On our front page this month Associate Editor Candace Roulo reports on the slow yet inexorable march toward universal adoption of residential fire sprinklers. Beginning Jan. 1, 2011, the International ...

Any firefighter who dies in a building that doesn't have fire sprinklers is one more reason to make sprinklers mandatory. Yet NFSA members heard many other good reasons as well. More than 3,600 people ...

This adage can also apply to the concept of residential fire sprinklers. It isn’t that they can’t be made better–I have little doubt they can. But perhaps we should reinvent how we promote ...

DALLAS - 9/2/2009 - The Center for Life Safety Education (CLSE) has launched its new two-part Plan Review and Acceptance of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems program online at www.clse.org.

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 ...

"Residential fire sprinkler systems more than pay for themselves in the form of peace of mind," says Matthew Kuwatch, global business director for BlazeMaster Fire Sprinkler Systems, the most ...

The Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA) has continued to spread misinformation about residential fire sprinklers to state legislators, members of the media, and residents of the Commonwealth.

Despite all of this loss, Missouri is still resisting the concept of installing residential fire sprinkler systems in newly constructed one- and two-family homes. While working smoke alarms are an ...

Residential fire sprinkler systems provide the solution. When considering fire sprinklers, many homeowners are concerned about water damage and aesthetics. Keep in mind that unlike those shown in ...

Gonzalez said plastic pipes commonly used in residential fire sprinklers can break or leak and reduce water pressure in a fire emergency. He filed a class action lawsuit against several ...

More than 40 people died in house fires this year and without any kind of state mandate that requires residential fire sprinkler systems, tragedies are imminent. 51 people in total died from fires ...

The Delaware State Fire Commission has formally honored the Town of Middletown for adopting a new ordinance requiring fire ...