FIRES OF THE MONTH

In a 17 day span from June 21 to July 7, eight New Jersey residents were tragically killed in four separate residential fires across the state, including four who died in an early morning fire in Paterson.  If fire sprinklers were present in any of these residences, the deaths may have been prevented and property damage may have been drastically reduced.

Currently, New Jersey is delaying the implementation of the 2009 IRC Code, which contains the residential fire sprinkler requirement, which is designed to address New Jersey’s growing fire problem.  Please call your local legislator and urge them to find out why the state is taking so long to adopt the residential fire sprinkler requirement.  This requirement will help protect New Jersey residents in the places where they feel safest -- their homes!
 

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:

• Pennsylvania
• New Hampshire
• California
• Iowa
• 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.)