Fire Safety Codes
The Worcester City Council opted out of the state residential sprinkler law despite support from the city manager and fire chief, saying local codes already meet or exceed standards
Marketing and safety advocate Peg Paul, longtime champion of home fire sprinklers, has won the 2025 ICC-IAFC Excellence in Fire and Life Safety Award
A former Gabriel House resident injured in the fire that killed 10 people, is suing the facility’s owner and its fire safety contractor for negligence
The National Institute on Money in State Politics said homebuilders have spent $24 million since 2014 to block sprinkler laws
Tragic fires continue to affect building codes and fire safety, sprinkler, fire inspections regulations
Fire officials wanted new apartment buildings with three to 20 units to have fire sprinklers installed
Urgent testing is being conducted on external siding panels on apartment blocks following the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze
The state is combining reward and punishment incentives and including aspects of public safety beyond fire
The NFPA guidelines call for banning natural trees in places with 50 or more people; the new bill would prohibit government officials from passing ordinances limiting the placement of trees
The bill up for a vote would strip fire chiefs of the ability to ban live Christmas trees in churches; NFPA says not to use live trees in places where 50 or more people gather
The BMW was so close to the hydrant that it wasn’t even worth it for firefighters to break the windows to snake a water line through
They support expanding, rather than loosening, the state fire code to require sprinklers in the one- and two-family homes that are now exempted
The change would require fire alarms and sprinklers only in residential buildings with at least seven units
The victims included 10 women and three children
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