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Fire sprinklers soon to be required in new homes

November 3, 2010 - For those thinking of moving and buying property, new homes will soon be safer.

Fire sprinklers in new homes will soon be standard. The requirement was added to the International Residential Code (IRC) last year and is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2011 for states that implement this code. Presently, 48 states use the IRC in regulating residential construction.

Meri-K Appy, president of the non-profit Home Safety Council, said, "People who buy new homes that comply with the IRC fire sprinkler and smoke alarm requirements can sleep peacefully knowing that their families and their homes are protected from fire."

According to the National Fire Protection Association, the risk of dying in a home fire decreases by 80 percent if the home has fire sprinklers.

Additionally, fire sprinklers also reduce property loss by an average of 71 percent.

In a recent survey by the Home Safety Council, only 8 percent of adults living in major urban areas in the U.S. had homes with fire sprinklers and 41 percent were not aware that fire sprinklers were even a home security option.

Even for those in existing homes, the next time home repair and maintenance or remodeling is scheduled, it may be a good time to consider installing a fire sprinkler.

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