New York state is considering new regulations that would require automatic fire sprinklers to be installed in all new one- and two-family homes that are under three stories in height. These rules have ...

A sprinkler system employing automatic sprinklers attached to a piping system containing water and connected to a water supply so that water discharges immediately from sprinklers opened by heat from ...

New York is reconsidering a decades-old proposal that would require all new homes built in the state to be equipped with automatic fire sprinkler systems regardless of the cost. An unelected panel ...

An automatic fire suppression device limited the damage in the Portland fire, but the suppression device in the Vancouver box apparently failed. There will also be increased law enforcement presence.