INSTALLING FIRE SPRINKLERS is a good idea that we've advocated for a long time. We've focused our discussions in the past on the victims of fires in unsprinklered buildings, and to us that meant the ...
On our front page this month Associate Editor Candace Roulo reports on the slow yet inexorable march toward universal adoption of residential fire sprinklers. Beginning Jan. 1, 2011, the International ...
If you're looking into new construction for your next home, you'll want to be sure it's fire safe. The nature and intensity ...
Building codes and local, state and federal laws can present a labyrinthine path to securing the approvals, permits and compliance with legislation required to commence construction of a new or ...
ORLAND PARK, Ill., Jan. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- While national codes require home fire sprinklers installed in all new construction single-family homes, half of U.S ...
Fires in residential structures with sprinkler systems do so little damage, the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office doesn’t keep statistics on them. “Because if a sprinkler system goes off, a large, ...
ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - A deadly fire at an Adams County apartment building forced more than a dozen people out of their homes. It happened early Tuesday morning at the Waterview Apartments on ...
Portage's fire sprinkler code — put into place in 1998 — requires a sprinkler for buildings larger than 7,000 square feet for wood construction and 10,000 square feet for non-wood buildings. Any place ...