Adam Jensen – Tahoe Daily Tribune Douglas County commissioners last Thursday approved an ordinance requiring automatic fire-sprinkler systems in some homes within the Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District. The ordinance exempts new structures less than 3,600 square feet from having [...]

  By Promise Yee – The Coast News OCEANSIDE — Oceanside firefighters say they can rest easier after City Council unanimously supported two ordinance amendments May 7 that will ensure homes larger than 5,000 square feet have fire sprinkler systems. [...]

  By Paul Eakins – Press-Telegram LONG BEACH – A City Council panel may have found a happy medium Tuesday that balances fire prevention with the financial hit that property owners say they could face if they are required to [...]

  Press-Telegram LONG BEACH – Fire Department officials say requiring fire sprinklers in multifamily housing will make residents safer, but some property owners say retrofitting older buildings will be too costly. The City Council’s Economic Development and Finance Committee will [...]

  Lisa Roberson – The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — Drafting legislation calling for all new homes to be constructed with fire sprinkler systems is easy. The hard part will come if the Elyria Fire Department tries to get it passed. While [...]

  CBC News An Ottawa city councillor is lobbying for a regulation that would make sprinklers mandatory in all new homes built in the city but Ontario law doesn’t allow such municipal rules to be enforced. Diane Deans said she [...]