ICC Votes to Include Residential Sprinklers in Building Code
from AFSA - Sept. 21, 2008
 On Sunday, Sept. 21 at the International Code Council (ICC) meeting in
Minneapolis, a provision was passed to include in the 2009
International Residential Code (IRC) a requirement for residential
sprinklers in all one- and two-family dwellings. Although this will be
included in the 2009 IRC, the effective date of this requirement is
Jan. 1, 2011. This means that all jurisdictions adopting the 2009
code unchanged will require fire sprinklers in all homes beginning in
2011.
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Sprinkler System Douses Buffalo Grove Fire
from Chicago Daily Herald – Sept. 17, 2008
Buffalo Grove, Ill., fire officials said a sprinkler system contained a fire in an office building. Officials said seven employees were in the building when the fire started, but all managed to get out in time. No one was injured in the fire. More
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Firefighters Say Home Sprinkler System Worth Cost in Safety
from Gaston Gazette – Sept. 16, 2008
Gastonia, N.C., firefighters and those from the Gaston County, N.C., Fire Marshal's Office worked to install the first residential sprinkler system in a Habitat for Humanity house in Gastonia. They hope it would show how economical it is to put one in a new residence. "What we hope to get out of this is awareness," said Gaston County Fire Marshal Eric Hendrix.
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N.J. Won't Make Pre-'88 High Rises Add Fire Safety Systems Within Four
Years
from The Star-Ledger - Sept. 15, 2008
The Corzine, N.J., administration said Sept. 15 it will not mandate
residential and office high-rise buildings constructed before 1988 be
retrofitted with fire suppression systems within four years. New
Jersey officials had until Sept. 17 to decide if the state fire code
should include a proposal to require all existing high rise commercial
and residential buildings to be retrofitted with sprinkler systems
within four years.
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Los Angeles Fire Sprinkler ‘Saves the Day’
from CBS 2 - Sept. 20, 2008
A fire in a microwave oven on the 32nd floor of a 38-story apartment building near downtown triggered the sprinkler system, and some residents evacuated themselves. The sprinkler system held the fire in check, Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said, adding that "once again, a residential fire sprinkler saved the day." More
Sprinklers in All Residence Halls Protect Students
from State College News – Sept. 19, 2008
Housing for all of Penn State's on-campus residents is safer than ever. Sprinkler systems have been installed in 53 residence halls and 360 apartments at University Park and all of the residence halls (54 total) at all other Penn State campuses with on-campus housing. More
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Sprinkler System Saves Rubber Tire Recycler
from Chicago Tribune – Sept. 23, 2008
A sprinkler system helped save a South Holland, Ill., factory that caught fire, authorities said. Officials said the factory manufactured rubber products from old automobile tires. Apparently, a piece of machinery caught fire at a time when no employees were working in the plant, officials said. More.
Victims, Families Continue to Push for Fire Safety
from South Carolina Now – Sept. 24, 2008
Survivors and family members of victims of two tragic fires were in Washington recently to continue their efforts at pushing for new safety laws. They were there because of the deaths last year of students from the University of South Carolina and Clemson at a private home in Ocean Isle, N.C., and several years ago, students in a fraternity house at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Karen Mann of Greenville, S.C., whose daughter, Lauren Mahon, a USC student who was also killed in the Ocean Isle fire, was there. “Ideally, I’d like to see fire sprinklers as common as seatbelts,” she told the AP. More
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