The provisions and requirements for fire sprinkler systems within buildings have been mandated within codes and standards since the late 1800s. The inclusion of these systems fit within our core ...

There were no sprinklers inside the apartment building at 27th and Highland, where a fire on Sunday, May 11, killed five people. The building was built before sprinkler systems were required by state ...

WALKER, Mich. — The proposed changes to building codes in Michigan could make new homes more expensive. However, the Walker Fire Department said the installation of sprinkler systems in newly built ...

Home fire sprinklers sit at the intersection of safety, cost, and building policy, promising to stop small flames from ...

A deadly blaze that left five people dead on Mother's Day has prompted a debate over requiring automatic sprinklers in apartment buildings in Milwaukee. Highland Court Apartments, the site of the fire ...

On August 22, a fire broke out in a Bellevue apartment that completely destroyed 21 units and displaced residents from more than four dozen units in the complex. It took 88 medical, support and fire ...

The fire at the Jefferson Apartments in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood exposed more than flames and smoke. Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick said the building did not have a ...