Fire Protection News and Discussion http://firesprinklernews.com 2010-03-10T04:36:45+01:00 http://firesprinklernews.com http://firesprinklernews.com/images/M_images/logo2.jpg text/html 2010-01-16T12:06:13+01:00 http://firesprinklernews.com http://firesprinklernews.com/content/view/92/2/ California adopts new code requiring all new one and two family dwellings and townhouses to be sprinklered begining January 1, 2011. Kudos to California. Hopefully the rest of the states will make code changes that save lives. Read more (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/california-approves-requirement-for-fire-sprinklers-in-all-new-homes-beginning-in-2011-81325802.html) text/html 2009-07-06T15:52:20+01:00 http://firesprinklernews.com http://firesprinklernews.com/content/view/90/2/ Five people die in house fire read more (http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?id=64401 sectionId=46) text/html 2009-06-25T15:55:23+01:00 http://firesprinklernews.com http://firesprinklernews.com/content/view/89/2/ Read what John Otto has to say about mandated fire sprinkler laws. As a installer of fire sprinklers, I nor the company I work for, are interested in installing fire sprinklers in homes. The profit margin is too small. The competition too great. The price of sprinklering homes is nominal. What I am for is the saving of lives not only of our loved ones, but firemen. John Otto's reasoning (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6469687.html)