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Sprinkler law returns to Worcester, Md., agenda The Daily Times - Dec. 20, 2010 Share     The Worcester, Md., Board of County Commissioners is bringing back for discussion a state law requiring all new one-and two-family dwellings built after Jan. 1 to contain residential fire sprinklers. Although the meeting is not a public hearing, President Bud Church said it will allow new commissioners a chance to express their views and get all of the facts. More
CLSE introduces seminar on changes to NFPA 13 Center for Life Safety Education - Dec. 21, 2010 Share
The Center for Life Safety Education (CLSE), a nonprofit educational organization affiliated with the fire sprinkler industry, has introduced "NFPA 13 Technical/Substantive Changes from the 2007 Edition to the 2010 Edition of NFPA 13." This economical, easy-to-access 60-minute online seminar will benefit those involved in the layout, installation, plan review and approval of fire sprinkler systems. CEUs/CPDs may be earned by taking the course. More Aurora, Colo., City Council to discuss sprinkler systems Aurora Sentinel - Dec. 20, 2010 Share
A proposal requiring that fire sprinkler systems be installed for all new single-family homes in Aurora, Colo., built after Jan. 1, 2011, will be discussed at an Aurora City Council study session meeting. Council members will talk about the proposal as part of the changes to the existing building codes. More
Berlin, Md., compromises on sprinkler issue Maryland Coast Dispatch - Dec. 17, 2010 Share
After a month of speculation and debate, a decision has finally been reached on whether Berlin, Md., will exempt itself from the state mandate requiring sprinkler systems to be installed in all new one- and two-family dwellings. After input from the public, a suggestion was made by a local resident for a compromise—exempting only single-family dwellings and not duplexes from mandatory sprinkler systems. It was a suggestion the council agreed with, passing it with only one council member in opposition. More Glen Ellyn Village, Ill., board to discuss fire sprinkler rules Glen Ellyn Sun - Dec. 16, 2010 Share
The Glen Ellyn Village Board will consider proposed changes to the newly adopted 2009 ICC International Fire Code that requires fire sprinklers to be installed throughout remodeled homes when the cost of remodeling exceeds $200,000. The proposed changes to be considered would require fire sprinklers to be installed only within the remodeled areas of existing homes when the cost of the remodeling work exceeds $300,000. More
Pennsylviania builders object to law requiring sprinklers in new homes The Philadelphia Inquirer - Dec. 20, 2010 Share
To the consternation of builders and the delight of firefighters and municipal officials, every one- and two-family house built in Pennsylvania after Jan. 1, will be required to have fire-sprinkler systems. The mandate—part of the 2009 International Residential Code and applicable to new construction, not remodeling—was challenged in Commonwealth Court by the Pennsylvania Builders Association and others after it took effect for townhouses this year. More Rochester, Minn., movie theater fire contained by sprinklers KSTP -TV - Dec. 19, 2010 Share
Firefighters say the sprinkler system in a Rochester, Minn., movie theater prevented a major fire. The Post-Bulletin reports that the fire began in a chair in one of the theaters at the Cinemagic Stadium 12. It spread to about five other chairs but it was slowed by the activation of two sprinklers. The room was empty when the fire started, and no one was injured. More
Sprinklers put out Colorado hospital fire KJCT-TV - Dec. 21, 2010 Share
Fire fighters are still trying to figure out what caused a late night fire in a patient's room at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire before crews got there. More University of Nebraska Regents updates dorms with sprinkler systems KHAS-TV - Dec. 14, 2010 Share
It's been more than 4 years since University of Nebraska Regents made a push to install sprinkler systems in all student housing. A policy made after a fire at Nebraska Wesleyan killed a 19–year–old student in November of 2006. Are all the dorms now equipped with sprinkler systems? Not all of them. Not yet, anyway. Yet being the key word. When the regents made this policy, universities had until 2017 to have install sprinkler systems. More |
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