April 21, 2013 Updated Apr 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM EDT

Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The garden that holds the tales of countless children's books has always been watered by hand, until now.

The Story Garden at the Discovery Center in Binghamton is finally getting a sprinkler system, and it's all thanks to countless volunteers.

Nancy Hargrave, the Story Garden Coordinator, has been dreaming of an irrigation system since 2004.

"Volunteers are here today to install miles of drip line and make a dream into a reality," she said on Sunday.

Workers from the En-Joie Golf Club, the Binghamton University Rugby Club and the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity volunteered their time to install the system.

Without the free labor, Hargrave says the cost of the project would have more than doubled. The materials alone totaled $4,500. If they had to hire installers, it would have been about $10,000.

"The sprinkler system will be operated manually rather than on a timer," Hargrave explained. "So we'll be saving water as well as time that we can use to do other fun things with the children that come."

The Story Garden is open to the public for free 24/7, and its main focus is literacy. The entire garden is made up of scenes from popular storybooks, bringing the characters and words to life for children.

Until now, the center has watered the garden by hand with a hose, which Hargrave said wasted water. The irrigation system will be finished by Sunday, April 28.

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As fire investigators work to determine the cause of Tuesday morning's fatal fire, one thing is known: the complex didn't have a sprinkler system.

That's in compliance with city code because Sioux Falls doesn't require them for small apartment buildings. But, after losing six people to fires in five months, a Sioux Falls task force is looking at making some changes.

For just over a decade, the City of Sioux Falls has been looking at whether or not fire sprinklers should be required in small apartment buildings.

Current code states that any complex with more t han 16 units OR, at least, three levels must have a system in place.

For Sioux Falls Fire Sprinkler Task Force, it's a challenge of providing the most safe living WITH sprinkler systems while keeping costs affordable for multi-family housing.

"The fact is that sprinklers save lives. There's no question on a national level that sprinkler'd buildings do not have fire losses and that's what our issue is. Because the rest of the country is doing it, we need to keep up with that type of life safety that a sprinkler will provide," Chief Building Official Ron Bell said.

National codes require all new apartments have sprinkler systems. But in Sioux Falls, the city and property owners didn't want to see higher costs for construction and rent which is why the city adopted its own code in the early 2000s.

When it comes to preventing fires, SFFR says the safer a unit can be, the better.

A sprinkler system will automatically activate in a room with temperatures exceeding 150 degrees. It will slowly contain the blaze while keeping it from spreading. A room without would burn though everything in the room, often times making the smoke more toxic.

"They spread a little water over a large area and do a good job just controlling the fire. that safety factor does improve largely your ability to survive the event," SFFR Fire Marshal Dean Lanier said.

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Charleston firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system with saving a Johns Island apartment building.

A fire broke out at the Sea Island Apartments at 3672 Maybank Highway late Saturday morning, forcing the evacuation of the three-story building.

A spokesman with the Charleston Fire Department says when firefighters arrived on scene, the fire had already been extinguished by the sprinkler system. He saysthe flamesappear to have started on the stove of a third story apartment and then spread to the cabinets and microwave in that unit, before being extinguished.

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Charleston Fire Department officials say the sprinkler system at the Palace Apartments on King Street kept a kitchen fire from spreading Thursday night.

Battalion Chief Mike Julazadeh said Charleston and North Charleston firefighters responded to the apartments in the 1000 block of King Street just before 10:30 p.m.

The tenant told dispatchers she was cookign with grease on the stove top when she momentarily left the kitchen. When she returned, she found fire spreading on the stove stop. As she attempted to extinguish it with water, which caused the fire to spread further.

The expanding fire prompted sprinkler systems to activate. Other residents evacuated the apartment.

The fire was limited to the kitchen and damage was minimal, according to Julazadeh.

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