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In the
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Push to Require Residential Sprinklers |
11-30-07 |
WBTV - Charlotte,
NC, USA
We showed you how home sprinkler systems can save lives
and property in a fire. The department wants to air
those stories at an upcoming meeting of the ... |
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Smart Growth |
11-29-07 |
Fire Chief -
Chicago, IL, USA
A detailed cost/benefit analysis would prove to them
that residential fire sprinkler systems are invaluable
in saving lives and the most efficient and ... |
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Fayette County mandates sprinklers |
11-29-07 |
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis, TN, USA
By Richard Kelley (Contact) All new one- and two-family
residential structures in Fayette County will be
required to have fire sprinklers beginning April 1. ... |
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Fire recalls need for fire code, marshal |
11-29-07 |
Craig Daily Press
- Craig, CO, USA
Along with the Country Mall's additions, developers
never installed fire stops to contain potential
outbreaks, or sprinkler systems to stop a fire before it
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Sprinkler system credited with helping control fire |
11-28-07 |
Mason City Globe
Gazette - Mason City, IA, USA
"If you want to know why sprinkler systems are
important, this showed why." Firefighters were called to
Winnebago at 11 am when a fire broke out in the ... |
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Ann Arbor firefighters douse basement fire |
11-28-07 |
The Ann Arbor News
- MLive.com - Ann Arbor, MI, USA
The fire department said damage from the fire was
minimized by the building's fire sprinkler system. No
one was injured. The building is home to two ... |
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Campus sprinkler installation ongoing |
11-27-07 |
University of
North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel - Chapel Hill, NC, USA
The Department of Housing and Residential Education is
embarking on a project to install fire sprinklers in all
residence halls by fall 2012. ... |
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Hospital Fire in Baltimore County |
11-25-07 |
ABC2 News -
Baltimore, MD, USA
Baltimore County Fire Officials say the sprinkler
systems kept the fire from spreading and firefighters
brought it under control in about 30 minutes. ... |
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Galesburg ponders sprinkler system incentive |
11-24-07 |
Peoria Journal
Star - Peoria, IL, USA
Almost none of Galesburg's downtown buildings have
sprinkler systems. And that can be a problem not only in
terms of fire safety, but for business owners ... |
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New Fire Codes Mean Sprinklers In New Construction |
11-22-07 |
Gazette Newspapers
- Long Beach, CA, USA
The drive to require updated fire and sprinkler codes
started last January, just a month after the Paradise
Gardens Apartments fire in North Long Beach, ... |
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Grapevine mandates sprinklers |
11-21-07 |
Fort Worth Star
Telegram - Fort Worth, TX, USA
By BILL TEETER GRAPEVINE -- Twenty-nine property owners
on South Main Street have six months to install
automatic fire sprinklers after the City Council ... |
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Sprinklers Stop Warehouse Fire in Wichita |
11-20-07 |
KBSD - Dodge City,
KS, USA
Investigators say, if it hadn't have been for the
building's sprinklers going off, the fire and damage
could've been worse. Investigators have not said how ... |
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Fire
sprinkler rules bolstered |
11-17-07 |
The Capital Times
- Madison, WI, USA
A new administrative rule requiring sprinkler systems in
most multifamily dwellings would not have affected the
outcome of the recent apartment fire on ... |
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Local establishments meet sprinkler requirements |
11-16-07 |
The Daily News of
Newburyport - Newburyport, MA, USA
Though at least three Boston bars were shut down for
failing to meet yesterday's eadline for installing
automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire chiefs from ... |
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Fire Team: United Kingdom??? |
11-15-07 |
Kent News - United
Kingdom
Firefighters have launched a campaign to convince
developers and planning bosses to install sprinkler
systems in homes and schools across Kent. Kent Fire ... |
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No one hurt in fire at Farmington Hills hotel |
11-14-07 |
Detroit Free Press
- United States
Sprinkler systems in the hotel had extinguished the fire
and no one was injured. Firefighters say they believe
the fire started in a cardboard box ... |
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Blaze damages retirement center |
11-14-07 |
Bainbridge Island
Review - Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
Fire crews responded to an alarm at the 53-unit center
at 10:59 pm to find residents evacuating the building. A
single fire sprinkler extinguished an ... |
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Common Voices |
11-13-07 |
Firehouse.com
(subscription) - USA
According to the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition,
"installing both smoke alarms and a fire sprinkler
system reduces the risk of death in a fire home by 82%
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State should adapt new fire sprinkler mandate |
11-12-07 |
Milwaukee Small
Business Times - Milwaukee, WI, USA
Forty-six percent of other states have adopted the IBC
unchanged – keeping the fire sprinkler language that
identifies a standard for multi-family dwellings ... |
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Grocery store reopens after morning fire |
11-12-07 |
KETK - Longview,
TX, USA
Tyler Fire Captain Jeff Akin says the building's
sprinkler system extinguished most of the flames
quickly, before the fire could spread beyond the attic. |
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Dorm fire follow-up |
11-12-07 |
CBS 21 -
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Local college students managed to escape a fire in their
dorm this weekend and school officials say it was the
sprinkler system that got students out safely ... |
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More sprinkler mandates needed |
11-10-07 |
Charleston Post
Courier - Charleston, SC, USA
Currently, the state only requires some sort of fire
suppression system, ranging from sprinklers to fire
walls, in new commercial and multi-family ... |
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Business fire in west Charlotte |
11-8-07 |
Charlotte Observer
- Charlotte, NC, USA
Charlotte fire Capt. Rob Brisley said the fire quickly
was brought under control, thanks in part to a sprinkler
system that activated and helped douse the ... |
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Lake Jackson defers sprinkler proposal |
11-8-07 |
Brazosport Facts
(subscription) - Clute, TX, USA
By Jason Smith LAKE JACKSON — Council members say a
proposed ordinance to require fire sprinklers in all new
commercial and residential property will save ... |
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Fires may spur sprinkler bill |
11-7-07 |
The State -
Columbia, SC, USA
By RICK BRUNDRETT - rbrundrett@thestate.com There is a
growing movement in South Carolina to make it easier to
install fire sprinklers in businesses and ... |
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Historic theater set to get sprinkler system |
11-7-07 |
Ventura County
Star - Camarillo, CA, USA
A sprinkler system was supposed to be installed by 2003
as part of an agreement the center made with the Santa
Paula Fire Department in 1996. ... |
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Unattended Cooking Leads to Apartment Fire |
11-6-07 |
CBS 21 -
Harrisburg, PA, USA
When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames in
the kitchen, but a sprinkler system above the stove
helped keep the fire under control. |
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Smoking tied to fatal blaze |
11-4-07 |
Baltimore Sun -
United States
Yesterday's report said smoke alarms in the five-bedroom
house had activated during the fire, which started
sometime before 7 am The house had no sprinkler ... |
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Fire forces evacuation at hospital |
11-4-07 |
Today's
News-Herald - Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA
One engine from the Desert Hills Fire Department also
responded, he said. The hospital's sprinkler system
contained the fire, which started in a main server ... |
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Fire codes may be upgraded |
11-1-07 |
Myrtle Beach Sun
News - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
"It'd be interesting to see what the fire investigators
have seen down there and what caused the fire and if
they think a sprinkler system would have done ... |
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Officials say Sprinklers Would Have Slowed Fire |
11-1-07 |
WHQR Public Radio
- Wilmington, NC, USA
WILMINGTON, NC (2007-11-01) Officials say a working
sprinkler system would not have stopped the fire from
rushing through the home in Ocean Isle Beach, ... |
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Study- Fire Risk Greater for College Students |
11-1-07 |
Firehouse.com
(subscription) - USA
Whether in a dorm, an apartment, or a condo, the push is
for sprinkler systems in single-family homes." A
National Fire Protection Association report cites ... |
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