Jun 30, 2008

Park City, UT Vicious Fire Rips Apart Historic Houses

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By Jay Hamburger – Park Record A vicious fire destroyed an Old Town house and damaged at least two neighboring houses Friday morning, one of the most devastating fires in Park City’s renowned historic district in more than a decade. [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Saugus, MA Fire Chief Presses for Attic Sprinklers in GLSS Housing Project

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By Chris Stevens – The Daily Item SAUGUS – Developers by law do not have to include sprinklers in the attic of new construction, but Fire Chief James Blanchard is hoping that will change soon. Fire officials said the absence [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Wisconsin Site of Fatal Fire Was Up to Code, but No Fire Sprinklers

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By DAN SPRINGER – La Crosse Tribune A public housing duplex where fire that took the life of a 6-year-old boy Sunday had all the required fire prevention and warning equipment, La Crosse fire and housing authority officials said Monday. [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

Burien, WA 3 Dead, 5 Injured, 31 Homeless in Fire

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By Elizabeth Rhodes – Seattle Times Burien’s worst residential fire in nearly two decades claimed three lives, injured five other people and left 31 homeless when two adjoining apartment buildings burned early this morning. The cause of the blaze, which [...]

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Jun 30, 2008

The Sprinkler Fitters Union Support Fire Sprinklers

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In Steve Leyton’s recent rebuttal to my response to his misinformed article, he states, "they (in reference to the words of my letter ) were quoted word for word". His quote was “SPRINKLER FITTERS UNION TO OPPOSE FIRE SPRINKLERS”. Word [...]

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Jun 27, 2008

Small Fire at San Diego Retirement Home

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By Pauline Repard – San Diego Union Tribune Food burning on a stove set off fire sprinklers at St. Stephen’s Retirement Center on Imperial Avenue in Valencia Park in southeast San Diego Monday evening, fire officials said. The burning food [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Keene, NH Fire Sprinkler System Douses Kitchen Fire in Hi-Rise

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By PAT GROSSMITH – The Union Leader KEENE – A sprinkler system quickly extinguished a kitchen fire this morning in a high-rise apartment building, according a fire official. The fire department was directly alerted at 7:30 a.m. when the sprinkler [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Honolulu, HI Arson Suspected in Salt Lake Apartment Fire

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Honolulu Advertiser Automatic sprinklers doused a Salt Lake apartment fire today that Honolulu Fire Department investigators determined was intentionally set. Advertisement The 3:40 p.m. fire, which started in the kitchen of unit 204 of the Country Club Plaza complex at [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

CMS Requires Fire Sprinklers in Long-Term Care Facilities

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Occupational Health Safety For the first time, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in the United States will have to install fire sprinkler systems throughout their buildings if they wish to continue to serve Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. A [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Projects Delayed at Three USC Dorms

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By JAMES T. HAMMOND – The State Almost 1,000 USC students who live in dorms could go another year without fire-dousing sprinklers and other fire protection because of a state building moratorium. The State Budget and Control Board has halted [...]

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