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Fire
Sprinklers Where We Live, Work & Play:
Building
Safety Week is May 5-11, 2008
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, May 5, 2008—The National Fire Sprinkler
Association – WI Chapter Recognizes National Building
Safety Week, May 5 – 11th. This year’s theme
is “Building Safety: Where You Live, Work and Play.” Read
More
BROOKSTONE HOMES EVENT SHOWCASES
RESIDENTIAL
FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
Slinger, WI – August
18, 2005. Brookstone Homes is hosting a grand opening event
on Saturday, September 17, at their Cedar Bluffs development
in Slinger. Read More
Download a pdf of this press release
Landmark Bill Protects
College Students from Tragic Fires
Fire Sprinkler Systems
will be installed in Institutions of Higher Education
Madison,
WI (December 22, 2005): Governor Doyle signed into law a
landmark bill that will protect college students living
in various types of campus housing from death and injury
caused by fire. Read More Download a pdf of this press release
BROOKSTONE HOMES EVENT SHOWCASES
RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
Slinger, WI – August
18, 2005. Brookstone Homes is hosting a grand opening event
on Saturday, September 17, at their Cedar Bluffs development
in Slinger. The event will showcase a model home equipped
with a residential fire sprinkler system. Brookstone Homes
is currently
the only builder in Wisconsin to offer residential fire sprinklers
as a standard option in their new homes.
Brookstone Homes
has partnered with the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition’s
(HFSC) Built for Life pilot program developed to educate builders
and consumers on the life saving benefits
of residential fire sprinkler systems. The program is funded
through a Fire Prevention Grant from the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security and is being conducted in ten markets
throughout
the country.
“By equipping our new model home with the
sprinkler system, it allows us to educate home shoppers on
a new life saving
option that, until now, has not been readily available
by builders in the area,” says Scott Thistle, president of Brookstone
Homes. “We understand that fire safety is an important
issue for our customers and we are excited to have the
ability to offer this new option in our homes.”
The
event will feature Brookstone’s model home equipped
with a fire sprinkler system along with information on
how it can protect homeowners and their property. A sprinkler
demonstration
trailer will be on site showing live sprinkler activations
caused by fire and the Slinger Fire Department will be
on hand with their fire trucks to talk with children about
fire safety.
The model home will be available for viewing
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with sprinkler demonstrations
and education from
the
fire department beginning at noon until 3 p.m. Cedar
Bluffs is located one-half mile north of Highway 60, approximately
one mile east of US Highway 41.
For more information
about home fire sprinkler system, visit the HFSC Web site
at www.HomeFireSprinkler.org.
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Landmark Bill Protects
College Students from Tragic Fires
Fire Sprinkler Systems will be installed in Institutions
of Higher Education
Madison, WI (December 22, 2005): Governor
Doyle signed into law a landmark bill that will protect college
students living
in various types of campus housing from death and injury
caused by fire.
Led by Senator Ron Brown (R-Eau Claire) and
Representative Rob Kreibich (R-Eau Claire), Assembly Bill
544 requires
automatic fire sprinkler systems installed in all new construction
residence
facilities on private campuses, all residence halls greater
than 60 feet in height, all Greek housing on private
and public colleges and privately owned high-rise buildings
that
provides
student housing. Five years ago, a bill was passed requiring
fire sprinkler systems installed in all high-rise residence
halls located on public campuses. Colleges have eight
years to comply.
“This legislation is groundbreaking in the national movement
to reduce tragic fire deaths of college students,” said
Dan Gengler of the National Fire Sprinkler Association
(NFSA) and a former Deputy Fire Chief with the Milwaukee
Fire Department. “Fire
is non-discriminatory. This legislation will protect
students and can ultimately save lives. As a result,
Wisconsin will
be one of the safest sates when it comes to campus housing
fire safety. The passage of this landmark legislation
illustrates the commitment of these lawmakers to protect
all of our college
students, Gengler said.
According to the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) an average of 1,500 fires causes $9 million in
damage to
university residence halls and Greek housing each year.
Additional studies
show that deaths caused by hotel and motel fires – the
structures most similar to dorms – were reduced
by 91% when sprinklers were present. Moreover, the NFPA
has
never
been able to document a single instance of a multiple
loss of life in a building with a sprinkler system that
is fully
functional in more than 100 years of their existence.
AB 544 passed with bipartisan effort and garnered
the support of the Wisconsin State Firefighters' Association,
the Professional
Firefighters of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs
Association, the Wisconsin Alliance for Fire Safety and
the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities
(WAICU).
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