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Tragedy
struck South Plainfield, NJ when the worst fire in the town’s history broke
out Thursday, February 3, 2012, claiming
the lives of four children and their
grandmother. The flames shooting out of the second story window quickly
engulfed the historic 150-year-old farmhouse leaving the family trapped
inside the home. This devastating loss of life could have been prevented.
In many cases, properly installed and
maintained fire sprinklers control and typically extinguish a fire before
the fire department even arrives on the scene. More importantly, the
presence of fire sprinklers mitigates the risk to individuals affected by
the blaze, including firefighters who battle the fire.
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A-3278 passed, please
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Completed resolutions can be sent to NJFSAB Executive Director David Kurasz
at 2 King Arthur Court, Suite 1, North Brunswick, N.J. 08902.
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RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLER CODE NATIONAL UPDATE
Please
find below a list of states that have adopted the 2009 International
Residential Code, which includes the requirement that all new one- and
two-family homes are required to have life-saving fire sprinkler
systems:
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New Hampshire
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California
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Iowa
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South Carolina
The NJFSAB would
like to congratulate the residents, lawmakers and regulatory decision
makers in the above states for recognizing the importance of
residential fire sprinklers in saving lives and property. For
more information on the status of the IRC adoption in other states,
please click
here. (The
above states are listed in date order that the 2009 IRC code was
adopted.)
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