Fire Sprinklers
The FireRescue1 fire sprinklers resource page offers news about fire sprinklers, like the battles between public safety and the construction industry over their installation in new construction, local work to retrofit older buildings with sprinklers, and fire incidents that were impacted by the presence or lack of fire sprinklers; plus information about how fire officers can advocate for fire sprinklers in their areas.
Nearly a dozen contributing factors, including a lack of pre-incident planning and crew integrity, are listed in the report on the death of a Spring Valley firefighter in 2021
A proposal requiring sprinklers in all new single-family and two-family homes is being opposed by Habitat for Humanity and builders based on the costs of affordable housing
Sprinklers contained a fire in a stall as firefighters rescued 161 horses in the West Springfield barn
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Firefighters finished extinguishing the fire inside the lab at Google’s Mountain View campus
The overcrowded club lacked the required exits, firewalls and fire alarms in the 1977 tragedy
Sprinklers knocked down the fire inside the Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde
Non-functioning sprinklers and other violations had been discovered in the arson investigation of the San Jose fire
The event will take place during the International Association of Fire Chiefs Community Risk Reduction Leader Conference
Why do we care more about ensuring the firehouse grass is sprinklered than the firehouse itself?
Drivers honking horns, neighbors banging on doors get the attention of firefighters as Huntington Park firehouse burns
A man was charged with spraying a liquid on the door of the Burlington office and setting it on fire
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The switch initiates operation of a dry pipe or preaction valve within four seconds
A lithium-ion battery in a box began to burn inside a building at the Mountain View campus
Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell and other leaders will travel to Detroit, Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, to draw public attention to winter fire safety measures
Detailing alarm causes, actions to mitigate the incident and fire protection post-incident
Residents at Reserve at LaVista Walk said fire alarms regularly go off at the apartment complex
Inspectors cited failure to provide sprinklers, fire alarm at the site of the former St. John Villa Academy
Government officials hear testimonies about challenges involving recruitment, cancer, mental health, EVs, climate change and beyond
Auburn firefighters responded to a cooking fire on the third floor of a Cayuga Community College housing unit
The fire service must walk the walk in our support of residential sprinklers
Three Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority high-rises will be outfitted with sprinklers by the summer of 2024
Fires are not uncommon as smoke detectors, sprinklers are lacking inside the Men’s Central Jail
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Clovis Deputy Fire Chief Fay Craigmile said it took firefighters three hours to get the fire knocked down
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