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Safety Codes Now Require Fire Sprinklers in Nursing Homes, Nightclubs, 1-2 Family Dwellings

National News • August 11, 2005
Fire sprinklers will soon be required in all nursing homes, in new construction of one- and two-family dwellings, and in all new construction of nightclubs and like facilities, as well as for ...

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Subject: It don't mean squat

Posted On: August 14, 2005, 11:56 am CDT
Posted By: G-man
Comment:
NFPA is not the law or the state or local fire code. Each municipality adopts specific versions of the NFPA standards as they see fit and are slow to adopt the new ones for fear of antagonizing property owners with the cost of sprinkler retro-fits that are often excluded under infamous grandfather clauses.

A good idea? Sure. But the politics of fire safety may have a way of trumping it all.
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Aug 12, 2005, 12:45 pm
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Aug 12, 2005, 12:42 pm
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Aug 12, 2005, 12:19 pm
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Aug 12, 2005, 12:15 pm
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RE: Sprinklers in Homes - water damage claims - small fire steve carter
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