Plant fire
[5/31/2007] - Nearly half a dozen fire departments responded to a 2-alarm fire at the Caterpillar plant in York County. Firefighters say heavy smoke was coming from the distribution warehouse on Memory Lane in Springettsbury Township. more

Law requires nursing home sprinklers
[5/29/2007] - TERRE HAUTE — All Indiana nursing homes will be required to install fire sprinkler systems and smoke detectors by 2012 as a result of Senate Enrolled Act 93. The legislation was signed by Gov. Mitch Daniels on April 26. more

Fire sprinkler use could expand
[5/28/2007] - Wisconsin is close to becoming the nation's 25th state to require fire sprinkler systems in all new apartment and condo complexes. Buy a link hereOfficials at the state Department of Commerce said Friday that they are completing rules to make that happen by adopting the 2006 International Building Code. All that's needed is legislative approval. link

Boardman fire officials haven't decided cause
[5/23/2007] - BOARDMAN -- Sprinklers would have greatly reduced the damage from a fire this week at Sam Boardman Elementary, but it and other schools of similar age in the area do not have the safety features. link

In our view: Deadly fire brings about law change
[5/19/2007] - Missouri will now require most group homes, assisted-living homes and long-term care homes to have sprinkler systems as protection for their residents in addition to other fire-safety features, such as alarm systems connected directly to the nearest fire station. link

UCR dorm fire called accidental
[5/18/2007] - The cause of a fire in a UC Riverside residence hall that prompted the evacuation of about 840 students early Thursday was determined to be accidental, a university official said. link

Vote Could Lead to Mandatory Home Sprinklers
[5/18/2007] - Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - New homes may soon have to include sprinkler systems as part of the design, to pass code. link

Atherton may allow bigger basements
[5/18/2007] - ATHERTON — The spacious subterranean rooms used for entertainment centers and other attractions in a number of Atherton homes may soon get bigger if a proposed new ordinance on basement construction passes City Council muster. link

Fire damages home on Crooked Lane
[5/17/2007] - UPPER MERION - Firefighters who battled a blaze at a Crooked Lane house Monday got inside assistance from a home sprinkler system. The homeowners were not inside the residence when the fire started. link

Sprinkler mandate for complexes makes sense
[5/16/2007] - In the aftermath of two major apartment fires in the span of two months — one of which killed a 48-year-old woman — Lake Jackson appears to be getting serious about mandating a measure for apartment complexes that would go a long way toward preserving life and property. link

Sprinkler activation saves restaurant
[5/16/2007] - POCOMOKE CITY -- A fire at a Chinese restaurant Tuesday activated its sprinkler system, saving the business as well as an adjoining shopping center from possible extensive damage, the town's fire department said. more

Is a National Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirement Close?
[5/16/2007] - Fire protection professionals have been working for nearly 30 years to promote the installation of residential fire sprinklers in U.S. homes. It is the one way to reduce home fire risk, short of actually preventing fires from starting. Teamed with smoke alarms, residential sprinklers nearly eliminate fire deaths in homes. Only those who are intimate with the fire are at risk. link

Fire officials give hotel last chance to upgrade
[5/15/2007] - After nearly a decade of warnings, Roanoke fire officials say they will close down all operations at the historic Patrick Henry Hotel by the end of September unless its owners move quickly to update the building's fire alarm and sprinkler system. link

Janesville firefighters applaud proposed sprinkler changes
[5/15/2007] - A policy change under consideration by the State Commerce Department regarding fire sprinkler installation would make a difference in Rock County homes. more

Bill designed to improve home fire safety finally passes
[5/15/2007] - After three years of hard work, United Senior Action of Indiana has achieved passage of a law that will greatly improve nursing home fire safety in Indiana. Our bill, Senate Enrolled Act 93, was signed by the governor on April 26, and went into effect immediately. The legislation requires all nursing homes to be fully served by fire prevention sprinklers and to install battery operated or hard wired smoke detectors in each resident's room. more

Three children rescued from apartment amid smoke, fire
[5/14/2007] - CHAMPAIGN – Firefighters rescued a 14-year-old boy and two younger children from an apartment where food on a stove caught fire early Sunday in Champaign.A single sprinkler head in the apartment extinguished the fire. It most likely saved the lives of the three children, according to Wild. A single sprinkler head in the apartment extinguished the fire. It most likely saved the lives of the three children, according to Wild. link

PITTSBURG: FIRE CHIEF: SPRINKLERS SAVED LIVES IN SENIOR HOUSING FIRE
[5/13/2007] - The emergency sprinkler system at a Pittsburg senior housing facility "saved a lot of lives" during a two-alarm fire Friday night, according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Mark McCullah. link

Cache County fire officials push for home sprinkler systems
[5/12/2007] - Cache Valley fire administrators want the areas new homes to be equipped with in-home fire sprinkler systems - something they say would save money and lives. more

Fire causes evacuation of Greenview Residence
[5/10/2007] - HIBBING — Fire forced 20 residents of the Greenview Alzheimer’s Residence on the Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi campus from their home Thursday morning. Fairview officials report that all residents, including staff, were removed swiftly and safely from the at-capacity building. link

Sprinkler rule faces city review
[5/8/2007] - The questions seemed to spread through the Columbia City Council last night like a four-alarm fire. During a portion of the panel’s regular meeting that wasn’t supposed to include public comment, council members heard from several people concerned about a recently passed city law that requires sprinkler systems in fraternity and sorority houses. link

Rash of Rockland fires impact residents
[5/7/2007] - Residents throughout Rockland County were affected by a rash of unrelated fires over the weekend, all of which remain under investigation. A house and an adjacent pick-up truck were significantly damaged in Airmont on Saturday evening when a fire started inside the truck and spread up the side of the house, according to Sgt. Brian Corbett from the Ramapo Police Department. link

Lab fire forces street closure in city
[5/7/2007] - A small lab fire forced a street closure and the evacuation of about 250 people from the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Medical School Teaching Facility, fire officials said. Shortly before 1 p.m., the fire department responded to West Baltimore and Greene streets after the report of a fire on the building's 10th floor caused by the incineration of low-level radioactive medical waste. more

Sprinkler contains fire at factory
[5/7/2007] - The sprinkler system in the Woodbridge Foam facility at 1120 Judd Road contained a this evening fire, limiting damage to the structure and its contents, according to Capt. Danny Hague of the Chattanooga Fire Department. more

Nursing home praised for quick fire evacuation
[5/3/2007] - BAKER — Police and firefighters praised the staff of a Baker Boulevard nursing home for the quick and orderly evacuation of 92 residents when a fire broke out in a resident’s room Wednesday morning. link

Care home to get safer
[5/3/2007] - The owner of a Mocksville adult-care home where a resident died in a fire nearly two months ago is rebuilding - this time with sprinklers throughout the home. link

NFSA's Jim Dalton Receives the Inaugural Dr. Anne W. Phillips Award for Leadership in Fire Safety Education
[5/2/2007] - Patterson, NY (PRWEB) May 2, 2007 -- The National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), the longest-tenured fire sprinkler advocacy organization in the U.S., is proud to announce that NFSA Director of Public Fire Protection, Jim Dalton, has been awarded the inaugural Dr. Anne W. Phillips Award for Leadership in Fire Safety Education by the Home Safety Council. link

Red Tape Delayed Sprinklers at Eastern Market
[5/2/2007] - D.C. fire officials say plans to put sprinklers at Eastern Market have been in the works for years, but they've ben slowed by bureaucratic red tape. more

State enacts new safety measures
[5/1/2007] - Effective July 1, all health facilities licensed as a comprehensive care facility must begin adding an automatic fire sprinkler system and smoke detectors in residential rooms. link