FIRE OF THE MONTH

According to The Times of Trenton, a fast moving three alarm fire engulfed a home in Trenton around 12:15 a.m. on August 26, killing a 7-year-old boy and injuring four other residents, including two young children.  If fire sprinklers were present in this home, the sprinklers would have helped to contain or possibly even extinguished the fire before the emergency responders arrived on the scene.  To see how fire sprinklers can benefit you, click here or contact your local fire sprinkler company. 

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.)