Late last night the NAHB got the message that the IRC mandate for residential sprinklers is here to stay. A wide cross-section of fire service and sprinkler industry gathered in Baltimore to make sure if it came to a floor vote, it would be for life safety- and it was- maybe 1,000 of us filling the room.
There was an atmosphere of camaraderie as an industry as we saw old and new friends from across the country- I was talking to a Phila 692 fitter who mentioned he'd worked for ASCOA as an apprentice in 1976; the second job he named was one I designed back then- how's that for small world? Steve and Phil are here from AFSA, and we saw numerous AFSA members from east coast to the west coast and in-between. DC FD BBQ team served an awesome BBQ that served a as community gathering point a block from the hotel. glc >From IRC Coalition: Words cannot describe how great if feels to have won the sprinkler vote again in Baltimore. Even better, to our surprise, we won the committee vote by a margin of 7 to 4. EVERY member of the IRC Committee not representing NAHB voted in favor of sprinklers! ICC's message to residential sprinkler opponents is now very clear, "don't come back...we're done arguing residential sprinklers!" We won in Minneapolis, we won the committee vote in Baltimore and we defeated (by an overwhelming majority) a floor motion by NAHB to overturn the committee vote in Baltimore. Let's maintain this level of commitment at the state and local level so that we can get the IRC adopted "where the rubber meets the road." On behalf of Chief Coleman and the entire IRC Fire Sprinkler Coalition, thanks to EVERYONE who took part in and supported this historic event!!! Jeffrey M. Shapiro, P.E., FSFPE Executive Director _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
