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'More than a moral victory': to get home sprinklers in code.(INDUSTRY NEWS)

By Mader, Robert P.
Publication: Contractor
Date: Friday, June 1 2007

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Proponents of residential fire sprinklers are cheered by an International Code Council Code Development Committee meeting here in May that nearly resulted in residential fire sprinklers being included in the International Residential Code. A majority of attendees, 56%, voted in favor of residential sprinklers, but a two-thirds super majority was required.

"We saw an unprecedented level of support for residential fire sprinklers," announced the IRC Fire Sprinkler Coalition, a group formed this year to lobby for sprinklers in homes.

"Our lev

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