Tag Archives: Fire Safety Experts Call for Sprinklers in New Homes

New homes have been found to burn much faster than older homes due to a change in building materials the last decade. The increased use of prefabricated, lightweight construction materials in new-homes today has caused homes to burn and collapse faster than homes that use traditional solid-wood frame construction, increasing the importance of having fire sprinkler systems and Fire Suppression Testing at home or business properties, firefighters and fire safety groups say. Yet, California and Maryland remain the only two states that require sprinklers to be installed in new homes. […]