This is what they are saying on the ICC Bulletin Board - worth checking out. www.iccsafe.org Click on "Jobs and Code Talk" then, "Bulletin Board".
------------------------------------------ packsaddle Frequent Contributor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- for those interested in facts.... residential fire deaths occur at a rate of 1.1 per 100,000 population. home invasions occur at a rate of 23.0 per 100,000 population. therefore, you are over 20 times more likely to be killed by a criminal than by a fire. seems like the paternalists should be cheerleading for double cylinder deadbolts, bullet-proof windows, mandatory security systems, etc. instead. conclusion: if you are truly concerned about your family's safety at home, buy a gun before you buy a fire sprinkler system. Terri Simmons Leyton PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING Ph: 858-751-2930 - ext. 101 Fax: 858-751-2933 Cell: 619-871-8450 We can't change the cards we're dealt, just how to play the hand. --Randy Pausch -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Autry, David Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: From the NAHB Newsletter You should see the "fight" going on at the IIC's website forum. In case you didn't know; residential sprinkler systems are now going to cause mold to grow in your home and the pipe will give you cancer. David Autry Plans Examiner Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office 246 S. 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 402-471-9659 402-471-3118 fax www.sfm.ne.gov ** Note new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri Leyton Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: From the NAHB Newsletter Of interest, sent by the NAHB yesterday: Fire Official Surge Sweeps Sprinkler Mandate to Victory Fire sprinkler mandates will be part of the 2009 International Residential Code and will be required in all one- and two-family homes and townhouses that build to the code as of Jan. 1, 2011. The sudden - and controversial - arrival on Saturday of 900 fire officials eligible to vote at the <http://www.iccsafe.org/> International Code Council's final action hearings in Minneapolis swelled the number of sprinkler proponents and the measure was approved by a vote of 1,283 to 470 on Sunday morning. In other business, voting members disapproved the so-called "30% Solution" from a coalition of insulation and window manufacturers that would have significantly revised the International Energy Conservation Code. The votes were split on a number of wall bracing proposals. About 1,200 voting devices were turned in immediately after the residential fire sprinkler mandate was approved, suggesting that most of the proponents left immediately after the vote was taken. "We welcome the insight and experience that fire officials bring to the code development process because our model codes are focused on life safety issues," said James "Andy" Anderson, chair of the NAHB Construction, Codes and Standards Committee. "However, it seems clear that these particular officials were focused on one issue only - residential fire sprinkler mandates - without any benefit of perspective regarding how such mandates jibe with the hundreds of other code proposals considered at this hearing. That's unfortunate, because such reasoned discussion is what the model code process was designed to accomplish." The residential fire sprinkler mandates will provide a sizable financial boon for the fire sprinkler manufacturing industry, which, like NAHB, helped provide funding for building officials to attend the hearings. In 2005, when there were about 1.65 million new homes constructed at an average 2,340 square feet, sprinkler manufacturers would have reaped about $5.8 billion in revenue, based on average sprinkler costs of $1.50 per square foot, had the sprinkler requirement been in effect. NAHB had identified several concerns over residential fire sprinkler systems - among them, questioning whether most home owners are prepared to perform the maintenance required to ensure that the sprinklers remain operational. Builders also cited the potential for pipes installed in attics to freeze in colder climates and they said that the sprinklers can be discharged accidentally, with damaging results. In areas served by wells or where water is scarce, the availability of an adequate water supply is another possible problem. NAHB pointed to several existing code requirements that have contributed to a significant decline in fire-related deaths and injuries over the past 30 years. The most effective improvement has been the introduction of hard-wired interconnected smoke alarms, which the code requires to be installed in every bedroom and on every floor. <http://www.nfpa.org/> National Fire Protection Association reports conclude that about 890 fatalities could be avoided each year if every home had at least one working smoke alarm. Both the <http://www.firesprinkler.org/training/index.html> American Fire Sprinkler Association and the <http://www.nfsa.org/> National Fire Sprinkler Association, two sprinkler industry trade groups, offer training programs for residential sprinkler installation and certification. Because there is only a limited number of subcontractors who are certified, the sprinkler requirement will appear in the 2009 International Residential Code but not take effect until 2011, giving the industry three years to prepare. In other final hearing action: * About 15 proposals relating to wall bracing were also debated during the Final Action Hearings. A new independent table for wind bracing was approved with modifications proposed by the ICC Ad Hoc Committee on Wall Bracing working with NAHB, the NAHB Research Center and the Foam Sheathing Coalition. The new provisions will generally preserve traditional bracing amounts for typical one- and two-story dwellings in most of the country. Bracing amounts will increase for three-story homes, homes with large open plans and homes built in high-wind areas. Two NAHB proposals to restore the scope limit for the structural provisions of the IRC to 110 mph in hurricane-prone regions were defeated. The <http://www.disastersafety.org/> Institute for Business and Home Safety spoke against the proposals, primarily due to the defeat of a compromise proposal on wind uplift that had been worked out with NAHB and others. The defeat on the scope limit came despite significant, yet cost-effective improvements to the wind resistance of dwellings (including the changes in wall bracing) that will go into effect with the 2009 IRC. * In a victory for cost-effective energy efficiency solutions, the group of IECC proposals nicknamed the 30% Solution was defeated by a vote of 90 to 50. After the package of proposals was defeated, voting members heard testimony on each individual proposal for additional voting. Details will be available in the upcoming Oct. 6 issue of Nation's Building News. For more information, e-mail <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Calli Schmidt at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8132. Terri Simmons Leyton PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING 8849-B Complex Drive San Diego, CA 92123 ------------------------------------------------------------- Ph: 858-751-2930 - ext. 101 Fax: 858-751-2933 Cell: 619-871-8450 "Once every man, woman and child realizes and accepts in daily life the responsibility for simple fire prevention measures, death, injury and destruction by fire will be substantially reduced." 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