Fall River Fire Dept. convinces state to change fire sprinkler code

Massachusetts is set to update statewide fire sprinkler codes after advocates from Fall River pushed for change following the ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Fire Code Adds Sprinkler Requirement for Larger Animal Operations

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Animal Housing—the body that oversees development and revisions of the Fire and Life Safety in Animal Housing Facilities Code ...
TreeHugger

Sprinklers Save Lives, and Should Be in Every Home

But the builders and the realtors are fighting sprinkler laws across the country. Years ago we did a series, Big Steps in Building, and called for fire sprinklers in every housing unit. At the time, ...
Recycling Today

Sprinkler system basics

Sprinkler system design and construction are paramount to fire suppression and safety in all industrial facilities. They have more significance within the waste, recycling and scrap metal industries ...
Firehouse

Group Pushes for Code Mandating Fire Sprinklers in Single-Family Homes

This weekend, the International Code Council will hold a final action hearing on a resolution supporting a change to the International Residential Code to require fire sprinklers in new single-family ...
WZZM

Walker Fire Dept. agrees with proposed building code that would require sprinkler systems in newly built homes

WALKER, Mich. — The proposed changes to building codes in Michigan could make new homes more expensive. However, the Walker Fire Department said the installation of sprinkler systems in newly built ...
The Denver Post

Twin blazes at Arapahoe County condos highlight danger of lack of fire-suppression sprinklers

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Donna Reis and Jon Wilkerson are among the hundreds of people displaced recently by two separate fires at an Arapahoe County condominium complex. The couple, ...