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 ...

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 ...

This weekend, the International Code Council will hold a final action hearing on a resolution supporting a change to the International Residential Code to require fire sprinklers in new single-family ...

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 ...

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, ...

Townhouse complexes with six or fewer units would not be required to have sprinklers for fire protection under a bill given ...

It wasn't called a fire sprinkler summit, but the meeting Thursday afternoon at the Jefferson City Police Department's training classroom attracted dozens of public officials, contractors, architects, ...

Sprinkler system design and construction are paramount to fire suppression and safety in all industrial facilities. They have more significance within the waste, recycling and scrap metal industries ...

TUPELO — Tupelo officials have tightened restrictions on fire codes for multi-story residential buildings in what they claim is an effort to increase safety and the city’s fire rating. Earlier this ...

Local ordinances and a provision of the state building code requiring fire sprinkler systems be installed in townhouses or ...