobile homes built for Ocean City residents with help from the Department of Housing and Urban Development are now required to have a residential fire sprinkler system. The Ocean City Council recently approved a measure extending ... Fire Sprinklers Extinguish Guest Room Fire at Holiday Inn 3-3-11 KOMU-TV Fire fighters arrived and found the fire had been extinguished before they arrived by two fire sprinkler heads in the room that had activated. The fire appeared to begin in or near the wall mounted air-conditioner/furnace. ... Sprinkler system help fire crews extinguish fire at Anchorage athletic club 3-2-11 The Republic AP ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system for limiting a fire at an athletic club. The fire broke out just before 6 am Tuesday in the ladies steam room of the Alaska Club East on Tudor Road in Anchorage. ...