We had a good day at Cape Coral yesterday and our board had great representation. Small steps to what we hope will be a great success in Cape Coral mandates. Fire Team USA did a wonderful job and because of what they saw and heard yesterday Cape Coral has requested that we offer Fire Sprinklers for Dwellings class in January – this request came from a home builder. I am securing space and John Corso for this class and plan to present in January. Positive stuff.
Fire Sprinkler Code News 07/06/11
August 30, 2010 Leave a Comment
Code News
South Portland, Maine, is considering a sprinkler mandate for new homes as part of its fire protection and prevention ordinance updates:
http://www.keepmecurrent.com/news/article_69a18ab6-a275-11e0-90cd-001cc4c03286.html
An AP article reports on homebuilders’ efforts to prevent sprinkler mandates:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hyc8Wa12OFNUmVA3KDkVMRkiTGYg?docId=9f77ad1d52e64d4e9118ba472040ad57
Contractor magazine posted an overview of the latest on the Pennsylvania sprinkler mandate:
http://contractormag.com/news/fire-sprinkler-mandate-consideration-1234/
A letter from Ron Siarnicki, executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, compares two Pennsylvania home fires – one where seven children died and one that was extinguished by a sprinkler system – to illustrate the importance of Pennsylvania’s mandate:
http://www.centredaily.com/2011/03/30/2614307/trust-the-experts-on-fire-safety.html
The NFPA blog also highlighted Ron Siarnicki’s letter:
http://nfpa.typepad.com/firesprinklerinitiative/2011/03/tale-of-two-fires.html
PBA president Ray Venema submitted a letter to The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) that explains why he believes Pennsylvania homeowners should be able to choose whether to install sprinklers:
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-residential-sprinklers-counter-ven20110402,0,6071939.story
The Morning Call also featured a letter from John Waters, which emphasized the need to trust the fire protection groups, who are educated on fire safety, rather than the builders who have spread false statements about sprinkler systems:
http://www.mcall.com/opinion/yourview/mc-residential-sprinklers-point-water20110402,0,3581575.story
A Harrisburg, Pa., website, RockTheCapital.com, posted an interview with Aus Marburger, president of Fire Protection Industries, which discussed sprinkler requirements and costs:
http://www.rockthecapital.com/03/31/seeking-statesmen-fire-pennsylvania-senate/
Anchorage, Alaska, fire officials are pushing to have sprinklers installed in more homes:
http://www.ktva.com/home/top-stories/Fire-Officials-Push-For-Sprinklers-In-Homes–118969144.html
An Annapolis, Md., news station posted an AP article about debates over fire sprinkler requirements occurring across the country:
http://www.wboc.com/story/14378843/builders-fire-officials-spar-over-sprinkler-rule
The Montana House of Representatives refused to amend a bill prohibiting state sprinkler requirements as suggested by the governor; the bill was sent back to the governor unchanged for reconsideration:
http://montana.watchdog.org/2011/04/04/house-douses-governors-proposed-changes-to-sprinkler-bill/
A Columbus, Ga., news station interviewed a local fire chief and homebuilder regarding their opinions on requiring residential fire sprinklers:
http://www2.wrbl.com/news/2011/apr/04/fire-sprinklers-not-required-ga-ar-1671684/
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Mark J. Cotter, a Wicomico County, Md., firefighter, wrote an editorial on why the county should not exempt itself from the state’s sprinkler requirements:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110126/OPINION01/101260415/Sprinkler-systems-are-well-worth-the-cost
Ron Siarnicki, the executive director of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in Emmitsburg, Md., wrote a similar editorial stating that sprinkler requirements in Wicomico County, Md., would help save firefighters’ lives:
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20110127/OPINION01/101270378
The NFPA announced that it is contributing $4 million to the endowment for the Fire Protection Research Foundation:
http://www.plumbingengineer.com/wp/?p=783
http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/display/8809852632/articles/fire-engineering/prevention-__protection/fire-prevention-news/2011/01/nfpa-endowment.html
Fire Sprinklers in the News 07/06/11
July 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
Sprinklers extinguished a fire in the Artistic Iron Works building in Las Vegas:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/14996983/fire-sprinklers-saves-a-downtown-las-vegas-business
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/14996983/fire-sprinklers-saves-a-downtown-las-vegas-business
A fire in a Pekin, Ill., senior center was extinguished by sprinklers:
http://www.pekintimes.com/features/x2069928045/Elderly-woman-injured-in-UAW-Senior-Citizens-Center-fire
Sprinklers contained a fire in an unoccupied business in a Lombard, Ill., strip mall:
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lombard/newsnow/x1672977632/Lombard-firefighters-respond-to-morning-fire
Upcoming repairs and upgrades to Pitkin County, Colo., government buildings include installing a sprinkler system in the historic Pitkin County Courthouse:
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20110629/NEWS/110629826/1077&ParentProfile=1058
FireEngineering.com posted USFA’s recent press release about fire sprinkler studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology:
http://www.fireengineering.com/index/articles/display.articles.fire-engineering.health-and-safety.2011.06.usfa-sprinklers.html
Fire Sprinklers Save Lives and the Environment
May 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
(ARA) – Home fire sprinkler systems save lives, reduce property damage and cut homeowner insurance premiums. These are facts few people debate. According to the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition, a non-profit educational organization, you can reduce the risk of death in a home fire by a whopping 82 percent by installing smoke alarms in combination with a fire sprinkler system. More>
