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| A Chapter of the National Fire Sprinkler Association |
| OUR MISSION To protect lives and property from fire through the wide-spread acceptance of the fire sprinkler concept. |
| 14th Annual Golf Classic held March 31 at Timacuan Golf Course, Lake Mary, FL. Click here for photos of the tournament FFSA Spring Conference was a great success click HERE to see photo's 13th Annual Florida Golf Classic held March 26 at Timacuan Golf Course, Lake Mary, FL. Click here for photos of the tournament |
Other NEWS
IRC Adopts Residential Fire Sprinkler Requirements An historic day in Minneapolis yesterday. The IRC
Coalition was successful in having fire sprinklers required in all new Townhouses and single family dwellings as part of the next
edition of the Model Code. While this still needs to be adopted at the local and state level it is a monumental achievement for our
industry. The effective date for home sprinklers will be January 1, 2011. Thanks to Fred Benn and his residential committee, Jim
Dalton and his Public Fire Protection Team, Buddy Dewar and his Regional Managers, Tom Lia and the Northern Illinois Fire
Sprinkler Advisory Board and Jeff Shapiro and the IRC coalition for spending hundreds of man-hours in making this happen. Click
HERE for A Discussion Guide on the New IRC Requirement for Residential Fire Sprinklers
NICET new schedule for 2009 click HERE and sign up early we expect all classes to be full.
Federal Government Mandates Fire Sprinklers in all Nursing Homes by 2013 The federal
government is creating a five-star grading system for nursing homes and will require all nursing homes
nationwide to have fire sprinkler systems by 2013. As of today, 80% of nursing homes nationwide have
fire sprinklers, 15% have partial fire sprinkler systems. Older nursing homes that have escaped modern
regulations that require sprinkler systems to protect residents from fire, will now have to get the systems
installed, if they want to continue to serve Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. These facilities will
have a five-year phase-in period to be fully compliant with the new rule.
National Fire Incident Reporting System Self-Study Now Available The U.S. Fire administration and
the National Fire Academy announce the availability of the new National Fire Incident Reporting System
(NFIRS) 5.0 Self Study (Q494) online course. Serving as an introduction to NFIRS 5.0, this self-study course
provides an overview of the data collection system, its modules, and data conversion issues. More
information and access to this course is available on NFA Online. Additional NFIRS-related training can
be found on the USFA Web site.
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| Your Florida Fire Sprinkler Association is working very hard for you in this Florida Legislative Session Click Here to see a brief summary from Buddy Dewar, Legislative Liaison for the FFSA |