In the News - October Fire safety debate- Older motels, no sprinklers 10-31-07 KTVZ - Bend, OR, USA COM Over the years, fire sprinklers have become a mandatory safety equipment, and are required by building codes in newer motel units. ... Houses exempt from fire codes 10-31-07 Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, NC, USA Fire marshals in the state and across the country have pushed for sprinkler systems to be required in new residential construction for years. ... County Leaders Vote for Plan Requiring Fire Sprinklers 10-31-07 ABC30.com - Fresno, CA, USA 10/30/2007 - Supervisor Henry Perea asked the board of supervisors to have staff draft an ordinance requiring residential fire sprinklers in all new homes ... Fire safety experts call for sprinklers at beach houses 10-31-07 Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill, SC, USA But fire safety experts say they ought to be. Sprinkler systems snuff out fires before flames can spread. "Every structure should be sprinklered," said Tom ... Beach fire kindles memory of frat house fire 10-30-07 News 14 Carolina - Raleigh, NC, USA Woodruff has joined a group called the Common Voices Coalition that has partnered with the National Fire Sprinkler Association to promote fire sprinklers. ... Fire forces evacuation at SJ Kohl's 10-30-07 San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA No injuries were reported and the store's automatic sprinkler put out most of the flames. The store's stock room, however, was damaged. ... Fire tragedies' common thread 10-30-07 Charleston Post Courier - Charleston, SC, USA The Greenville motel fire prompted a legislative call to require sprinkler systems in existing commercial structures. Unfortunately, that effort failed. ... Powell motel fire kills one 10-29-07 Cody Enterprise - Cody, WY, USA The motel did not have a sprinkler system or audible alarms. Cody Fire Marshal Russ Wenke said the motel was built before sprinklers were required. ... No one injured during Novelis Corp. fire 10-29-07 Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute, IN, USA TERRE HAUTE — A sprinkler system helped limit a late Sunday morning fire at Novelis Corp. from spreading, a firefighter at the scene said. ... Sprinklers contain break room fire 10-29-07 HNN Huntingtonnews.net - WV, USA The fire was quickly extinguished by the sprinkler system. The fire alarm system alerted all the students who evacuated the building. ... Sprinkler douses fire at San Jose State 10-28-07 San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA By the time fire crews arrived, the building's sprinkler system had already put out the flames. Two sprinkler heads turned on as smoke detectors went off, ... Another fire at aging Tempe apartment complex 10-28-07 East Valley Tribune - Mesa, AZ, USA The blaze underlines the need for older apartments, such as Lakefront at West Bay where the fire broke out, to install fire sprinklers even though the city ... Sprinkler law drying up- Requirement called too expensive 10-27-07 Newszap Maryland - MD, USA City Fire Chief Jeff Hurley urged council to pass a sprinkler ordinance following an informational presentation at a February council meeting by a ... Fire at historic hotel 10-26-07 Tampa Bay's 10 - St. Petersburg, FL, USA But according to St. Pete Fire Rescue Spokesperson Rick Feinberg, it was quickly put out, "The sprinkler system had already extinguished the fire, ... Small fire closes Cumberland Mall 10-25-07 Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA Dupree said the sprinkler system kept the fire confined to one corner of room, and had mostly doused the flames before firefighters arrived. ... Fire Forces Kauffman Foundation To Evacuate 10-25-07 KMBC.com - Kansas City, MO, USA KMBC's Kris Ketz reported that the fire triggered the building's sprinkler system, which put out the fire. No injuries were reported. ... Most Carrboro apartments have no sprinklers 10-25-07 The Carrboro Citizen - Carrboro, NC, USA According to Crabtree, most of the apartments in town that do have them are ones that were rebuilt after similar fire tragedies. Although lacking sprinklers ... New codes require sprinklers 10-25-07 St. Helena Star - St. Helena, CA, USA The city council agreed Tuesday to adopt an amended building code that, among other changes, requires fire sprinkler systems for all new residential ... Sprinkler system saves NNU dorm 10-24-07 Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa, ID, USA The Nampa Fire Department credits a sprinkler system with preventing a major fire in a Northwest Nazarene University dormitory. Nampa firefighters responded ... City codes panel reverses fire sprinkler rule 10-23-07 Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO, USA David Bear, a Sigma Chi fraternity alumnus, said he heard the Delta Delta Delta sorority’s estimate to install fire sprinklers was $300000 for the ... Fire prevention exercise shows how quickly a room can go up ... 10-22-07 Gallaudet University Inside Gallaudet - Washington, DC, USA The only differences between the two rooms involved fire preventative features. One had a fire alarm, a strobe alarm, sprinkler system, and an open flame ... Countywide fire code in the works 10-21-07 Conroe Courier - Conroe, TX, USA If the facility had no fire sprinkler system, all living areas would have to have a secondary means of escape as well. Williams said the code will not be ... City panel looks again at fire sprinklers 10-21-07 Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, MO, USA ... them to install fire sprinklers by 2013, the Columbia City Council gave University of Missouri-Columbia Greek organizations another chance to be heard. ... Music clubs must install fire sprinklers 10-19-07 The Tennessean - Nashville, TN, USA By HEATHER DONAHOE Exit/In owner Josh Billue runs one of the area’s most beloved live music venues, but he worries that new city-mandated fire-sprinkler ... Businesses take advantage of city's sprinkler rebate 10-18-07 Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence, KS, USA The restaurant is taking advantage of a city program that gives rebates of 75 percent of the cost of new fire sprinkler systems. When Jim Connelly remodeled ... Sprinkler system extinguishes blaze at Yorktown theater 10-18-07 Chicago Suburban News - Batavia, IL, USA By staff reports An automatic sprinkler system did its job during an early morning fire Tuesday at Yorktown Cinema in Lombard, officials said. ... Law would require sprinklers in all new homes 10-18-07 KHOU - Houston, TX, USA But in an identical room with sprinklers, the fire is out before it can kill. In fact they are so serious about sprinklers and sprinkler education here in ... Fire empties Windsor hotel, but sprinkler puts it out 10-17-07 Journal Inquirer - Manchester, CT, USA ... Windsor Fire Marshal Ray Walker said today. Windsor firefighters responded just after 7:30 am but found that a sprinkler head inside the closet had ... Fire Strikes House of Wax in Grand Prairie 10-17-07 MyFox Dallas - Dallas, TX, USA A sprinkler system activated, which helped to control the fire and keep it from spreading. The majority of damage on scene was caused by water, according to ... Sprinkler rule gets initial OK 10-17-07 Brazosport Facts (subscription) - Clute, TX, USA "Fire sprinklers will start to contain the fire before the fire department even gets there," Crim said. According to the fire protection association, ... City officials never acted on sprinklers 10-15-07 Diamondback Online - College Park, MD, USA Since a fire in a Princeton Avenue rental killed 22-year-old Michael Scrocca in 2005, the College Park City Council mandated sprinkler systems for ... Town houses built with strength and style in mind 10-14-07 Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL, USA He said Compass includes a fire sprinkler system as standard, and that it is not a code requirement for buildings of this size. "Say you have a fire in the ... Sprinkler systems may be mandatory in new homes 10-14-07 Maryland Gazette - Glen Burnie, MD, USA By ERIN COX Staff Writer Of course, protecting her firefighter husband from harm is an added benefit of the mandatory fire sprinkler initiative Councilman ... Sprinklers douse Gates-Briggs, foil arsonist 10-13-07 Rutland Herald - Rutland, VT, USA According to a press release from the Hartford Fire Department, five sprinkler heads were activated and extinguished the fire in the basement, ... Burlington apartment fire doused by sprinkler 10-12-07 BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington, VT, USA BURLINGTON -- A grease fire that got out of hand in a North Winooski apartment this week was doused by the building's sprinkler system, saving thousands in ... Sprinklers credited with saving apartments 10-12-07 Gresham Outlook - Gresham, OR, USA A mattress fire that ignited on the first floor of a three-story Fairview apartment complex on Monday, Oct. 8, was extinguished by the building's sprinkler ... New Fire Ordinances for SoBoCo 10-12-07 KOMU-TV - Columbia, MO, USA For Fire Marshal Clayton Farr Jr., checking sprinkler systems is just part of his job...even before the new ordinance. With new fire safety standards in ... Sprinkler system keeps Hartford tannery fire damage to $1000 10-11-07 Greater Milwaukee Today - WI, USA By KEVIN KOCCHI - GM Today Staff HARTFORD - A sprinkler system kept fire damage at a tannery to about $1000, although firefighters spent two hours taking ... Firefighters might start business inspections 10-11-07 Reno Gazette Journal - Reno, NV, USA Councilwoman Sharon Zadra asked the chief to find cities with tougher fire-retrofitting sprinkler codes than Reno's and learn what they gained by enforcing ... Former Underdahl car dealership catches fire 10-11-07 Winona Daily News - Winona, MN, USA "The sprinkler system saved a lot," he said. Butch Walz, co-owner of the building at 121 Huff St., complimented the fire department's quick response for ... Roseburg lowers water fees for residential sprinklers 10-10-07 The News-Review - Roseburg, OR, USA Cooley said sprinklers are heat-activated, quickly dousing a fire and limiting the damage to just one room. Recessed in the ceiling, the sprinklers are ... Scottsdale Sprinklers Law a Success 10-10-07 KTAR.com - Phoenix, AZ, USA "These are people who were either in the room of origin when the sprinkler system went off and put out the fire, or controlled the fire until our guys got ... Consider sprinklers to increase fire safety 10-10-07 Gresham Outlook - Gresham, OR, USA It's time to set the record straight: Myth: Sprinkler systems are expensive to install. Fact: Nationally, home fire sprinklers on average add only 1 to 1 ... Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems 10-9-07 FireFighting News.com - USA The benefits and costs associated with the installation and use of a fire sprinkler system are compared across three prototypical single-family housing ... Sprinkler system douses flames at Tahoe Seasons Resort 10-9-07 Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA Update 2:10 pm: A sprinkler system activated inside the Tahoe Seasons Resort appears to have snuffed much of a room fire, according to witnesses at the ... Lint ignites Bend animal shelter dryer fire 10-8-07 KTVZ - Bend, OR, USA A commercial dryer caught fire at the Humane Society of Central Oregon on Sunday, causing an estimated $25000 damage, but a sprinkler system contained the ... Fire displaces dozens retirement home residents in Lauderhill 10-8-07 Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA "This is actually a good indication of the importance of fire sprinkler systems due ot the time of this fire and the nature of this fire," Levy said on ... Town mulls fire safety 10-8-07 University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel - Chapel Hill, NC, USA Crabtree said it is too early to speculate on how sprinklers could have changed the fire's outcome, the cause of which is still unknown. ... Fire sprinkler education forum 10-7-07 WCBD-TV - Mt. Pleasant, SC, USA By Newsroom With local interest in fire sprinkler systems continuing to run high in the wake of a tragic summer warehouse fire, SimplexGrinnell has ... Fayette may want sprinklers mandatory 10-7-07 commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis, TN, USA By Richard Kelley (Contact) Fayette County is weighing whether to become the second county in the state to mandate automatic fire-dousing sprinkler systems ... Sprinkler systems may be mandatory in new homes 10-6-07 Annapolis Capital - Annapolis, MD, USA Advocates for sprinklers, including the state's fire marshal office, say the cost of installing sprinklers in new homes hovers around $1.50 per square foot ... Fire-sprinkler system does its job 10-6-07 Tahoe Daily Tribune - South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA For details on automatic sprinkler systems or to schedule a free fire safety inspection, contact the Lake Valley Fire Protection District at (530) 577-3737. Sprinkler systems might be required in LJ 10-5-07 Brazosport Facts (subscription) - Clute, TX, USA "Sprinkler systems are designed to contain the fire and will cut injuries and deaths down significantly." According to the fire protection association, ... Administrators, marshal assess fire safety 10-5-07 Murray State News - Murray, KY, USA Actually, there has been a push nationwide, not just in Kentucky to upgrade fire safety on campuses." After the fire in Hester, sprinkler systems were ... Fire district may require defensible space on community's ... 10-3-07 Nevada Appeal - Carson City, NV, USA "We actually do have an ordinance that applies to three-story homes that states they have to have a sprinkler system to fight fires at their home. ... Fire Dept. orders sprinklers installed 10-3-07 Medford Transcript - Medford, MA, USA ... 26G 1/2 — a liquor license, an occupancy limit — a fire chief can order owners to install sprinkler systems with a dedicated water line and an alarm. ... Council Approves Fire Sprinkler Requirement for New Homes 10-3-07 WBOC TV 16 - Salisbury, MD, USA EASTON, Md. (AP)- The Talbot County Council approved a bill requiring fire sprinklers in new homes and homes undergoing significant renovation. ...