Pro-sprinkler legislator reattempts push for requirements in homes

Fire Sprinkler Initiative News  |  January 20, 2015

Ruth Balser speaking at podiumA key ally in the push for home sprinkler requirements, Massachusetts Rep. Ruth Balser has once again filed a bill calling for the installation of these devices in newly constructed one- and two-family homes in her state. The bill is currently co-sponsored by state Sen. Ken Donnelly.

Filed this month, the act states that “in any city or town which accepts the provisions … help site – denpharma every newly constructed building, designed or used for residential occupancy and containing no more than two dwelling units, shall be protected throughout with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers.”

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