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Residential Fire
Sprinklers: Introducing Life-Saving
Technology in Turbulent Economic Times
Mike
Dell’Orfano, Co-Chair, Joint Ad-Hoc
Residential Sprinkler Committee |
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Supporters of residential fire sprinklers
won a great victory with the publication of
the 2009 International Residential Code,
which requires all new homes to be protected
by sprinklers. Now the hard work begins to
adopt those requirements at the local level.
At a time when the housing industry is
experiencing record declines and the country
is in an ever-worsening recession, how do
you convince the housing industry and local
policy-makers that the extra expense of a
residential sprinkler system is the right
choice for the community? This presentation
begins to provide the tools and information
needed to work toward successful
implementation of residential sprinkler
requirements. |
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Video & Audio Clips for Residential Fire
Sprinkler Presentation |
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The following
video and audio clips were imbedded in the
above presentation and may be downloaded for
viewing or listening to (right click and
select "Save Target As" to download). |
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Fire Chief Podcast
Chief
Kelvin Cochran, U.S. Fire Administrator
(11/12/09) |
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Video: Dry Scotch Pine
Tree Fire (No Sound)
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) |
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A Firefighter in Your
Home 24/7
Fresno
Fire Department PSA |
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A humorous
video that will get people interested in
sprinklers. Would you rather have sprinklers
or a firefighter that messes up the place is
the theme, which is the message that we’re
trying to send – contained fire with little
damage or big fire with smoke damage
throughout, lots of water, overhaul, and
potential life loss. |
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Marble Mountain, Part
One
Source:
Marble Mountain Sprinkler Burn, OCFA |
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Shows fire progression in
unsprinkered and sprinklered structures. |
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Marble Mountain, Part
Two
Source:
Marble Mountain Sprinkler Burn, OCFA |
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Good for
council members to see other council members
that “get it”. |
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Jackson 105 Home
Sprinklers
A homeowner who experienced a
fire and re-built with sprinklers can become
a great advocate. |
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Retiree on Sprinklers
Video shows firefighter
testimony against sprinklers in MN code
hearings, stating response times are what’s
important and sprinklers don’t substitute
firefighters. |
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Resources |
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Adoption of
Residential Sprinkler Requirements.
Adoption Guidance Document Developed by
the Joint Ad-Hoc Residential Sprinkler
Committee (08/25/09, Rev. 11/17/09) |
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The purpose of this document
is to provide guidance to local
jurisdictions contemplating the adoption of
the residential sprinkler requirements found
in the 2009 International Residential Code
(IRC). |
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Residential Fire
Sprinklers and Housing Economics: A
Legislator’s Guide to Life Safety
(February, 2009) |
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This guide is intended to be used as a
source of factual and logical information
for correct decision making should the issue
of residential fire sprinklers for homes
becomes a Legislative discussion issue. |
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Residential Fire
Sprinklers for Life Safety: An Economic and
Insurance Perspective
Prepared for the Orange
County Fire Authority, California by the
National Fire Sprinkler Association
(February, 2001) |
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U.S. Experience
with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing
Equipment by John R. Hall,
Jr., NFPA, January 2009. |
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Home Fire Sprinkler
Cost Assessment, Fire
Protection Research Foundation (September
2008) |
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The Fire Protection Research
Foundation undertook this study to provide a
national perspective on the cost of home
fire sprinklers by developing data on
installation costs and cost savings for ten
communities distributed throughout the
United States. The study also explores the
range of insurance premium discounts which
are available to home owners with sprinkler
systems in their houses. |
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Comparative Analysis
of Housing Cost and Supply Impacts of
Sprinkler Ordinances at the Community Level,
NFPA (June 2009) |
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A study of select
jurisdictions was conducted to determine the
housing cost and supply impacts of
residential sprinkler ordinances at the
local level. |
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Integration of
Residential Sprinklers with Water Supply
Systems - A Survey of Twenty U.S.
Communities, NFPA, September
2009 |
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The study looked at detailed information for
20 US communities with a residential
sprinkler ordinance and concluded that water
supply integration requirements have been
put into place, and there are no examples of
insurmountable problems or issues. |
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Home Fire Protection -
Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems,
U.S. Fire Administration, August 2004 |
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Structural Stability
of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions
This two-hour presentation
summarizes a research study on the hazards
posed to firefighters by the use of
lightweight construction and engineered
lumber in floor and roof designs. |
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CSFCA Resolution
Supporting a Change to the International
Residential Code to Require Fire Sprinklers
in One and Two-Family Dwellings and Town
Homes (CSFCA Resolution 07-01) |
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