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Lindsay Bustillos didnt realize her high-rise apartment building in West Los Angeles lacked sprinklers until a fire last fall made her unit uninhabitable.
The Oct. 18 fire at the Barrington Towers complex caused water and smoke damage that forced hundreds of residents to leave their apartments.
You would think that when you move into a place like this that they kind of have it nailed down, said Bustillos, 32, of the sprinker situation.
Although laws mandate that residential high-rises built before 1943 and after 1974 have fire sprinklers installed, that leaves a 30-year gap in which high-rises were built in Los Angeles without having to install sprinklers. By the citys count, 71 of the citys roughly 200 residential high-rises dont have fire sprinkler systems installed.
The gap has been debated for years, but the Barrington fire has brought the issue into focus again.
Disaster drives regulation, said Los Angeles fire Battalion Chief Timothy Kerbrat. If its a big disaster then the time to get the ordinance and changes take a little bit more time. If its not a big disaster, its a blip in the paper and we forget about it real quick.
Los Angeles officials first made a push to retrofit all high-rises commercial and residential - with sprinklers in 1988 after a fire at First Interstate Tower downtown killed one man and injured 40. But proponents opted to divide the proposal into two: one for businesses and one for residential.
Our strategy at the time was: If we try to do them both were afraid were not going to get anything at all, Kerbrat said.
Lawmakers approved retrofitting some 350 commercial buildings, but there was stronger resistance from residential building owners. The costs to retrofit were too high, they argued. Its the same argument that was made in 2004 after a woman was critically burned in a tower in Koreatown.
Were always interested in providing clean, safe affordable housing, said Jim Clarke, head of the Apartment Assn. of Greater Los Angeles. If it doesnt have fire sprinklers, it may not be the safest place to live, but at the same time youre bound. Your hands are tied because of finances.
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Many seniors live in the Catholic Presbyterian Apartments downtown, and when a fire bloomed Thursday on the fifth floor there were some tense moments. But, the flames did not do nearly as much damage as the sprinkler system. Water flooded the 5th floor and the four floors below it. Mr. Ray is a resident that was flooded out.
"Now, I am at a point where I can't go into my apartment right now until everything's dry. I can't get any clothes, toothbrush, razor or everyday stuff," said Ray.
Jenny Carver with The American Red Cross was at the apartments helping to give people food and shelter. She said a fire is a big issue for anyone, but especially traumatic for seniors.
"Sometimes, I think it is harder for them, because they feel established. And to have something thing like this happen, it completely disrupts everything. And they have to look at recovery and sometimes it can seem like a very overwhelming process," said Carver.
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Created: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 05:39:00 MST
Updated: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 08:37:19 MST
Cold temperatures continue to cause problems across the Black Hills.
And now some local businesses and residents have experienced sprinkler system pipes that froze over and burst. Rapid City fire department responded to 15 incidents this year alone due to frozen pipe bursts.
Fire officials still highly recommended that sprinkler system be installed, as they can be vital if a fire were to occur, however those systems must be maintained properly in order for the sprinklers to work and to prevent any damage.
If sprinkler pipes are in the attic or up in the ceiling just make sure theyre properly installed above the ceiling or properly maintained. You might even take some point to, if youre in a business, to remove part of the ceiling to see if its cold up there. If youre at home check the attic to make sure theyre properly installed and heat is reaching your pipes so they dont freeze, says Rapid City Fire Departments Public Information Officer, Calen Maningas.
Officials recommend that the building temperature be a minimum of 45 degree to prevent pipes from freezing over. RCFD suspects that the prolonged extreme cold in the area is whats causing these incidences.
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Cold temperatures are causing problems at Rapid City's Famous Dave's.
Pipes in the sprinkler system froze overnight, causing them to burst.
Damage to the Rapid City restaurant was limited but it did require an extensive early morning cleanup.
Famous Dave's Manager Bruce Carr said this isn't the first time this winter or even this week frozen pipes have caused problems.
"It's happened three times this year. Once in November and twice this week, back-to-back. Inconvenient, because I've got to get up in the middle of the night and then come in to work later in the day," said Carr.
Since Jan. 1 the Rapid City Fire Department has responded to numerous frozen pipe incidents, 15 of which were sprinkler system pipes that froze due to cold weather exposure.
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During periods of extreme cold regularly inspect your home or business automatic fire sprinkler system, ensuring designed features such as heat and insulation are maintained.
- Ensure that insulation is in place to protect piping next to exterior walls, in attics, or any areas not directly heated by the main heating system.
- Keep the building temperature a minimum of 45 degrees to prevent pipes from freezing.
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By JUSTIN MUSZYNSKI STAFF WRITER
BRISTOL A minor apartment fire at the Gaylord Towers senior housing complex Thursday afternoon resulted in extensive water damage from the buildings sprinkler system.
Officials said the fire at 55 Gaylord St. began in the kitchen of a sixth-floor apartment. Deputy Chief Mark McCarthy said the call came in around 3 p.m. and the sprinkler system kept the fire contained until firefighters arrived.
The fire was pretty minor, said McCarthy. The bigger problem was the water damage to the floors below.
Floors 6 and 7 were evacuated because there was heavy smoke in the building, McCarthy said. The sprinklers pretty much held the fire in check. It looks like it was mostly kitchen cabinets that were burned.
No injuries were reported.
Mayor Ken Cockayne said many, many people were displaced by the fire.
He said 34 families were forced out by damage caused when the sprinkler system went off because of the fire.
The mayor said the displaced people are being taken in school buses to the DoubleTree Bristol by Hilton Hotel. He said the hotel has been oustanding in rushing to help out.
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Vaughans fire chief is calling for sprinkler systems to be installed in all new homes after a spate of devastating blazes in the city.
I think the province should move forward and enact legislation to make them mandatory in all new construction of residential homes, Vaughan fire chief Larry Bentley said Thursday morning, following a fire on Rainbow Drive in Woodbridge. They are designed to control a fire until we arrive and it can help stop a lot of property damage and save lives.
Mr. Bentley said local firefighters have been called to seven house fires in the past 10 days, including at least one total loss", the damages of which are estimated to be about $700,000.
He said if that home had been equipped with a fire-suppressant sprinkler system the damage would have been minimal.
Requiring existing homes to be equipped with sprinkler systems would be costly for homeowners, the fire chief said, but making it mandatory for builders to install them when constructing new homes would be a good first step.
At least one local home builder, Townwood Homes, has stepped up and agreed to outfit 136 townhomes and six semi-detached homes with sprinkler systems in its Mackenzie Ridge Terraces development on Major Mackenzie Drive, near Dufferin Street.
Asked if the province is considering enacting such legislation, a spokesperson for the Municipal Affairs and Housing Ministry responded in an email that the "government takes the safety of Ontarians seriously".
The building code addresses fire safety in a number of ways and its requirements are the strongest in Canada," wrote May Nazar, senior media relations coordinator. "The Building code makes use of a combination of the following fire safety principles: detection, warning, containment, suppression (e.g., sprinklers) and exiting.
Ms Nazar also noted that since 2010, the building code has required that large residential buildings, greater than three storeys, be constructed with sprinklers.
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