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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 |
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TO REVIEW INDUSTRY LEADING WHITE PAPER BY BUDDY DEWAR, "Residential Fire Sprinklers and Housing
Economics" click HERE
FLORIDA FIRE SPRINKLER ASSOCIATION 15TH ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC Huge success - special
thanks to our sponsors. Pictures to come soon.
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 to be posted soon - stay tuned.
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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A SAD DAY FOR CHILDREN IN THE U.S. - U.S. Fire Administration Civilian Fire Fatality Notification The Nation's
news media is reporting the following residential fire (non-arson) fatalities Update - click HERE to see update
ARCHITECTS CAN EARN PROFESSIONAL CREDIT FOR TAKING NEW ONLINE COURSE ON HOME FIRE
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Quincy, MA – The nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) has developed an
accredited course on one- and two-family dwelling fire sprinkler installation through AEC Daily, the largest provider of
free, online continuing education to construction professionals. CLICK HERE for more
details.
| Your Florida Fire Sprinkler Association is working very hard for you in this Florida Legislative Session Click Here to see updated Legislative Newsletter from our own Buddy Dewar, Legislative Liaison for the FFSA |