Loyola High School Fire; Los Angeles

I’m betting this school was retrofit with sprinklers. There were no sprinklers in the room of origin but the fire was contained to one room due to sprinklers in the adjacent corridor. [lafd.blogspot.com]
Sometimes in retrofits you’ll see this. Sprinklers are added only to the corridors for evacuation purposes. The principle concern [...]

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Residential Sprinkler Requirement? Not Yet.

Well, word has hit the street. There won’t be a residential sprinkler requirement for single family homes in the next edition of the International Residential Code (IRC). However, from the way this article puts it, it’s only a matter of time. According to the article “well over” half of the voting members [...]

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Day Two

It’s day two of the ICC final action heaing in Rochester, New York. This hearing decides what changes/additions make it into the next edition of the International Building Code. We are anticipating a vote on the residential fire sprinkler requirement. I’ve not read or seen anything yet. Stay tuned.

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Fires in Combustible Concealed Spaces

We had a fire similar to this one in my neck of the woods. [firefightingnews.com]
The fire here destroyed the whole building after smoldering for 10 hours in the ceiling joists. When someone finally did smell smoke and called the fire department it was too late. Just as the fire fighters entered the [...]

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