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FIRES OF THE MONTH
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!
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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:
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.)
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