Feb 15, 2009

Home Fire Safety

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“Discover How You and Your Family Can Feel the Comfort of Continuous Fire Protection In Your Home…” Consider… – That the most effective and reliable fire protection system was invented over 100 years ago, yet your home most likely is [...]

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Dec 11, 2008

ICC Appeals Board Denies NAHB Claim Regarding IRC Residential Sprinkler Requirement

by Ryan J. Smith

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In November it was announced that the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) had formerly requested an appeal of RB64-07/08 and RB66-07/08, which requires residential fire sprinklers to be installed in one and two family homes and town homes effective [...]

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Sep 21, 2008

ICC Approves Residential Fire Sprinklers in the International Residential Code

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Voting members of the leading building code body in the nation, the International Code Council (ICC), overwhelmingly supported a residential fire sprinkler requirement for all new one- and two-family homes and townhouses. Fire service and building code officials united to [...]

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Sep 15, 2008

Fire Prevention Week: Home Hazard Inspection

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How many times have you left the house in the morning and wondered, “Did I turn off the stove?” With our busy lives, the safety of our homes and families are sometimes relegated to the back of our minds – [...]

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Sep 04, 2008

New Zealand Fire Safety Education Rejuvenated

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By KAREN MANGNELL – Auckland stuff.co.nz The Fire Service is putting new faces on its education materials to rejuvenate its fire safety campaign. Adults get one booklet on home fire safety while children get their own material with new Firewise [...]

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Sep 01, 2008

Fire Prevention Week: Home Fire Sprinklers

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“It’s Fire Prevention Week: Prevent Home Fires!” – October 5-11, 2008 Fire safety educators do their best to educate residents about ways to prevent fires in their communities. But as we all know, the highest level of vigilance regarding home [...]

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May 24, 2008

Las Vegas, NV Agencies Taking Second Look at Faulty Plumbing Complaint on Fire System

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  By JOAN WHITELY – Las Vegas Review-Journal The Meridian Luxury Suites bills itself as a “refined getaway in the heart of the bustling Las Vegas Strip.” But for all the luxury, one of the Meridian’s five-story buildings has gone [...]

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May 24, 2008

Alberta House Prices May Rise to Meet Fire Code Changes

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  Jason Markusoff – Calgary Herald EDMONTON – Some new Alberta fire-safety rules would have helped reduce the wide-scale damage of a blaze that devoured dozens of townhouse duplexes in south Edmonton last year, Edmonton Fire Chief Randy Wolsey said [...]

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May 24, 2008

Shelter Builders Learned Their Fire Sprinkler Lesson the Hard Way

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  BY KURT MOORE – The Marion Star MARION – The Marion (Homeless) Shelter Program continues to seek donations as it works toward complying with a state order to install a fire sprinkler system. The Ohio Board of Building Appeals [...]

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May 23, 2008

Saddle River, NJ Promotes Strobes and Fire Sprinklers for Fire Safety

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  BY EVONNE COUTROS – The Record SADDLE RIVER — Borough officials would like to see sprinkler systems and strobe warning lights become standard features in new or renovated homes in town. Strobe lights could provide a lifesaving warning if [...]

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