There were no sprinklers inside the apartment building at 27th and Highland, where a fire on Sunday, May 11, killed five people. The building was built before sprinkler systems were required by state ...
The provisions and requirements for fire sprinkler systems within buildings have been mandated within codes and standards since the late 1800s. The inclusion of these systems fit within our core ...
Firefighters say sprinkler systems in buildings save lives. The growing conversation surrounding sprinkler systems is taking place in the wake of the Highland Court apartment fire, where five people ...
Sprinklers helped stop flames from spreading through a five-unit townhouse building during a fire in Ipswich on Saturday ...
A deadly blaze that left five people dead on Mother's Day has prompted a debate over requiring automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings in Milwaukee. Highland Court Apartments, the site of the fire ...
The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...
WEST WHITELAND–Flames ripped through a mock living space where minutes earlier a similar area had been mostly saved by fire suppression sprinklers. About 90 residents, firefighters and township ...