In a report Resdential Fire Sprinklers Market Growth and Labor Demand Analysis ( PDF , 913 KB ) , by Russ Leavitt, SET , CFPS the market may exceed $3 billion. The number of new jobs that will need to be created is staggering

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The International Code Council passed a resoultion Sunday to require fire sprinklers in new single and two family  dwellings.The code will require homes built after January 1, 2011 to have fire sprinklers. It's been a long road for the IRC Fire Sprinkler Coalition, but there is still work to be done, now it has to be adopted by local governments. This is a great victory for homeowners and firemen. 

Sleepy Smoker Saved by Sprinkler 

"We fight this image that sprinklers cause tremendous water damage and go off at inconvenient times - that’s just not true," he said. "You and I probably have a better chance of winning that Powerball tonight than the sprinklers failing."     read more...   

  

Fire sprinkler causes flood in Terrace 9   read more

LINCOLN, Neb.— Fire investigators worked through the night but still had not determined early yesterday what started a blaze at a fraternity house that killed one student and left three others critically injured. read more...

"Without a doubt, if a sprinkler system wasn't in place, the fire would've been a lot worse," said Fire Chief Richard Ranieri. The incident is the "first save" since the sprinkler law went into effect in November, according to Jennifer Mieth of the state Department of Fire Services.
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