Residential Sprinklers save lives - now it's our turn to save residential sprinklers ! By MSFA 2nd Vice President David Lewis September 16, 2009 Last year, over 70 Maryland fire service personnel traveled to Minneapolis for the International Code Council (ICC) hearings on changes to the International Residential Code (IRC) that require residential sprinklers in all single and two-family homes. These changes partner with existing code requirements for multi-family homes resulting in an IRC that requires residential sprinklers to be installed in all family residences.
The state of Maryland is nationally recognized as a leader in enacting residential sprinkler legislation with 9 of our counties and 83 municipalities alrea ...Full Story