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 ...

You’ve heard the old expression about not reinventing the wheel? Basically, it’s saying that we shouldn’t waste time and/or resources trying to redesign something that already works. This adage can ...

An "unprecedented level of support" for fire sprinklers in single-family homes did not succeed in reversing a committee's refusal to include them in the International Residential Code when votes were ...

Back in the '80s I talked with a fire sprinkler contractor who told me he had a buddy who was a homebuilder. Supposedly the builder had told the sprinkler contractor that homebuilders would make do ...

A strong majority of the International Code Council's voting members have cast their support for a residential fire sprinkler requirement for all new one- and two-family homes and townhouses. Fire ...

July 6, 2010 – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) today issued a safety alert recommending that residential fire sprinkler systems containing antifreeze should be drained and the ...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — Loudoun County Fire Chief Keith Johnson is passionate about fire safety, especially about residential sprinklers. However, residential sprinklers aren’t required in townhomes and ...