The provisions and requirements for fire sprinkler systems within buildings have been mandated within codes and standards since the late 1800s. The inclusion of these systems fit within our core ...
MARKHAM, Ontario—Incentives for builders, as well as encouragement and education. Without governmental mandates requiring residential fire sprinklers in Canada ...
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 ...
(WHTM) — No one ever wants to be caught in a building fire, regardless if it’s a house fire or a fire in a commercial setting. Fire sprinklers are common throughout many commercial buildings and in ...
On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...
The Gillett school district in eastern Wisconsin has three school buildings. None has a sprinkler system installed to put out a fire. The buildings were constructed between 50 and 100 years ago, well ...
THE CRITICAL QUESTIONS BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW. KAREN. AND ACCORDING TO PROPERTY RECORDS AND THE FALL RIVER FIRE CHIEF, THE BUILDING HAD SPRINKLERS. BUT EXPERTS WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY DIDN’T CONTROL THE ...
It’s been six yers since a fire tore through the 36-story Marco Polo condominium on Kapi‘olani Boulevard in Honolulu, killing four people. That tragedy prompted a new local ordinance requiring ...
The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...