I believe all of these local legislative acts will be mute the first time a person dies in a single family dwelling that SHOULD have been sprinklered based on the 2009 IRC. I will stongly feel the pain of the family that this happens to and will hope that they explore all of the legal avenues available to them at the time this happens (and it will happen, it's a matter of statistics and time).
It is my understanding that jurisdictions have the option of making the code that they adopt more restictive but not less restrictive. If they want to pass legislation like this then they will have to find another code (other than the IRC) that suits them better. This argument argument should be passed on to all local district attorneys who are in jurisdictions that these laws are being proposed. Am I wrong? Please somebody tell me if I am off base on my restrictions assumption. Justin D. Reid, P.E. RLH Fire Protection 16735 Saticoy St. #110 Van Nuys, CA 91406 213-798-0251 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 1, 2009, at 10:02 PM, "Ryan J. Smith" <r...@residentialfiresprinklers.com > wrote: > I have not seen anyone mention this yet on the forum (if I missed it I > apologize for the duplicate announcement). There is a proposed bill > in > Texas, HB1511, that would prohibit jurisdictions form enforcing any > requirements for fire sprinklers in one and two family dwelling that > are > less than 7,500 sq.ft. This is the latest in a series of proposed > bills > across the country to prevent the adoption of the 2009 IRC that > includes > the residential fire sprinkler requirement. > > Details and the actual legislative alert from the Texas Fire Chiefs > Association, Texas Fire Marshal's Association and others can be viewed > at the following link: > > http://www.residentialfiresprinklers.com/blog/texas-proposed-bill-hb1511-will-limit-local-authority-to-adopt-codes/ > > Ryan J. Smith > > Residential Fire Sprinklers .com - Your Source for Home Fire > Protection > http://www.ResidentialFireSprinklers.com > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: techsupp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: techsupp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
