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  • They're basically firetraps filled with highly flammable plastic furniture, rugs and drapes, and none of them are sprinklered (not required).

    Taking on the Townhouse Scourge « PubliCola 2010

  • The National Fire Protection Association says it's rare for a guest to die when a fire breaks out in a room with sprinklers, and that there hasn't been a documented fire in a sprinklered hotel that killed more than one person.

    Many U.S. Hotels Lack Fire Sprinklers Under Legal Patchwork 2010

  • NIST contradicts FEMA, reporting thinner layers of fireproofing, and stating that "The installed thickness of the thermal insulation on the floor beams was below that required for unsprinklered or sprinklered buildings, but it is unlikely that the collapse of WTC 7 could have been prevented even if the thickness had been consistent with building code requirements."

    NIST Releases Long-Awaited Report on WTC7 2008

  • We need Congress to get buildings in this country fully sprinklered.

    Nine Firefighters Die In Charleston Warehouse Fire 2007

  • But -- however, generally, when a building is sprinklered, the sprinkler systems suppress the fire, and it enables not only the occupants to get out, but for -- when firefighters do arrive on the scene, it provides a much safer atmosphere for us.

    CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2007 2007

  • But, you know, I do know that some parts of the building are sprinklered.

    CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007 2007

  • BRISLEY: Well, this type of building that the plane collided with has been here for up to ten years, and it's sprinklered, et cetera.

    CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2003 2003

  • You know, old wood buildings that are not sprinklered that are being used for a similar kinds of activities.

    CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2003 2003

  • That was an old wooden building, not sprinklered, and I remember being there when it was a restaurant, and I said it should not have happened.

    CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2003 2003

  • Now, I've asked the fire marshal to give directions to all the deputy fire marshals around the state to identify what we're calling, you know, high-risk targets, those kinds of buildings that are old, cramped, and maybe not properly, let's say, sprinklered and all the kinds of things you would want.

    CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2003 2003

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