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Home Fire SprinklerGeneral Prevention &Awareness Campaign

Fiscal Year 2008Summary Report

July 31, 2009 –August 30, 2010

MISSION STATEMENT

The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition is highly committed to protecting

the ultimate value of human life, striving for a nation in which not a

single man, woman or child dies needlessly in a tragic fire.

The mission of the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition is to save

lives by increasing awareness of the benefits and availability of

residential fire sprinkler systems, ultimately increasing the number

of installations in new one- and two-family dwellings.

HFSC Board

American Fire Sprinkler AssociationCanadian Automatic Sprinkler AssociationHome Safety CouncilInternational Association of Fire ChiefsNational Association of State Fire MarshalsNational Fire Protection AssociationNational Fire Sprinkler AssociationPhoenix SocietyState Farm InsuranceUnderwriters Laboratories Inc.USA Sprinkler FittersU.S. Fire Administration

HOME FIRE SPRINKLERGENERAL PREVENTION &AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

Fiscal Year 2008Fire Prevention and SafetyGrant Summary ReportJuly 31, 2009 – August 30, 2010

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http://www.homefiresprinkler.org

GENERAL PREVENTION & AWARENESS CAMPAIGN GRANT SUMMARY REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

F I R E S E R V I C E O U T R E A C H

Built for Life Fire Department (BFLFD) Program . . . . 8

Listing by State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Banner Display Incentive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Fire Service Impact Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Solution Fire Service E-Newsletter and Blog. . . 27

Fire Service Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Fire Service Trade Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

H O M E B U I L D E R / R E A L E S T A T EA G E N T O U T R E A C H

Homebuilder Impact Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Solution E-Newsletter for Homebuilders . . . . . . 35Homebuilder Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Real Estate Agent Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Homebuilder / Real Estate Agent Trade Shows. . . . 38

C O N S U M E R O U T R E A C H

Living with Sprinklers Kit for Consumers . . . . . . . . . 39

P U B L I C R E L A T I O N S

Consumer Press Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Trade Press Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

W E B C O M M E N T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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HFSC has successfully completed our national awareness

campaign, meeting or exceeding goals and objectives. HFSC

increased the number of fire departments participating in the

Built for Life Fire Department (BFLFD) program by more than

39% over the previous year. We used education and promo-

tion to attract new fire departments and offered new educa-

tional tools.

We created five, three-minute multimedia impact videos that

focus on HFSC’s free resources to help fire departments edu-

cate key target audiences: homebuilders, real estate agents

and consumers. We also created four e-newsletters with fea-

tures, testimonials and advice for fire departments facing anti-

sprinkler actions. An online blog was launched to supplement

the e-newsletter and provide extra feedback. Each video and e-

newsletter was e-blasted to 80,000 fire service members

through Firehouse.com and FireChief.com. Live links allowed

viewers to access HFSC’s website, register for the BFLFD pro-

gram, and e-mail the video to others. The videos had an aver-

age 12% original click-through response; they remain online for

additional exposure.

HFSC also developed a series of four testimonial ads show-

ing how BFLFDs use HFSC educational resources locally. Each

ad ran in Firehouse, FireRescue, Fire Engineering, Fire Chief,

OnScene and NFPA Journal with 1.2 million total circulation.

HFSC received a bonus web advertisement through

FireRescue.

We created two tools for new residents of sprinklered homes:

a brochure and a “Our Family is Living with Sprinklers” window

decal. Both have been added to the Living With Sprinklers kit.

HFSC selected 15 BFLFDs to receive one of two banner dis-

plays (customized with fire department’s logo and website) to

assist with local education.

Through direct homebuilder and consumer education out-

reach, HFSC responded to the national increase in anti-sprin-

kler efforts. One method was to create two homebuilder impact

videos. The first, which dispels common sprinkler myths, was

debuted at a media event during the International Builders’

Show. The second urges homebuilders to use free HFSC

resources that explain home sprinklers and installation and

help inform their buyers. The videos link to HFSC’s builder e-

newsletters with articles, testimonials and promotion of HFSC

resources. Each video was e-blasted to 96,000 members of the

homebuilding industry.

We also developed three testimonial ads to reach the broad-

er homebuilding industry; two ads featured builders from San

Jose, California, and Pleasant View, Tennessee, and one fea-

tured a Florida Realtor. All three explained why they believe

sprinklers should be in all homes. The homebuilder ads ran in

six homebuilder magazines with 1.3 million total circulation. The

Realtor ad ran in Realtor® Magazine and Realtor® Magazine –

Show Daily with 1.2 million total circulation.

HFSC representatives had positive feedback at fire service,

homebuilder and Realtor trade shows across the United States.

The BFLFD program and all HFSC materials were shared at fire

service shows, helping fire departments reach their target

audiences. We’ve had success overturning homebuilders’ neg-

ative views by sharing materials and offering resources for their

buyers. At the National Association of Realtors (NAR) conven-

tion, our educational brochures and Living with Sprinklers kits

were especially helpful for real estate agents in areas with

sprinkler mandates.

The impact videos are posted on YouTube to provide further

reach and permanent access. We evaluated our program with

surveys and with monitoring reports. One hundred thirty-seven

members of the homebuilding industry completed our survey,

ranking our videos and material high for helping them under-

stand sprinklers (90% said our website helped them). One hun-

dred twenty-four fire service members completed a survey and

90% said our impact videos are effective; 80% intend to use

HFSC materials.

We have collected hundreds of local press clippings and

website comments from fire departments using our material to

teach about home fire sprinklers. Many also credit HFSC mate-

rial for supporting their efforts to educate community leaders.

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B U I L T F O R L I F EF I R E D E P A R T M E N T P R O G R A M

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The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC) introduced the Built

for Life Fire Department (BFLFD) program during the 2007 Fire

Prevention and Safety Grant period to encourage more U.S. fire

departments to make home fire sprinkler education a focus of

their community outreach and to recognize those that pledge

to do so.

For the 2008 grant period, HFSC aimed to further increase the

number of fire departments participating in the BFLFD pro-

gram and did so with the help of videos, a coordinating

newsletter and blog, advertising and trade shows.

By grant closing, 495 additional fire departments joined the

BFLFD program for a total of 1,771 Built for Life Fire

Departments, an increase of 39% since the 2007 Fire

Prevention and Safety Grant period. That brings the total num-

ber of fire departments teaching about home fire sprinklers to

nearly 12%.

Fire departments that signed up for the BFLFD program dur-

ing the 2008 grant period received a kit, which included the

following:

• Fire and Sprinkler Burn Demonstration Kit

• HFSC Public Education Kit

• Certificate of participation

• Built for Life Fire Department window decal

• Built for Life baseball cap


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F Y 2 0 0 8B U I L T F O R L I F E

F I R E D E P A R T M E N T P R O G R A MLISTING BY STATE

ALABAMAAlabama Fire& Life Safety EducatorsAssocation

Albertville Fire DepartmentBessemer Fire DepartmentBoaz FireBoldo Fire & RescueBurlington Township Fire DepartmentDemopolis Fire DepartmentDothan Al Fire DepartmentFlat Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentFort Mitchell Volunteer Fire DepartmentGap of the Mountain Fire & RescueGardendale Fire DepartmentHomewood Fire DepartmentHueytown Fire & Rescue ServiceHuntsville Fire-RescueJefferson State Community CollegeMadison Fire & RescueMadison Fire & RescueMargaret Fire & Rescue ServiceMcShan Volunteer Fire DepartmentMcShan Volunteer Fire DepartmentMontevallo Fire DepartmentMontgomery Fire DepartmentMoulton Fire DepartmentOak Ridge Volunteer Fire DepartmentPalmerdale Fire DistrictPisgan Fire DepartmentPleasant Grove Volunteer Fire DepartmentPoarch Creek Fire DepartmentPrattville Fire DepartmentQuad Cities Fire DepartmentRainbow City Fire & RescueSaragossa Volunteer Fire DepartmentSardis Volunteer Fire DeptShorter Fire RescueTarrant Fire DepartmentToney Fire-RescueTrussville Fire & RescueTuscaloosa Fire & Rescue ServiceWetumpka Fire DepartmentWhite Plains Volunteer FireZion Volunteer Fire Department

ALASKAAnchorage Fire DepartmentAnchorage Firefighters Local 1264Bayside Fire DepartmentCentral Emergency ServicesCentral Mat-Su Fire DepartmentCity and Borough of SitkaFairbanks Fire DepartmentHaines Volunteer Fire DepartmentHomer Volunteer Fire DepartmentKachemak Emergency Services

Kotzebue Fire DepartmentKotzebue Fire DepartmentMat-Su BoroughNorth Star Volunteer Fire Services

ARIZONAArizona Fire Marshals AssocBullhead City Fire DepartmentChandler FireCorona De Tucson Fire DepartmentCottonwood Fire DepartmentDaisy Mountain Fire DepartmentDrexel Heights Fire DistrictFantastic Fire Dept LLCEducation Programs

Fry Fire DistrictGila River Fire DepartmentGoodyear Fire DepartmentJoseph City FireLake Havasu Fire DepartmentLake Mohave Ranchos Fire DistrictPicture Rocks Fire DistrictPima Rural Fire DistrictPrescott Fire DepartmentQueen Creek Fire DepartmentQueen Creek Fire DepartmentSun City West Fire DistrictSurprise Fire DepartmentTaylor Fire DepartmentTri-City Fire DepartmentWilliamson Valley Fire District

ARKANSASAlexander Fire & Rescue DepartmentAlpena Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentBella Vista Fire DepartmentCrystal Fire DepartmentGolden City Volunteer Fire DepartmentLake Hamilton Fire DepartmentLittle Rock Fire DepartmentMagnet Cove Fire DepartmentMalvern Fire DepartmentMarble Volunteer Fire DeptMaumelle Fire DepartmentOuachita County Fire District #1Sardis Volunteer Fire DepartmentSouth Bend Fire & Rescue

CALIFORNIAOntario Fire DepartmentAdvanced Fire & Rescue ServicesAnderson Fire Protection DistrictAuberry Volunteer Statioin # 64Beaumont Fire DepartmentBerkeley Fire DepartmentBig Bear City Fire Department

Big Bear Lake Fire Protection DistrictButte County Fire DepartmentCal FireCAL FireCAL FIRE/SFMCal State Los Angeles Fire/USAR TeamCalifornia City Fire DepartmentCalifornia Fire MuseumCentral California Womens Facility/Valley State Prison for Women Fire

Central County Fire DepartmentCentral Fire Protection DistrictCentral Fire Protection DistrictCere Emergency ServicesCity of Arroyo GrandeCity of Atascadero Fire DepartmentCity of Loma Linda Fire DepartmentCity of Vista Fire DepartmentContra Costa CountyFire Protection District

Corralitos Volunteer Fire DepartmentCulver City Fire DepartmentCulver City Fire DepartmentDownieville Fire Protection DistrictFairfield Fire DepartmentFire & Emergency ServicesFt. Bragg Fire DepartmentGeorgetown Fire DepartmentGrass Valley Fire DepartmentGridley City Fire DepartmentHamilton City Fire Protection DistrictHanford Fire DepartmentHerald Fire Protection DistrictIsleton Fire DepartmentLake County Fire DepartmentLake Valley Fire Protection DistrictLinden-Peters Fire DistrictLivermore Pleasanton Fire DepartmentLos Banos Fire DepartmentMammoth Lakes Fire DepartmentMenlo Park Fire Protection DistrictMerced City Fire DepartmentMilpitas Fire DepartmentMontclair Fire DepartmentMonterey County Regional Fire DistrictMoraga Orinda Fire DistrictMountain Gate Fire DepartmentNapa City Fire DepartmentNational City National CityNewcastle Fire Protection DistrictPeninsula Fire DistrictRancho Adobe Fire DistrictRedding Fire DepartmentRio Vista Fire DepartmentRiver Delta Fire DistrictRohnert Park DPS

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B U I L T F O R L I F EF I R E D E P A R T M E N T P R O G R A MLISTING BY STATE (CONT.)

Roseville Fire DepartmentSacramento Fire DepartmentSacramento Metropolitan Fire DistrictSalinas Fire DepartmentSalver Volunteer Fire DepartmentSan Bernardino County Fire DepartmentSan Bruno Fire DepartmentSanta Rosa Fire DepartmentSearles Valley Minerals Fire DepartmentSelma Fire DepartmentStanislaus County Fire Prevention BureauStockton Fire Department,Prevention Division

Tehama County Fire DepartmentTown of ParadiseVentura County Fire DeptYuba City Fire Department

COLORADOAkron Volunteer Fire DepartmentArvada Fire DepartmentAspen Fire DepartmentBlack Forest Fire RescueCripple Creek Fire DepartmentEast Grand Fire Protection District #4Englewood Fire DepartmentEvans Fire DepartmentGlenwood Springs Fire DepartmentGrand Junction Fire DepartmentGunnison FireLittleton Fire RescueLongmont Fire DepartmentLower Valley Fire DistrictManitou Springs Fire DepartmentMilliken Fire Protection DistrictNorth Metro Fire RescuePagosa Fire Protection DistrictPueblo Fire DepartmentRye Fire Protection DistrictSnowmass Village Wildcat FireSouth Adams County Fire DistrictSouth Metro Fire DistrictUpper Pine Fire Protection DistrictWest Metro Fire DepartmentWestminster Fire Department

CONNECTICUTAvon Volunteer Fire DepartmentCentral Connecticut Fire ProtectionCheshire Fire DepartmentCity of Norwich Fire DepartmentCoventry Volunteer Fire AssociationDanbury Fire DepartmentEssex Fire Engine Co. 1Harwinton Volunteer Fire DepartmentNaugatuck Valley Community College

New Milford Fire Marshal OfficeNewington Fire DepartmentNichols Fire DepartmentNoank Fire DepartmentNorwalk Fire DepartmentOneco Fire Company #1Salem Fire CompanySandy Hook Volunteer Fire & RescueShaker Pines Fire DepartmentShelton Fire Marshal’s OfficeSimsbury Fire DistrictSouth Fire DistrictSouthington Fire DepartmentTown of GlastonburyFire Marshal’s Office

Town of North Branford Fire DepartmentTown of OrangeTown of PlainvilleTown of Vernon Fire DepartmentTrumbull Volunteer Fire Company #1West Haven Fire DepartmentWeston Fire RescueWillimantic Fire DepartmentWilton Fire Departmentt

DCWashington DC Fire & EMS Department

DELAWARECarlisle Fire CompanyDelaware State Fire Marshal’s OfficeDelaware State Fire SchoolLaurel Fire DepartmentMilton Fire DepartmentNew Castle CountyEmergency Service Corps

Talleyville Fire Company

FLORIDAAlachua CountyDepartment of Public Services

Alachua County Fire RescueAvon Park Fire DepartmentBay County Emergency ServicesBellwood Volunter Fire DepartmentBig Corkscrew Island Fire RescueBrigada De Bomberos TabogaC S F R FranklinCedar Hammock Fire RescueCitrus County Fire RescueCity of Altamonte SpringsCity of Delray Beach Fire DepartmentCity of Eustis Fire DepartmentCity of Seminole Fire RescueClay County Fire RescueClearwater Fire & Rescue

Crawfordville Volunteer Fire DepartmentCrestview Fire DepartmentFive Points Volunteer Fire DepartmentFlagler County Fire RescueFlorida Fire Marshals andInspectors Association

Florida Fire Sprinkler AssociationFort Walton Beach Fire DepartmentHallandale Beach Fire RescueHeilbronn Springs Fire RescueHigh Point Fire RescueHillsborough County Fire MarshalHollywood Fire DepartmentHollywood Fire-RescueIslamorada Fire RescueLake Mary Fire DepartmentLealman Fire DistrictLynn Haven FESMalabar Fire DepartmentMarion County Fire RescueMartin County Fire RescueMiami Dade Fire RescueMiami Dade Fire Rescue DepartmentNassau County Fire RescueNokomis Volunteer Fire Department Inc.North Palm Beach Fire RescueNorth Port Fire Rescue DistrictNorth River Fire DistrictOcean Reef Public Safety DepartmentPalm Beach FirePinellas Park Fire DepartmentSatellite Beach Fire DepartmentSouth Trail Fire & RescueSouthwest Florida AirportRescue And Firefighting

TarponSprings Fire RescueTemple Terrace Fire DepartmentTown of Davie Fire Rescue DepartmentUnited States First RespondersAssociation

West Mantee

GEORGIAAlpharetta Fire & Emergency ServicesAtkinson Volunteer Fire DepartmentBent Tree Volunteer Fire DepartmentBlakely Fire DepartmentCamden County Fire RescueCarnes Creek Fire DepartmentCherokee CountyFire and Emergency Services

City of East Point Fire DepartmentCity of Madison Fire DepartmentCity of MorrowClaxton Fire Department

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LISTING BY STATE (CONT.)

Clayton CountyFire & Emergency Services

Covington Fire DepartmentCoweta County Fire DepartmentDouglasville Fire DepartmetnFairburn Fire DepartmentFort Oglethorpe Fire DepartmentFulton County Fire DepartmentGilmer County Fire RescueGordon County Fire/RescueGresston Volunteer Fire DepartmentHarrison Volunteer Fire DepartmentHortnese Volunteer Fire DepartmentKingsland Fire RescueLoganville Fire DepartmentMarietta Fire DepartmentMonroe County Emergency ServicesMonroe County Emergency ServicesOchlocknee Volunteer FirefightersAssociation Inc.

Peach County Fire DepartmentPeachtree City Fire DepartmentQuitman Fire DepartmentRiceboro Vol Fire & Rescue DepartmentRichland Volunteer Fire DepartmentRoswell Fire DepartmentSafe Kids of Toombs CountySandersville Fire DepartmentSandy Springs Fire RescueSavannah Fire and Emergency ServicesSouthern CompanySparks Fire DepartmentWalton County Fire RescueWest Point Fire DepartmentWhigham Fire Department

IDAHOAHFDAmmon Fire DepartmentBrigham Young University IdahoCaldwell Fire DepartmentChubbuck Fire DepartmentIdaho Falls Fire DepartmentLewiston Fire DepartmentNampa Fire DepartmentOasis Volunteer Fire DepartmentPocatello Fire DepartmentTimberlake Fire Protection DistrictWhite Bird City and Rural Fire Dept.

ILLINOISAddison Fire Protection District #1Alsip Fire DepartmentAon Risk ServicesArgonne Fire Department

Ashley CommunityFire Protection District

Aurora Fire PreventionAurora Township Fire DepartmentStation 2

Bartlett Fire Protection DistrictBatavia Fire DepartmentBedford Park Fire DepartmentBensenville Fire Protection DistrictBerkeley Fire DepartmentBerwyn Fire DepartmentBloomington Fire DepartmentBlue Island Fire DepartmentBlue Mound Fire DepartmentBourbonnais Fire Prtoection DistrictBristol-Kendall Fire Protection DistrictCarol Stream Fire DistrictChannahon Fire Protection DistrictCharleston Fire & RescueCherry Valley Fire Protection DistrictChicago Heights Fire DepartmentChicago Ridge Fire DepartmentCissna Park Fire Protection DistrictCity of DesPlainesCity of ElginCity of Lake ForestClaredon Hills Fire DepartmentColfax Fire DepartmentCollege Of DuPageCook County EMCook County EMCountryside Fire Protection DistrictCreston Firefighters AssociationCrestwood Fire DepartmentCrystal Lake Fire RescueDalzell F.D.Darien Woodridge Fire DistrictDeerfield-Bannockburn Fire DepartmentDeKalb Fire DepartmentDowners Grove Fire DepartmentDowns Fire Protection DistrictEffingham Fire DepartmentEllsworthFire Protection DistrictEvanston Fire & Life Safety ServicesFox Lake Fire Protection DistrictFox River Grove Fire Protection DistrictFrankfort Fire Prevention DistrictFranklin Park Fire DepartmentFreeport Fire DepartmentGalesburg Fire DepartmentGlen Carbon Fire DepartmentGlenwood Fire DepartmentGodfrey Fire Protection DistrictGreater Round LakeFire Protection District

Gurnee Fire Department

Hanover Park Fire DepartmentHarper CollegeHighland Fire DepartmentHighland Park Fire DepartmentHighwood Fire DepartmentHinsdale Fire DepartmentHoffman Estates Fire DepartmentHomer Township Fire Protection DistrictHuntley Fire Protection DistrictIllinois Fire Service InstituteIllinois Risk Watch CoalitionIllinois Wesleyan UniversityItasca Fire DepartmentItasca Fire Protection DistrictKankakee Fire DepartmentKankakee Township FireLa Grange Park Fire DepartmentLake Zurich Fire/RescueLemont Fire Protection DistrictLibertyville Fire DepartmentLincolshire-RiverwoodsFire Protection District

Little Rock Fox Fire Protection DistrictLockport Fire DistrictLong Grove Fire Protection DistrictMacomb Fire DeptManhattan Fire Protection DistrictManteno Fire DepartmentMatteson Fire DepartmentMcleansboro Fire DepartmentMidlothian Fire DepartmentMinooka Fire Protection DistrictMonmouth Fire DepartmentMount Propsect Fire DepartmentMundelein Fire DepartmentNew Lenox Fire DistrictNewport Fire DepartmentNIFSABNiles Fire DepartmentNormal Fire DepartmentNorth Maine Fire Protection DistrictNorth Palos Fire Protection DistrictNorth Pekin Fire DepartmentNorthern Illinois Fire InspectorsAssociation

Northern Piatt CountyFire Protection District

O’Fallon Fire DepartmentOak Lawn Fire DepartmentOrland Park Fire Protection DistrictPalatine Fire DepartmentPana Fire DepartmentPark Forest Fire DepartmentPark Ridge Fire DepartmentPekin Fire DepartmentPeoria Fire Department

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Peoria Heights Fire DepartmentPeotone Fire Protection DistrictPleasantview Fire Protection DistrictProspect Heights Fire Dept.QEM Fire Protection DistrictRiverside Fire DepartmentRoberts Park Fire Protection DistrictRockford Fire DepartmentRockton Fire Protection DistrictRolling Meadows Fire DepartmentRomeoville Fire DepartmentRoselle Fire DepartmentSalem Fire Protection DistrictSchaumburg Fire DepartmentSignal One Fire RescueSkokie Fire DepartmentSouth Beloit Fire DepartmentSouth Chicago Heights Fire DepartmentStickney Fire DepartmentStreamwood Fire DepartmentTinley Park Fire DepartmentTroy Fire Protection DistrictVillage of Lake BluffVillage of Oak ParkVillage of River ForestVillage of Schiller ParkWashington Fire Department &Rescue Squad, Inc.

West Dundee Fire DepartmentWilco Area Career CenterWilmette Fire DepartmentWilmington Fire Protection DistrictWin-Bur-Sew Fire Protection District

INDIANAAdams Twp Fire DepartmentAuburn Fire DepartmentAvon Fire DepartmentBloomington Township Fire DepartmentBluffton Fire DepartmentBoonville Fire DepartmentBrownsburg Fire TerritoryBrownstown Fire & RescueCambridge City Fire DepartmentCenter Township VolunteerFire Department

Chandler Volunteer Fire DepartmentClay Fire TerritoryClay Township Fire CompanyClinton Township Fire DepartmentConcord Fire DepartmentDecatur Township Fire DepartmentDelphi Fire DepartmentFishers Fire DepartmentFolsomville-Owen TownshipFire Department

Fort Wayne Fire DepartmentFrancesville/Salem Township VolunteerFire Department

Franklin Township Fire DepartmentFremont Fire DepartmentHamilton Township VolunteerFire Company

Hillsdale Comm Fire DepartmentHoney Creek Fire DepartmentHuntertown Fire DeptIreland (Madison Township) VolunteerFire Department

Jackson Township Fire DepartmentJackson Township Fire DepartmentJonesville Fire DepartmentKokomo Fire Dept.Lafayette Fire DepartmentLaGrange Fire Station 10Liberty Fire DepartmentLOFS FIREMadison Township Fire DepartmentMonroe Township Vol.unteerFire Department

Moral Township Fire DepartmentNeedham Fire DepartmentNew Haven Adams TownshipFire Department.

New Washington VolunteerFire Department

Petersburg Fire DepartmentPike Twp Fire DepartmentPine Village Volunteer Fire DepartmentPoe Community VolunteerFire Department Inc.

Porter County Fire InvestigationStrike Team

Posey Township VolunteerFire Department

Purdue University Fire DepartmentRoss Township Fire ServiceSeymour Fire DepartmentSouth Bend Fire DepartmentTerre Haute Fire DepartmentTrafalgar Fire Dept.Vincennes City Fire DepartmentVincennes Township Fire DistrictWalddron Vol Fire DepartmentWalkerton Fire DepartmentWalnut Township Fire DepartmentWashington Fire DepartmentWashington Township Avon FireWayne Township Fire DepartmentYankeetown Fire DepartmentZionsville Fire Department

IOWAAnkeny Fire DepartmentBoone Fire RescueBuena Vista UniversityCedar Rapids Fire Dept.City of DubuqueClinton Fire DepartmentCreston Fire DepartmentDes Moines Fire DepartmentFairbank Fire DepartmentHawarden Fire DepartmentHiawatha Fire DepartmentHopkinton Fire DepartmentLanesboro Volunteer Fire DepartmentMarion Fire DepartmentMediapolis Fire DepartmentOnawa Volunteer Fire DepartmentSioux City Fire RescueSpencer Fire DepartmentStanley Iowa Fire DepartmentUrbandale Fire DepartmentVan Meter Fire & Rescue

KANSASArkansas City Fire DepartmentConcordia Fire DepartmentConway Springs Fire DepartmentDodge City Fire DepartmentDodge City Fire RescueEl Dorado Fire DepartmentEmporia Fire DepartmentGarden City Fire DepartmentHarvey county Fire Department #1Kansas City Fire DepartmentLeawood Fire departmentManhattan Fire DepartmentMarquette Fire DepartmentMerriam Fire DepartmentNewton Fire/EMSOlathe Fire DepartmentShawnee Heights Fire District Station 21Sheridan County Fire DepartmentWichita Fire Department

KENTUCKYBardstown Fire Dept.Bowling Green Fire DepartmentBurlington Fire Protection DistrictCity of Bardstown Fire Department/Bardstown Nelson County VolunteerFire Department

City of Danville Fire DepartmentClark County Fire DepartmentClay City Volunteer Fire Department IncDabney Volunteer Fire DepartmentDixville Fire Dept

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East Bernstedt Fire DepartmentEastern Kentucky UniversityEubank Volunteer Fire DepartmentFort Mitchell Fire DepartmentFulton Fire Department/Twin City Ambulance

Irvine Fire DepartmentKentucky Firefighters AssociationLa Center Fire DepartmentLyndon Fire & RescueLyndon Fire Protection DistrictMartins Fork Fire DepartmentMiddletown Fire Protection DistrictMt Vernon Fire DepartmentNorth Metcalfe VolunteerFire Department

Northern Kentucky UniversityOkolona Fire DepartmentOwenton Volunteer Fire DepartmentPutney Fire DepartmentRyland Heights Fire/EMSScience Hill Fire DepartmentStephensburg Fire and RescueStinnett Fire & RescueWestport Volunteer Fire DepartmentWilliamstown Fire DepartmentWilmore Fire DepartmentWorthington Fire & Rescue

LOUISIANAB.O.M. Volunteer Fire DepartmentBrownsfield Fire DepartmentBrusly Fire DepartmentDenham Springs Fire DepartmentDeRidder Fire DepartmentEast St. Charles VolunteerFire Department

Franklinton Fire DepartmentHahnville Vol Fire DepartmentLouisianna State Fire Marshal’s OfficeNatchitoches Fire DepartmentNew Orleans Fire DepartmentOlla Volunteer Fire DepartmentShreveport Fire DepartmentWard One Fire DepartmentWashington Parish Fire District #6

MAINEActon Fire DepartmentBridgton Fire DepartmentBucksport Fire DepartmentCaribou Fire & AmbulnaceFrandford Mutual AidFire Training Association

Jefferson Fire & RescueKennebunk Fire Rescue

Lebanon FireLebanon Fire DepartmentLincoln Fire DepartmentManchester Fire DepartmentMexico Fire DepartmentMilford Fire & RescueSanford Fire DepartmentSearsport Fire DepartmentSouthern Maine Community CollegeTopsham Fire DepartmentUnion Fire DepartmentWinthrop Fire Department

MARYLANDAnne Arundel County Fire DepartmentBaltimore City Fire DepartmentBel Air Vol Fire Company, Inc.Brandywine Volunteer Fire DepartmentCarroll Manor Fire Company, Inc.Cecil County Firemens Association.Clarysville Volunteer Fire CompanyCollege Park Volunteer Fire DepartmentCorriganville Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.Cumberland Fire DepartmentDunkirk Volunteer Fire Department, #5Eastern Garrett County Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department

Easton Volunteer Fire DepartmentFort Meade Fire & Emergency ServicesFrederick County DFRSFrostburg Fire Department No. 1 IncGamber & Community Fire CompanyHacks Point Fire CompanyHancock Fire CompanyJarretsville Fire CompanyKent Island Volunteer Fire DepartmentLineboro VFDMCFRSMont. Co. P.S. Fire SafetyMorningside Volunteer Fire DepartmentPotomac Fire Company #2 Inc.Princess Anne Volunteer Fire CompanyQueenstown Volunteer Fire DepartmentUnion Fire DepartmentUrbana Volunteer Fire DepartmentWaldorf Volunteer Fire DepartmentWinfield Volunteer Fire Department

MASSACHUSETTSAcushuet Fire/CMSAshburnham Fire DepartmentBedford Fire DepartmentBlandford Fire DepartmentBolton Fire/RescueBourne Fire RescueCambridge Aux Fire Department

Chatham Fire DepartmentColrain Fire DepartmentDevens Fire DepartmentDuxbury Fire DepartmentGeorgetown Fire DepartmentHolden Fire DepartmentHolland Fire-RescueHolyoke Fire DepartmentHyannis Fire DepartmentLunenburg Fire DepartmentLynn Fire DeptMerrimac Fire DepartmentNantucket Fire DepartmentNorthborough Fire DepartmentPepperell Fire DepartmentPittsfield Fire DepartmentPlainville Fire DepartmentPlymouth Fire DepartmentPublic Safety Education NetworkRichmond Fire DepartmentShrewsbury Fire DepartmentSudbury Fire DepartmentWayland Fire DepartmentWest Boylston FireWest Bridgewater Fire RescueWeston Fire DepartmentWestport FireWeymouth Fire DepartmentWinchendon Fire DepartmentYarmouth Fire Department

MICHIGANAddison Township Fire DepartmentAdrian City FireAlbert/Lewiston Fire Department & EMSAmery Fire DepartmentAuburn Hills Fire DepartmentAuburn-Williams Fire DepartmentBangor Township Fire DepartmentBay City Fire DepartmentBerkley Public Safety DeptBertrand Twp. Fire/RescueBloomfield Fire DepartmentBlue Lake Township Fire DepartmentBrighton Area Fire DepartmentBurton Fire and RescueCanton Fire DepartmentCedar Fire DepartmentChikaming Township Fire DepartmentCity of Ann Arbor Fire DepartmentCity of East LansingCity of East LansingCity of Norton Shores Fire DepartmentCity of Petoskey Dept of Public SafetyClinton Area FireClio Area Fire Department

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Coldwater Fire DepartmentColfax - Greenwood fire dept.Delhi Township Fire DepartmentDelta Township Fire DepartmentDetroit Fire DepartmentDetroit Fire DepartmentDexter Area Fire DepartmentE.S.C.A.P.E. IncEastpointe Fire & RescueFerndale Fire DepartmentGarfield Township Fire DepartmentGenesee Twp Fire DepartmentGladwin Fire DepartmentGrand Blanc TownshipGrand Haven Twp Fire/RescueGrand Traverse Metro Fire DepartmentHamburg Township Fire DepartmentHamlin Township Fire DepartmentHartland Deerfield Fire DepartmentHolland Fire DepartmentHolloway TerraceHowell Area Fire DepartmentKalamazoo Public SafetyKalamazoo Township FireLee Township Fire DepartmentLeighton Township Fire DepartmentLeland Twp. Fire RescueLinden Fire DepartmentLowell Area Fire DepartmentMacomb Township Fire DepartmentMarysville Fire DepartmentMeridian Fire DepartmentMilford Fire DepartmentMonroe Twp Fire DeptMundy Township Fire DepartmentMuskegon Township Fire DepartmentNew Haven Fire DepartmentNorth Berrien Fire RescueNovi Fire DepartmentOlivet Fire DepartmentOshtemo Township Fire DepartmentPavilion Twp Fire/RescuePlainfield Charter TownshipFire Department

Port Huron Township Fire DepartmentPortage Fire DepartmentRedford Township Fire DepartmentRichland Township FireRichmond Fire DepartmentRockford Fire DepartmentRoyal Oak Fire DepartmentSaginaw Township Fire DepartmentShelby Fire DepartmentSouth Lyon Fire DepartmentSparta Fire DepartmentSpring Lake Fire Department

Sterling Heights Fire DepartmentSurrey Township Fire DepartmentTekonsha Fire DepartmentTexas Township Fire & RescueThornapple TownshipEmergency Services

Tittabawassee Fire DepartmentTroy Fire DepartmentUtica Fire DepartmentWalker Fire DepartmentWalkerville Area Fire & RescueWalled Lake Fire DepartmentWatervliet Fire DepartmentWixom Fire DepartmentYpsilanti Fire Department

MINNESOTAAlexandria Fire DepartmentCarver FireCentennial Fire DistrictCity of Little CanadaClearwater Fire DepartmentCoon Rapids Fire DepartmentEagan Fire DepartmentEden Prairie Fire DepartmentF.I.R.E. IncorporatedFarmington Fire DepartmentGood Thunder Fire DeptLake Johanna Fire DepartmentLoretto Vol Fire DepartmentMadison Fire DepartmentMaple Grove Fire RescueMendota Heights Fire DepartmentMinneapolis Fire DepartmentMonticello Fire DepartmentMoorhead Fire DepartmentOak Grove Fire DepartmentOwatonna Fire DepartmentRed Wing Fire DepartmentRosemount Fire DepartmentSaint Paul Fire DepartmentSpring Lake Park Fire DepartmentSt Augusta Fire DepartmentTome/Adelino Fire DepartmentVIPSWaseca Fire DepartmentWoodbury Fire

MISSISSIPPIBaldwyn Volunteer Fire DepartmentBarton City Volunteer FireBatesville Fire DepartmentBeckham Fire DepartmentCason Volunteer Fire DepartmentCity of Bay Saint Louis Fire DepartmentCity of Brandon Fire Department

City of Flowood Fire DepartmentClarkdale Fire & RescueColumbus Fire & RescueEast Union Fire DepartmentHorn Lake Fire DepartmentLove Volunteer Fire DepartmentMadison Fire DepartmentMeridian Fire & RescueNorth Woolmarket Fire DepartmentOakvale Volunteer Fire DepartmentOkolona Fire DepartmentPass Christian Fire DeptPerkinston Volunteer Fire DepartmentSouthaven Fire DepartmentStarkville Fire DepartmentWest Harrison Fire DeptWoods Training Services

MISSOURIBethany Fire DepartmentBolivar City Fire DepartmentBoone County Fire DepartmentCaney Mountian VolunteerFire Department

Cape Girardeau Fire DepartmentCedar Hill FireCentral Crossing Fire DistrictCommunity Fire Protection DistrictCooper County Fire Protection DistrictDearborn Area Fire Protection DistrictFenton Fire Protection DistrictFultn Fire DepartmentGerald-Rosebud Fire DepartmentHazelgreen Fire Protection DistrictHazelwood Fire DepartmentHillsboro Fire Protection DistrictIndependence FireJackson Fire RescueLake Ozark Fire DepartmentLanton Fire DepartmentLexington Fire & RescueLogan-Rogersville FireMaplewood Fire DeptMarshfield Fire DepartmentMexico Public SafetyMid-County Fire DistrictNevada Fire DepartmentOsage Beach Fire Protection DistrictPerryville Fire DepartmentPlattsburg Fire Protection DistrictRaymondville Volunteer Fire & RescueRock Community Fire DistrictSac Osage Fire Protection DistrictSavannah Rural Fire DepartmentSeneca Area Fire Protection DistrictSouth Metro Fire

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Southern Webster CountyFire Protection District

St. Joseph Fire DepartmentSullivan Fire Protection DistrictSunrise Beach Fire Protection DistrictTerre Du lac Fire/Rescue DepartmentUniversity City Fire DepartmentWellington-NapoleonFire Protection District

Wentzville Fire DepartmentWest Plains Fire DepartmentWhitewater Fire DepartmentWright City Fire Protection District

MONTANAPark County Rural Fire District 1Whitefish Fire Department

NEBRASKACeresco Vol. Fire DeptHastings Fire DepartmentLinwood Volunteer Fire DepartmentNorfolk Fire Division

NEVADACarson City Fire DeptCity of Elko Fire DepartmentClark County, NVLas Vegas Fire & RescueLincoln County Fire Protection DistrictMesquite Fire RescueTahoe Douglas Fire Protection District

NEW HAMPSHIREBelmont Fire DepartmentBrentwood Fire & RescueChester Fire DepartmentChichester Fire RescueConcord Fire DepartmentDurham Fire DepartmentFarmington Fire RescueGilford Fire -RescueGilmanton Fire DepartmentGorham Fire DepartmentGreenfield Volunteer Fire DepartmentGreenland Volunteer Fire DepartmentGreenville FireHampton Fire RescueHenniker Fire DepartmentHopkinton Fire DepartmentHudson Fire Prevention DivisionLebanon Fire DepartmentLittleton Fire-RescueLoudon Fire DepartmentManchester Fire DepartmentMilford Fire Department

New Ipswich Fire DepartmentNew London Fire DepartmentPease Fire & Emergency ServicesPiermont Fire DepartmentRochester FireSomersworth Fire DepartmentTamworth Fire DepartmentWakefield Fire Rescue

NEW JERSEYAlbion Fire CompanyAlloway Twp Fire CompanyAudubon Fire DepartmentBorough of Somerville/Somerville Fire Department

Brick Township Fire DepartmentBurlington Township Fire DepartmentCarlstadt Fire DepartmentCherry Hill Fire DepartmentCity of BurlingtonCity Of Vineland Fire DepartmentColonial Fire CompanyDelran Fire DepartmentEast Franklin Fire DepartmentFIRE DISTRICT #8Florham Park Volunteer Fire DepartmentForked River Fire DepartmentFranklin Township Fire DepartmentFranklin Township Fire PreventionFredon Volunteer Fire CompanyGreen Village Fire DepartmentGreenfields Fire CompanyHamilton Twp Fire District 2Hammonton IndependentVolunteer Fire Co. # 2

Hampton Lakes Fire CompanyHawthorne Fire DepartmentHighlands Fire PreventionHopewell Twp Fire District #1Iselin #11 Bureau of Fire PreventionIselin Volunteer Fire Company #1Jacobstown Volunteer Fire CompanyKean UniversityLanoka HarborFire Department Station 61

LesterVolunteer Fire DepartmentLincroft Fire CompanyLodi Fire PreventionMendham Township Fire DepartmentMizpah Volunteer Fire CompanyMonroe Township Fire DepartmentMorris Plains Fire DepartmentMutual Aid Emergency ServicesFire Prevention Division

New Jersey Division of Fire SafetyNewfield Fire Company No. 1

NJ Division of Fire SafetyNorth Haledon Fire DepartmentNorth Wildwood Fire DepartmentParamus Fire DepartmentParsippany District 5Pine Hill fire DepartmentPlumsted Twp. Fire District #1Pompton Lakes Vol Fire Dept.Rahway Fire DepartmentRamtown Howell Fire Co #2Randolph Fire DepartmentRiverdale Fire PreventionRobertsville Volunteer Fire CompanySaddle River Valley RescueSearch and Rescue FoundationSeaside Heights VolunteerFire Company

Stewartsville Volunteer Fire CompanyTinton Falls Fire Marshal’s OfficeToms River Bureau of Fire ProtectionToms River Fire AcademyUnited NationsWarren Compay Fire AcademyWarren Township VolunteerFire Department

Washington Township Fire DepartmentWest Miford Fire Department Company 4West Trenton Volunteer Fire CompanyWeymouth Volunteer Fire CompanyWoodcliff Lake VolunteerFire Department

NEW MEXICOBernalillo County Fire DepartmentCedar Hill Fire DepartmentEstancia Fire DepartmentFarmington Fire DepartmentFort Wingate Fire DepartmentHobbs Fire DepartmentMoriarty Fire DepartmentNew Mexico Department of Health EMSBureau Chief I

Sandoval County Fire DepartmentSanta Fe County FireSocorro Fire Department

NEW YORKAmityville Fire DepartmentApalachin Fire DepartmentArlington Fire DistrictBeacon Fire DepartmentBerne Volunteer Fire CompayBethpage Fire DepartmentBrewer Fire Engine Company No. 1Briarcliff Manor Fire DepartmentBrighton Fire Company

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Canoga Volunteer Fire DepartmentChappaqua Fire DepartmentChittenango Fire DepartmentCincinnatus Fire DepartmentCity of Glen Cove Fire DepartmentCity of Newburgh Fire DepartmentCity of Niagara Falls Fire DepartmentCity of Peekskill Fire DepartmentCity of WatertownCleveland Hill Fire DepartmentClyde New YorkDepartment of Fire-Rescue

Cohoes Fire DepartmentColonie Fire CompanyConstellation Energy Nine Mile PointCopake Fire DistrictCortland Fire DepartmentCoxsackie Hose Co. # 3Danby Volunteer Fire CompanyDeruyter Fire DepartmentDryden Fire DepartmentDutchess Community CollegeFire Science Program

East Clinton Fire DistrictEast Glenville Fire DepartmentEast Greenbush Fire District #1East Meadow Fire DepartmentElmira Corning Regional AirportElmwood Park Fire DistrictEngine Co. #1Erie County Division of Fire SafetyFairport Fire DepartmentFairview Fire DepartmentFayetteville Fire & EMSFire Department of WestfieldFiremen’s Association of the State ofNew York

FPSONEFredonia Fire DepartmentGarden City Fire DepartmentGarnet Lake Volunteer Fire DepartmentGasport Chemical Hose CompanyGenegantslet Fire Company IncGilbertsville Fire DepartmentGowanda Vol Fire DepartmentGrand Island Fire CompanyGreenport Fire PoliceHagaman Vol. Fire DepartmentHalesite Volunteer Fire DepartmentHalf Moon Fire DepartmentHastings-on-Hudson Fire DepartmentHauppauge Fire DepartmentHillcrest Fire CompanyHorseheads Fire & RescueHuntington Manor Fire Department/Hook & Ladder Co

Ithaca Fire DepartmentJericho Fire DepartmentKingston Fire Department &Fire Prevention

Lackawanna Fire DepartmentLagrange Fire DistrictLake View Fire DistrictLebanon Valley Protective AssociationLee Center Volunteer Fire CompanyLeRoy Fire DepartmentLyons Fire DepartmentMain-Transit Fire DepartmentMalta Ridge Volunteer Fire CompanyManhasset Lakeville Fire DepartmentMarion Volunteer Fire DepartmentMassena Fire Department IncMedford Volunteer Fire DepartmentMedina Fire DepartmentMelville Fire DepartmentMenands Fire CompanyMontgomery Fire DepartmentMontrose Fire DepartmentMoravia Volunteer Fire CompanyNanuet Fire DepartmentNassau County Firefighters Museum &Education Center

Neptune Hose Company No.1 of DrydenNew Hamburg Fire DistrictNewportville Fire Company #1North Babylon Volunteer Fire CompanyNorth Greece Fire DistrictNorth Hornell Volunteer Fire CoNorth Syracuse Fire DepartmentOnondga CountyEmergency Management

Oriskany Fire DepartmentPatchogue Fire DepartmentPeekskill Fire DepartmentPort Crane Fire CompanyPort Washington Fire DepartmentProspect Terrace Fire CompanyRavena Fire DepartmentRidge Road Fire DistrictRochester Fire DepartmentRoosevelt Company #2Salisbury Fire DepartmentSavannah Vol. Fire DepartmentSaxton Fire CompanyScarsdale Fire DepartmentSelden Fire DepartmentShaker Road LoudonvilleFire Department

Sheridan Park Fire CompanySherrill Fire CompanySilver Creek Fire RescueSouth Blooming Grove Fire Department

South Line Fire Dist.Spencerport Fire DistrictStillwater Fire DepartmentSuffern Fire DepartmentSUNY CortlandTaunton Fire DepartmentTown of Clifton ParkTown of North CastleU-Crest FireUlster Hose Co No 5Upper Mountain Fire CompanyValley Stream Fire DepartmentVestal Fire DepartmentVillage of Ardsley Fire DepartmentVillage of Spring ValleyWalden Fire DepartmentWalden Fire DistrictWales Center Volunteer Fire CompanyWarwick Fire DepartmentWest Babylon Fire DepartmentWest Henrietta Fire DepartmentWest Seneca Fire DistrictWestchester CountyDepartment of Emergency Services

Westmere Fire DepartmentWhitesboro Fire DepartmentWillowvale Volunteer Fire CompanyWynantskill FireWynantskill Fire DepartmentYoungstown Volunteer Fire Company

NORTH DAKOTABismarck Fire DepartmentConcrete Fire DepartmentDickinson Fire DepartmentGrand Forks Fire DepartmentHankinson Fire Department

NORTH CAROLINAAlbemarle Fire DepartmentApex Fire DepartmentApollo Fire CompanyArlington Fire & Rescue Inc.Bakers Fire & RescueBay Leaf Volunteer Fire DepartmentBenson Fire DepartmentBlounts Creek VolunteerFire Department

Boiling Spring Lakes VolunteerFire Department

Bostic Fire DepartmentBurlington Fire DepartmentCalabash FireCary Fire DepartmentCatawba County Fire Marshals OfficeCharlotte Fire Department

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Cherokee Fire & RescuePrevention Office

Cherryville Fire DepartmentCity of Durham Fire DepartmentCity of Mount Airy Fire DepartmentCity of Rocky Mount Fire DepartmentCity of Thomasville Fire DepartmentCity of WilmingtonColington Fire DepartmentConetoe Vol. Fire/EMS DepartmentCorolla Fire and RescueCreedmoor Fire DepartmentCurrituck CountyDurham Fire DepartmentEast Howellsville Fire DepartmentFairview Fire DeptFayetteville Fire DepartmentForsyth County Fire DepartmentForsyth Technical Community CollegeFranklin Fire DepartmentFranklinville Fire DepartmentGaston College Regional EmergencyServices Training Center

Gastonia Fire DepartmentGibsonville Fire DepartmentGranite Quarry Fire DepartmentGreensboro FIre DepartmentGreenville Fire RescueGrover Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentIABPFFIredell County Fire Marshal’s OfficeJohnston County Emergency ServicesKernersville Fire DepartmentKings Mountain Fire DepartmentKinston Public SafetyKitty Hawk Fire DepartmentLandis Fire DepartmentLebanon Volunteer Fire DepartmentLewisville Fire DepartmentLower Currituck VolunteerFire Department

Madison Fire DepartmentMaysville Volunteer Fire and EMSMaysville Volunteer Fire and EMSMocksville Fire DepartmentMonroe Fire DepartmentMooresville Fire DepartmentMorehead City Fire & EMSMorrisville Fire RescueN.C. State UniversityNew Hanover County Fire ServicesNorth Carolina Fallen FirefightersFoundation

Oak Island Fire & RescuePactolus Volunteer Fire and RescuePinehurst Fire Department

Raleigh Fire DepartmentRanlo Fire and RescueRed Oak District Fire Department, IncReelsboro Volunter Fire DepartmentRowan County Emergency ServicesShallotte Fire DepartmentShannon Volunteer Fire DepartmentShelby Fire & RescueSouth Iredell Volunteer Fire DepartmentSouthport Fire DepartmentSpring Hope Fire DepartmentStony Hill Fire DepartmentSummerfield Fire DepartmentSwan Quarter VolunteerFire Department

Swansboro Fire DepartmentTown of Cary Fire DepartmentTown of Nashville Fire DepartmentTown of WeavervilleTryon Fire DepartmentUnion County Fire Marshal’s OfficeWake County Fire/RescueWake Forest Fire DepartmentWestarea Volunteer Fire DepartmentWestern Carteret Fire and EMSWestside Fire and RescueWilliamston Fire/Rescue/EMSWilmington Fire DepartmentWilson Fire/Rescue ServicesWinston-Salem Fire DepartmentWinterville Volunteer Fire DepartmentWrightsville Beach Fire Department

OHIOAmanda Township Fire DepartmentArcanum Fire DepartmentAvon Fire DepartmentB S T & G Fire DistrictBelpre Volunteer Fire DepartmentBraceville FireBraceville Township Fire DepartmentBroadview Hts Fire DepartmentBrookville Fire DepartmentCalcutta Fire DepartmentCasstown Fire DepartmentChagrin Falls Fire DepartmentChippewa Township Fire DepartmentCincinnati Fire InvestigationCircleville Fire DepartmentCity of Forest Park Fire DepartmentCity of Marion Fire DepartmentCity of Newark Fire DepartmentCity of Richmond HeightsDivision of Fire

City of Riverside Fire DepartmentCity of St. Marys Fire Dept.

City of Trenton Fire DepartmentClearcreek Fire DistrictCleveland Division of FireColerain TownshipDepartment of Fire & EMS

Colerain Township Fire DepartmentColerain Township VolunteerFire Department

Columbus Ohio Fire DepartmentCopley Fire DepartmentDeerfield Township Fire & RescueDelaware Fire DepartmentDelhi Township Fire DepartmentDelphos FireEaton Township Fire/RescueEllsworth Fire DepartmentErie County Firefighters AssociationFairfield Fire DepartmentFairview Park Fire DepartmentGates Mills Fire DepartmentGenoa Township Fire DepartmentGrandview Heights Division of FireHamilton Twp Fire DepartmentHighland County North Joint Fire andAmbulance Dist. 300

Hillsboro Fire DepartmentJackson Fire Departmentkent State UniversityLiberty Township Fire DepartmentLima Fire DepartmentLyndhurst Fire DepartmentMacedonia Fire DepartmentMantua-Shalersville Fire DistrictMargaretta Township FireMedina Township Fire DepartmentMiami Township Division of Fire/EMSMiamisburg Fire DepartmentMiddlefield Fire DepartmentNorthern Hardin County Fire DistrictNorthfield Village Firefighter AssociationOrange Twp Fire Dept.Orange Village Fire DepartmentPerry Joint Fire DistrictPerry Township FirePerrysburg Township Fire/EMSPlain Township Fire DepartmentPort Jefferson Community Fire CompanySandusky Fire DepartmentScioto Township Fire DepartmentShawnee Township Fire DepartmentSheffield Lake FireSilvercreek TownshipSomerset-Reading TownshipFire Department & EMS

South Point Fire DepartmentSpringfield Township Fire Department

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Streetsboro Fire DepartmentSwanton Fire DepartmentSylvania Township Fire DepartmentTiffin Fire & RescueUnion Twp Fire DepartmentUpper Arlington Fire DivisionUSEC Fire SVCSUtica Volunteer Fire DepartmentVermilion TownshipVienna Fire DepartmentWadsworth Fire DepartmentWashington Township Fire DepartmentWashington Township Fire DepartmentWauseon Fire DepartmentWayne County Fire & Rescue RegionalTraining Facility

West Chester Fire DepartmentWest Licking Joint Fire DistrictWESTERVILLE DIVISION OF FIREWillowick Fire DepartmentWooster Division of Fire

OKLAHOMAArdmore Fire DepartmentBattiest Volunteer Fire DepartmentCheyenne & Arapaho TribesCity of OkmulgeeEdmond Fire DepartmentElk City Fire DepartmentEnid Fire DepartmentFt Sill Fire DepartmentGarvin Rural Volunteer Fire DepartmentJones Fire DepartmentMidwest City Fire DeptMustang Fire DepartmentOakridge Volunteer Fire DepartmentSeminole Fire DepartmentStillwater Fire DepartmentThe Spring ValleyVolunteer Fire Department.

Tinker AFB Fire & Emergency ServiceTulsa Fire DepartmentVici Volunteer Fire DepartmentWest Bryan County Fire Rescue

OREGONAshland Fire & RescueAstoria Fire and RescueBend Fire DepartmentBoardman Rural Fire Protection DistrictBurns Vol Fire DepartmentCity of Dallas Fire DepartmentColumbia River Fire & RescueCorvallis Fire DepartmentDouglas County Fire District No.2Grants Pass Fire Rescue

Illinios Valley Fire DistirctKeizer Fire DistrictLane County Fire District #1McMinnville Fire DepartmentMolalla Fire DistrictNyssa Fire DepartmentOregon Office of State Fire MarshalPolk County Fire District No.1Roseburg Fire DepartmentShutter Creek Fire DepartmentSiletz Valley FireSiuslaw Valley Fire and RescueSouthwestern Oregon CC –Fire Science Department

West Side Fire DepartmentWolf Creek Fire

PENNSYLVANIAAbington Township Fire DepartmentAquashicola Volunteer Fire CompanyBeaverdale Fire CompanyBelle Vernon Fire CompanyBerwyn Fire CompanyBrentwood Volunteer Fire Company #116Buckingham TownshipButtorff Training ServicesCambria County Fire SchoolCannonsburg VFire DepartmentCanton Township Fire RescueCarnegie Mellon UniversityCecil TownshipVolunteer Fire Company #3

Chambersburg Fire DepartmentChartiers Twp.Volunteer Fire Company No. 1

Chinchilla Hose CompanyCitizens Fire Company No. 1City of Altoona Fire DepartmentCity of Bradford Fire DepartmentCity of Hermitage, Dept. of Fire RescueCity of Oil City Fire DepartmentClarion County Fire AssociationClearfield Company EMAClinton Township Volunteer Fire Co.Coal Township Rescue Squad, Inc.Cochranton Volunteer Fire DepartmentCollingdale Fire Company #1Community Vol. Fire Dept. of Yorkana, Pa.Coolbaugh TownshipVolunteer Fire Company

Coplay Fire DepartmentCresson Fire DepartmentCumberland Valley Hose CompanyDauntess Volunteer Fire CompanyDelaware CountyEmergency Services Training Center

Dept. of Military & Veterans AffairsDewey Fire Co. #1Dickson City Fire DepartmentDover Township Fire DepartmentDuncansville Fire CompayEast Berwick Hose Company #2East Bethlehem TownshipVolunteer Fire Company #1

Easton Fire DepartmentEnterprise Fire CompanyEureka Volunteer Fire CompanyExeter Park Volunteer Hose CompanyExeter Township Fire DepartmentFairview Fire DepartmentFederal Fire DepartmentFolsom Fire DepartmentFord City Hose Company # 1Fort Indiantown Gap Fire &Emergency Services

Fort Washington Fire CompanyGauge Fire Protection DistrictGlenside Fire DepartmentGoodwill Fire Company #1 – GermansvilleGoodwill Fire Company No. 1Goshen Fire CompanyGouglersville Fire CompanyGreen Point Fire CompanyGreen Ridge Volunteer Fire Company 1Greenlane Fire CompanyGreenville Fire DepartmentHarrisburg Bureau of FireHepburn TownshipVolunteer Fire Company

Holiday Park Volunteer Fire DepartmentHose Company No. 1Independent Hose Company#1Jackson Twp Fire Service Task ForceJessup Hose Company #2Kimberton Fire CompanyKing of Prussia Volunteer Fire CompanyKutztown Fire Company No. 1Lakemont Volunteer Fire CompanyLehigh TownshipVolunteer Fire Company #1

Lehigh Valley HospitalLingohocken Fire CompanyLongwood Fire CompanyManheim TownshipMeadville Central Fire DepartmentMiddle TaylorVolunteer Fire Department

Mifflin Township Forest Rangers &Fire Company

Morrell Volunteer Fire DepartmentMt Penn Fire CompanyMuir Volunteer Fire Company

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Munhall Bureau of FireMunhall Volunteer Fire Company #1Narberth Fire CompanyNeedmore Fire DepartmentNeshannock Township Fire DepartmentNew Hanover Fire CompanyNew Hanover vol. fire coPenn TownshipVolunteer Fire Department

Penn Volunteer Fire DepartmentPennslvania Fire and EmergencyServices Institute

Perry Point Fire DepartmentPeters Township Fire DepartmentPetrolia Volunter Fire DepartmentPhiladelphia Fire DepartmentPhoenix Volunteer Fire CompanyPlymouth Twp. Fire-RescuePresto Volunteer Fire DepartmentRadnor Fire CompanyRescue Hose Company No. 1Ridgebury Volunteer Fire CompanyRidley Park Fire DepartmentRocky Grove Volunteer Fire DepartmentSarver Volunteer Fire CompanyShiremanstown Fire CompanySouth BrownsvilleVolunteer Fire Department

Stockdale Volunteer Fire DepartmentSummerhill TownshipVolunteer Fire Department

Summit TownshipVolunteer Fire Department

Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire CompanyTatamy Fire CompanyTipton Volunteer Fire DepartmentTowamencin Volunteer Fire CompanyTown of McCandlessTunnelton Conemaugh TownshipVolunteer Fire Department

Union Fire Co. No. 1Union Fire CompanyUnion Fire Company #1Union Fire Company No.1 of LeesportUnited Volunteer Fire – RescueUpper Leacock Fire CompanyUpper Yoder Volunteer Fire CompanyVolant Volunteer Fire CompanyVolunteer Hose CompayWarrior Run Fire DepartmentWeisenberg Volunteer Fire DepartmentWest Shore Bureau of FireWest Whiteland Fire CompanyWest Wyoming Hose Company, No. 2Wilkins TownshipVolunteer Fire Department

Wright TownshipVolunteer Fire Department

Wrightstown TownshipWyndmoor Hose Company 1Youngtown Volunteer Fire Department

RHODE ISLANDCentral Falls Fire DepartmentCoventry Fire DistrictFM GlobalHarrisville Fire DistrictLake Mishnock Fire DepartmentNorth Cumberland Fire DepartmentProvidence Fire Department

SOUTH CAROLINABelmont Fire DepartmentBluffton Township Fire DistrictBoiling Springs Fire DistrictCamden Fire DepartmentCity of Beaufort Fire DepartmentCity of GreerCity of Hartsville Fire DistrictCity of Myrtle Beach Fire DepartmentCity of North Myrtle BeachFire Department

Clarendon County Fire DepartmentClear Spring Fire RescueClearwater Fire DepartmentCoronaca Volunteer Fire DepartmentDillon County Station NineDonalds Volunteer Fire DepartmentDonaldson center fire deptDuncan Chapel Fire DeptFlorence Fire DepartmentFountain Inn Fire DepartmentGaffney Fire DepartmentGeorgetown City Fire DepartmentGeorgetown County Fire - EMSGlassy Mountain Fire DepartmentHighway 34 Fire and RescueHilton Head Island Fire RescueHorry County Fire RescueIndian Land Fire DepartmentLady’s Island St. Helena Fire DistrictLake Cunningham Fire DeptLake Moultrie Fire DepartmentLugoff Fire DepartmentManning Fire DepartmentMarion City Fire DepartmentMauldin Fire DepartmentMidway Fire RescueNational Fallen Firefighters FoundationOrangeburg County Fire DistrictPelham Batesville Fire DepartmentRhodestown Fire Department

SC Fire and Life Safety EducationAssociation

SC Fire Marshals’ AssociationSC State Fire Marshal’s OfficeShamrock Hills Fire DepartmentShiloh-Zion Volunteer Fire DepartmentSimpsonville Fire DepartmentSlater- Marietta Fire Dept.South Carolina Fire AcademySouth Greenville Fire DistrictSt. Paul’s Fire DepartmentTaylors Fire DepartmentTaylors Fire DepartmentTigerville Fire DepartmentTyger River Fire DepartmentUna Fire DepartmentWade Hampton Fire DepartmentWest Columbia Fire DepartmentYoungs Fire Department

SOUTH DAKOTACuster Volunteer Fire DepartmentNorth Sioux City Fire DepartmentPennington County FireRapid City Fire DepartmentRockerville Volunteer Fire DepartmentSioux Falls Fire RescueWhispering PinesVolunteer Fire Department

TENNESSEEAshland City Fire DepartmentBattle Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentBlount County Fire ProtectionBolivar Fire DepartmentBristol Fire RescueBulls Gap Volunteer Fire DeptChattanooga Fire DepartmentCity of Brentwood Fire DepartmentCity of Columbia,Tennessee Fire Department

Claxton Community VolunteerEmergency Services

Collierville Fire Public EducationColumbia Fire DepartmentDyersburg Fire DepartmentFranklin Fire DepartmentGandy Fire And RescueGatlinburg Fire DepartmentGreenback Fire DepartmentGudger Volunteer Fire DepartmentHardin County Fire DepartmentHarriman City Fire DepartmentHendersonville Fire DepartmentHenry Station, Inc.Humphreys County Fire District 6

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Huntland Fire DepartmentJackson Fire DepartmentJohnson City Fire DepartmentKingsport Fire DepartmentKittrell Volunteer Fire DepartmentLawrenceburg Fire DepartmentLebanon Fire DepartmentLincoln County Volunteer Fire RescueMarlow Fire DepartmentMartin Fire DepartmentMaury County Fire DepartmentMcDonald Volunteer Fire DepartmentMilan Fire DepartmentMillington Fire DepartmentMorristown Fire DepartmentNashville Fire DepartmentNewbern FireOak Grove Comm. Fire DepartmentOneida Fire DepartmentParrotts ChapelCommunity Fire Department

Pelham ValleyVolunteer Fire Department

Pigeon Forge Fire DepartmentPiperton Fire DepartmentPleasant ViewVolunteer Fire Department

Rutherford Volunteer Fire DepartmentSoddy-Daisy Fire DepartmentSpring Hill Fire DepartmentState of TennesseeTown of VonoreTurney Center Prison FireTwo Rivers Volunteer Fire DepartmentVolunteer Fire Services, IncWarns Fire DepartmentWears Valley Fire DepartmentWest End Fire Department

TEXASAllen Fire- RescueAtascocita Volunteer Fire DepartmentBalch Springs Fire DepartmentBellmead Fire DepartmentBells Fire & RescueBelton Fire DepartmentBrenham Fire DepartmentBrownsville Fire DepartmentBurnet National CityCarrollton FireCity of Jasper Fire Marshal’s OfficeCity of Lockhart - Fire RescueCity of PearlandCity of Taylor Fire DepartmentCity of West University PlaceFire Department

College Station Fire DepartmentComal County ESD 3Commerce FireCrabbs Prairie Fire DepartmentCresson Fire DepartmentCy-Fair Fire DepartmentDecatur Fire DepartmentDouble Oak Volunteer Fire DepartmentDove Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentEdinburg Fire DepartmentEdinburg Fire Marshal’s OfficeFairview Fire RescueForest Hill Fire - RescueGarland Fire DepartmentGeronimo VillageVolunteer Fire Department

Greenville Fire DepartmentHarris County Fire Marshal’s OfficeHFBESD 100Houston Fire DepartmentHutchins Fire RescueJersey Village Fire DepartmentJourdanton Volunteer Fire DepartmentJoy Volunteer Fire DepartmentLake Jackson FireLamar Point-Caviness- Emberson VFDLevita Volunteer Fire DepartmentLongview Fire DepartmentLSVFire DepartmentLubbock Fire DepartmentLucas Volunteer Fire DepartmentManchaca Fire/RescueMarble Falls AreaVolunteer Fire Department

McAllen Fire DepartmentMedical Reserve CorpsMont Belvieu Fire DepartmentMontgomery County ESD # 6Naples Volunteer Fire DepartmentNorth Lake Travis Fire and RescueNortheast Midland CountyVolunteer Fire Department

Nueces Company ESD2Parker Fire DepartmentPharr Fire DepartmentRobert Lee Volunteer Fire DepartmentRockport Fire DepartmentRound Rock Fire DepartmentSam Bass Fire DepartmentSan Antonio Fire DepartmentSavoy Fire DepartmentSouth Hays Fire DepartmentSouth Montgomery CountyFire Department

Sugar Land Fire Department

Sutherland SpringsVolunteer Fire Department, Inc.

Texas State Fire Marshal’s OfficeTool Volunteer Fire DepartmentTravis County ESD #2Travis County ESD No. 6 -Lake Travis Fire Rescue

Tri-County Fire DepartmentVolente Fire DepartmentWest University Place Fire DepartmentWestlake Fire DepartmentWhitney Fire DepartmentWichita Falls Fire DepartmentWindcrest Volunteer Fire DepatmentYantis Volunteer Fire Department

UTAHGrantsville Volunteer FDKaysville City Fire DepartmentLayton City Fire DepartmentMidvale Fire DepartmentNorth Tooele County Fire DistrictNorth View Fire DistrictOgden City Fire DepartmentSmithfield Fire and Cache County EMSSouth Davis Metro Fire AgencySouth Jordan Fire DepartmentSouth Salt Lake Fire DepartmentSouth Weber Fire DepartmentSunset Fire and RescueTremonton Fire DepartmentUtah Office of the State Fire Marshal

VERMONTAlstead Fire Rescue AmbulanceBarnet Fire & RescueBennington Rural Fire DepartmentBrandon Fire Dept.Charlotte FireGroton Volunteer Fire DepartmentHinesburg Volunteer Fire DepartmentNorwich Fire DepartmentSouth Burlington Fire DepartmentSt.Johnsbury Fire DepartmentVernon Volunteer Fire DepartmentWest Fairlee Fire DepartmentWilmot Fire & Rescue

VIRGINIAAmerican Fire Sprinkler AssociationVirginia Chapter

Ashburn Volunteer Fire RescueBristol Virginia Fire DepartmentChatham Volunteer Fire DepartmentCity of ManassasFire and Rescue Department

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Cople DistrictVolunteer Fire Department

Dumfries-Triangle Rescue SquadFort A.P. Hill Fire & Emergency ServicesHampden-Sydney CollegeHanover Fire EMSHarrisonburg Fire DepartmentJames City County Fire DepartmentMarshall Volunteer Fire CompanyMcDowell Volunteer Fire DepartmentMontvale Volunteer Fire DepartmentNewport News Fire DepartmentNewport Volunteer Fire DepartmentRoanoke County Fire and RescueShenandoah FarmsVolunteer Fire Department

Stafford CountyFire and Rescue Department

U.S. GovernmentVirginia Residential CoalitionVirginia TechWagstaff Circle VFDWhite Oak Volunteer Fire DepartmentWTC Fire and RescueYork CountyDepartment of Fire & Life Safety

WASHINGTONAdams County Fire #5Anacortes Fire DepartmentBainbridge Island Fire DepartmentBremerton Fire DepartmentCamas Fire DepartmentChehalis Fire DepartmentClark County Fire & RescueEast Pierce Fire & RescueGetchell Fire DepartmentGig Harbor Fire & Medic OneKing County Department ofDevelopment and Environm

Lacey Fire District 3Lake Stevens FireMarysville Fire DistrictMonroe Fire District #3Northshore Fire DepartmentPend Oreille Fire Department 3Piece County Fire District #23Redmond Fire DepartmentSamish Island FireSan Juan Island Fire DeptSouth King Fire & RescueSouth Pierce Fire & RescueStevens Co. Fire Dist #1University Place Fire DepartmentWA StateOffice of the State Fire Marshal

Washington Sprinkler CoalitionWhitman County Fire District #5Woodinville Fire & Life Safety DistrictYakima Fire Department

WEST VIRGINIABakerton Fire DepartmentBanks District Volunteer FireDepartment

Beaver Volunteer Fire DepartmentBerkeley Springs Volunteer FireCompany

Bethany VFDBradley-Prosperity Volunteer FireDepartment

Citizens Fire CompanyGranville Volunteer Fire DepartmentMaysville Volunteer Fire CompanyNitro Fire DepartmentNutter Fort Fire DepartmentRomney Fire CompanyTriune-Halleck Volunteer FireDepartment

VA Medical Center Fire DeparmentWestside Fire DepartmentWV State Fire Marshal’s Office

WISCONSINAllenton Fire DepartmentAppleton Fire DepartmentBagley Vol. Fire DepartmentCambria Fire DepartmentDeForest Area Fire & EMS DepartmentEau Claire Fire RescueFitchburg Fire DepartmentFond du Lac Fire DepartmentGibraltar Fire & RescueGrand Chute Fire DepartmentGV FSHales Corners Fire DepartmentHudson Fire DepartmentIron Ridge Fire Department IncJackson Fire/RescueKansasville Fire andRescue Department

Lake NebagamonVolunteer Fire Department

Lannon Fire DepartmentMerrill Fire DepartmentMonroe Fire DepartmentNew Chester Fire DepartmentNSFDOnalaska Fire DepartmentOshkosh Fire DepartmentPewaukee Fire DepartmentRandall Fire Department

Random Lake Fire DepartmentRichfield Fire DepartmentRochester Volunteer Fire CompanySauk City Fire DepartmentSomerset Fire/RescueStanley Fire DepartmentSummit Fire DistrictSun Prairie Volunteer Fire DepartmentCompany, Inc.

Three Lakes Fire DepartmentTown of Ellington Fire DepartmentTown of Ellington Fire DepartmentTown of Harrison Fire Department #2Town of Menasha Fire DepartmentTown of Waukesha Fire DepartmentVillage of Plover Fire/EMS Dept.Wales Genesee Fire DepartmentWautoma Fire DistrictWautoma Fire DistrictWind Lake Fire DepartmentWisconsin State Fire InspectorsAssociation

Wrightstown Fire Department

WYOMINGDFPESDouglas Volunteer Fire DepartmentLander Volunteer Fire DepartmentLaramie Fire DepartmentNational Association of State FireMarshals

Park County Fire District 2Sweetwater County Fire District #1

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B U I L T F O R L I F EF I R E D E P A R T M E N T P R O G R A MBANNER DISPLAY INCENTIVE

All 15 banners were customizedwith the BFLFDs logo at thebottom of the banner.

HFSC selected and acknowledged 15 Built for Life Fire

Departments that used materials to achieve a higher

level of local fire sprinkler educational outreach as part

of this program. Each fire department had the option to

put their logo, website and phone number on one of

two educational displays. One display was a consumer

approach highlighting the benefits of home fire sprin-

klers. The second was a technical approach showing a

fire timeline with supporting data.

The following Built for Life Fire Departments received a

fire sprinkler banner display in recognition of their efforts:

• Arvada (Colorado) Fire Department

• Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) Fire Department

• Delaware Office of the State Fire Marshal

• Enid (Oklahoma) Fire Department

• Erie County (New York) Division of Fire Safety

• Harrisonburg (Virginia) Fire Department

• Liberty Township (Ohio) Fire Department

• Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal

• Pocatello (Idaho) Fire Department

• Prattville (Alabama) Fire Department

• Rapid City (South Dakota) Fire Department

• Sioux City (Iowa) Fire Rescue

• Texas Office of the State Fire Marshal

• Wellington-Napoleon (Missouri) Fire Protection District

• Wisconsin Fire Inspector’s Association

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F I R E S E R V I C EI M P A C T V I D E O S

HFSC created five, three-minute digital videos, which

feature Built for Life Fire Department (BFLFD) testimo-

nials and focus on key educational topics, HFSC

materials and resources. Impact videos are devel-

oped so they can be easily e-blasted and linked to

various online resources.

Four of the five impact videos serve to increase fire

service participation in the BFLFD program and

expand fire sprinkler education. The other impact

video promotes HFSC’s SprinklerSmarts education

program for children, so that fire service members

can inform and encourage more schools to use

www.SprinklerSmarts.org as part of fire safety

activities.

Each impact video links to HFSC’s The Solution Fire

Service e-newsletter, drawing fire departments to read

more detailed information about home fire sprinklers.

The impact videos also link to HFSC’s website and

provide an opportunity to forward the videos to others.

The impact videos were e-blasted to members of the

Built For Life Fire Department program and opt-in

subscribers of the following national fire service

trade publications:

• Firehouse: March, June, July and August 2010

e-blasts; 60,000 circulation each; resulting in

258,203 messages delivered, 22,511 opened and

2,302 click-throughs

• Fire Chief: March and July 2010 e-blasts; 20,000

circulation each; resulting in 34,696 messages

delivered, 6,782 opened and 831 click-throughs

• FireRescue: August 2010 e-blast; 54,000 circula-

tion; resulting in 54,469 delivered, 3,989 opened,

470 click-throughs

TOTAL CIRCULATION (for publication

e-blasts): 334,000 gross; 33,282 opened;

3,603 click-throughs

Corner page peel ads (above) ran 2 times in

FireRescue resulting in 587,874 impressions,

29,628 opened and 331 click-throughs.

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F I R E S E R V I C EI M P A C T V I D E O SEVALUATION

When introducing two of its new fire service impact

videos, HFSC asked fire service members to evaluate

the impact videos as well as the HFSC website.

Results are shown below.

Total respondents – 124

1. The “Target Critical Audiences” impact videowas interesting and worth watching.

0% 1 Strongly Disagree0% 29% 345% 446% 5 Strongly Agree

2. The “Target Critical Audiences” impact videoprovides an effective overview of HFSC’s edu-cational materials and how they can be used.


3. The previous “Educating Homebuilders” moviewas interesting and worth watching.


4. The information on the HFSC website helped meeducate my community about residential firesprinklers.


5. I have used or intend to use the resources andmaterials on the HFSC website to educate mycommunity about residential fire sprinklers.

39% 5 Strongly Agree23% 426% 36% 26% 1 Strongly Disagree

6. Home fire sprinklers will increase in importancein my community in the next five years.

<1% 1 Strongly Disagree3% 216% 319% 461% 5 Strongly Agree

HFSC FIRE SERVICE IMPACT VIDEOS & WEBSITE SURVEY

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EVALUATION (CONT.)

Very educational program worth pre-senting to the fire service and commu-nity. I am a federal firefighter at a sprin-klered facility and have seen firsthandthe effectiveness of sprinklers. When Iretire to another location my futurehouse will have residential sprinklersinstalled.

Robert JohnsonShortsville, New York

Residential fire sprinklers must stay inthe forefront of home safety. NFPA 13Dmust be adopted by all municipalities.

Mike GibsonRingoes, New Jersey

Movie was very educational to me, butthe area where I live will not adopt thesprinkler theory for residential housing.Being a firefighter I know the impor-tance.

Brandon S. FudalaWest Point, Virginia

I was looking for more of a with andwithout results of a one-room fire.

Dwight SmithArkport Fire DepartmentArkport, New York

I use it in fire community programs andin our school classes.

Lane A. McElreeCommunity College of VermontSt. Albans, Vermont

I will be sharing this information as partof the Home Safety Council and Lowe’sSafety Saturday this coming weekend.

Thomas L. HarperJefferson College of Health SciencesBedford, Virginia

Great video A. Short, B. to the point,and C. Easy to understand and incor-porate into public education opportuni-ties.

Terry CampbellGlenwood Fire DepartmentGlenwood, Illinois

This was a very helpful tool that I amsure we will use in educating our com-munity.

Betty HannahSCFPDRiverbank, California

We will be using this information in acitizens fire academy that we do on anannual basis. This helps get the infor-mation out to not only the citizens, butalso elected officials and contractors.

Gary G. BonnettBanks District Volunteer FDRock Cave, Vermont

Thank you for this information. I’m cur-rently reviewing your website on how toget information for residents.

Larry AbramsonOlive Branch, Mississippi

I have been a member of the organiza-tion for a while now, and I find all theinfo great. I get help in promoting firesprinklers in my community. Thanks foreverything you do and keep up thegood work.

Rich CroissantDalzell Fire DepartmentDalzell, Illinois

My community is very saturated, that is,new residential structures are at a min-imum because there is no additionalland for building. At this time, whileeducation about home sprinklers isbeneficial, it probably will not changethe current profile of residential proper-ties in this borough.

Robert Bowen, Jr.Clarks Summit Fire Company #1Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania

With the ease of retrofitting, whether ornot you are renovating, sprinklers areworth the cost. Critical living areas andareas of potential should be targeted atleast.

Louis GodfroyLebanon Valley Protective Assoc.New Lebanon, New York

Got an email from Firehouse.com pro-moting your education material andresources. Our department has anopen house coming up during FirePrevention Week. We would appreciateany material you could send so that wecan educate our community. We wouldalso be interested in the side-by-sidefire and sprinkler burn demonstrationinformation. Thanks for all your help.

Tim DaytonPotomac Fire Company #2 Inc.Westernport, Maryland

SURVEY COMMENTS

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The material has sparked my interest,and with material from your website Iwill pitch it to our housing office as anadd-on cost for those seeking to buildnew homes. I will also present to ourfire department to gain the support forthis initiative.

Mike GatesSeneca Nation of IndiansIrving, New York

Sprinklers make so much difference inthe outcome of a fire. I don’t under-stand the resistance to them. We haveto wear seat belts but we don’t have tohave protection where we are most vul-nerable.

Paul RussellRiga Fire DepartmentRiga, Michigan

These materials are very useful andthey have allowed us to promote firesprinklers.

Thomas J. MaloneyMarysville Fire DistrictMarysville, Washington

All of the materials provided by theHome Fire Sprinkler Coalition providefire departments vital information theycan use to better inform their communi-ties of the benefits of protecting livesand property through the use of resi-dential fire sprinkler systems.

Jerry DoyleLockhart Fire RescueLockhart, Texas

I have sprinklers in my home andencourage others who are building toinstall them.

Chris CahanSouth King FireAuburn, Washington

I recently had to make a presentation toour local borough council regardinghome fire sprinklers. The resources thatHFSC provides helped me tremendously.

William HendersonNarberth Fire CompanyNarberth, Pennsylvania

My family just built an addition to mymother’s house because she is nowolder and has additional family livingwith her. A residential fire sprinkler sys-tem was part of the new addition. We allsleep better now knowing our mom isprotected. As a firefighter, I advocatedfor this knowing the risks that come withan aging population. As a homeowner,I hope to some day retrofit my housewith a residential sprinkler system.

Joan RobinsonKissimmee Fire DepartmentKissimmee, Florida

I think a sprinker system is very impor-tant. This is a great benefit to keep lossof personal property.

Jon SchmidtMt. Mitchell Volunteer FDKannapolis, North Carolina

Just saw this email. I am a fireman, whohas been to two line-of-duty deathfunerals of fellow firemen. That is twotoo many. I hope to have the opportuni-ty to share with people that having asprinkler system in a building is likehaving a firefighter with a charged hoseon standby, 24/7, non-stop. Hopefully,our country will begin realizing this.

Rex OatesDenison, Texas

I am a firm believer in what a residentialsprinkler system can do to save livesand property. I am currently building anew home and am including a residen-tial sprinkler system in the constructionprocess.

Nathaniel EllisGrassy Pond Fire DepartmentGaffney, South Carolina

I thought the movies were a great help.Thank you, I enjoyed all of them.

Thomas RaffertyCrisis CleaningOrland Park, Illinois

Thank you for all of the great supportyour organization has given to all!

Richard Herald BroderickRapid City, South Dakota

Thank you for offering so many oppor-tunities to teach our citizens abouthome fire sprinklers.

Wanda WillisHarrisonburg Fire DepartmentHarrisonburg, Virginia

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T H E S O L U T I O N F I R E S E R V I C EE - N E W S L E T T E R A N D B L O G

In order to educate members of the fire service about the

latest news and information regarding home fire sprinklers,

HFSC developed four digital e-newsletters that were e-

blasted quarterly to members of the Built for Life Fire

Department (BFLFD) program. The e-newsletters are also

available online by accessing the fire service section on

HFSC’s website.

The Solution e-newsletters provide detailed information

and testimonials with advice to help fire departments:

• Overcome challenges from opposition to home fire

sprinklers

• Educate community members, elected officials, home

builders and developers, water purveyors, home insur-

ers, and real estate agents

As a supplement to the e-newsletter, a corresponding blog

was created to keep fire departments updated more fre-

quently than the quarterly distribution of the e-newsletter.

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HFSC developed a testimonial advertising campaign that spot-

lights members of the Built for Life Fire Department (BFLFD)

program who currently use HFSC materials to better their fire

sprinkler education outreach within their communities. Each of

the four advertisements encourages members of the fire serv-

ice to sign up to similarly benefit from HFSC’s BFLFD program.

The single-page, four-color ads appeared in the following

national fire service trade publications:

Fire Chief: April, May, June and July 2010 issues; 50,301

circulation for each issue

Fire Engineering: April, May, June and July 2010 issues;

57,351 circulation for each issue

Firehouse: April, May, June and July 2010 issues; 76,141


FireRescue: April, May, June and July 2010 issues; 48,339


NFPA Journal: May/June issue; 81,000 circulation

OnScene Magazine: April, May, June and July 2010

issues; 12,500 circulation for each issue

TOTAL CIRCULATION: 1,059,528 gross

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F I R E S E R V I C ET R A D E S H O W S

HFSC promoted its materials and programs to members of

the fire service at the following conventions:

• Fire-Rescue International (FRI)

- August 28 & 29, 2009

- Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX

- 30 x 20-foot booth space

• Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC)

- April 22-24, 2010

- Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN


• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Conference & Expo

- June 7-9, 2010

- Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV


• National Association of State Fire Marshals

(NASFM) Annual Conference

- July 22-24, 2010


- InterContinental Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL

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HFSC created two, three-minute digital videos, which fea-

ture homebuilder testimonials, highlight information from

HFSC’s Built for Life builder education program, and

dispel anti-sprinkler myths.

Each impact video links to HFSC’s The Solution e-

newsletter for homebuilders, drawing them to read more

detailed information about home fire sprinklers. The

impact videos also link to HFSC’s website and provide an

opportunity to forward the videos to others.

The impact videos were e-blasted to members of HFSC’s

homebuilder database and subscribers of the following

national homebuilder trade publications:

• Builder: May and August 2010 e-blasts; 36,000 circu-

lation each; resulting in 72,185 messages delivered,

5,616 opened and 515 click-throughs

• BUILDERnews: May and June e-blasts; 63,000 circu-

lation each; resulting in 125,063 messages delivered

and 9,046 opened*

• Residential Design & Build: May and August 2010

e-blasts; 60,000 circulation each; resulting in 88,941

messages delivered, 9,474 opened and 875 click-

throughs

TOTAL CIRCULATION (for publication

e-blasts): 318,000 gross; 24,136

opened; 1,390+ click-throughs

Additionally, the impact videos are viewable

on BuilderTV, a video section on Builder

magazine’s website. Each video is displayed

for six months.

The two videos combined for 1,019,290

impressions, 162,498 delivered, 33,499

opened, and 1,137 click-throughs.

*BUILDERnews does not provide click-through rates

H O M E B U I L D E RI M P A C T V I D E O S

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EVALUATION

When introducing one of its new homebuilder impact

videos, “Build for the Future,” HFSC asked home-

builders to evaluate the impact video as well as the

HFSC website. Results are shown below.

Total respondents – 137

1. The “Build for the Future” impact video wasinteresting and worth watching.


2. The information on the HFSC website helped meunderstand how home fire sprinklers work.


3. The information on the HFSC website helped meunderstand how home fire sprinklers areinstalled.

0% 1 Strongly Disagree<1% 214% 346% 438% 5 Strongly Agree

4. I found answers to my questions about homefire sprinklers on the HFSC website.


5. Home fire sprinklers will increase in importanceto my business in the next five years.


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H O M E B U I L D E RI M P A C T V I D E O SEVALUATION (CONT.)

Currently home fire sprinklers arerequired in some counties in the stateof Michigan for new homes.

Cheryl KlasePlatinum Construction & AssociatesComstock Park, Michigan

Education and smoke detectors arewhat save lives. Sprinklers are anexpensive luxury and wasteful of ourmost preious natural resource, water.

John FlemingGMK Architecture, Inc.Madison, Wisconsin

Fire sprinklers in residential areas. It’svery interesting.

RodrigoRC ArchitecturalDowney, California

This is all well and good, but it is biasedand I’m afraid not altogether true. Mostserious fires occur in older homesbefore fireblocking, fire separations andthe like. Very few spread rapidly andcause major damage in newer homes.At $1.61 (which we’ve been told isnowhere near enough in southeastWisconsin), that adds $4,500 to thebuilder cost or $5,700 to the sell price(+/-). It doesn’t address the enormousexpense needed if a home is not on citywater. It doesn’t address the cost ofdamage to the home done by the sprin-klers if they false-trip or whatever. And,they don’t address the annual mainte-nance required.

Ron KlassenWallner BuildersButler, Wisconsin

I would like to receive any brochure ifavailable.

Raul EscuderoEscudero Design Group, Inc.Miami, Florida

Is installing a sprinkler system in anexisting home a viable option? Pleasesend information.

Michael KeysKeys ConstructionSpringfield, Virginia

Look forward to more information on firesystems. Would also be interested inlearning about commercial fire systemsfor warehouses and small manufactur-ing sites.

Harold HartmanLynHart ConstructionMalin, Oregon

Fire sprinklers are an unnecessary costfor new homes and are bad for thehomebuilding industry.

Ted ArgoBeaverton, Oregon

It got me thinking.

Edward SargentSargent EnterprisesRedmond, Washington

I appreciate the use of sprinklers, sinceI am not only a builder, but also a fire-fighter and fire investigator. But it is stillhard to convince clients of the cost inthis tight market.

Chuck JansmaLowell, Indiana

Being retired from the fire service, it isa blessing on the future protection oflives and property. If only the everydaypeople would learn that the “smallinvestment” is well worth the “return.”

Kenn ShaveKenn’s HandymanRapid City, South Dakota

Just yesterday we were talking aboutthe home sprinkler systems beingrequired by code in the future.

Joseph HughesHughes ConstructionTerryville, Connecticut

Excellent presentation. Very profes-sional. I will store all this for the timewhen a client or clients brings up thesubject. I will know where to turn.

Darwin NunleyNunley ConstructionCanyon, Texas

SURVEY COMMENTS

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EVALUATION (CONT.)

Sprinklers are required in our area.

LarryErickson ConstructionSalinas, California

I’m a firefighter and see the need forthis. I’m hoping the next year we willsee a start up with building. I heardTennessee has a class for builders andhas gone to make it a law.

Hugh MorrisMorris BuildersRussellville, Tennessee

Interesting. Not sure of the install price,but I am going to do some research asto the cost for the size houses I build.

Roger HopkinsET Builders, LLCNew Braunfels, Texas

Do you have any information in regardto doing condos?

Frank MormandoBottom Line Construction ManagementFort Lauderdale, Florida

We’re building fifty townhouse condo-miniums now (55+ community) and allhomes will include fire sprinkler sys-tems.

Mark O’HaraCPBerry HomesSouth Hamilton, Massachusetts

Thank you. Very informative. I now havea video to present to my customers.

Joseph PaszulVero Beach, Florida

I would like to see more data on instal-lation, especially in our colder climates;(attic piping) protection of water system(if hooked into water system, preven-tion of back flow). Generally a goodintroduction for systems.

Peter MionCode ConsultantsBillings, Montana

I am becoming a huge believer in resi-dential sprinkler systems.

Joe KausnerJoseph W. Kausner, BuilderClarence, New York

Fire systems should be in every house(or building for that matter). I havealways had some type of automatedfire suppression systems installed inbuildings that I have built. The clientsdon’t like them until they see their insur-ance premiums. Then they love them.

Barry BeaversBeavers Electric Co.Hawley, Texas

Working on an AAC community. Thismay be a very good marketing tool.

Larry OchsmanHML LLCEaston, Maryland

I was initially against home sprinklersdue to various problems with cost,installation and reliability. Biggest prob-lem was the different groups wanting tomake them mandatory. I am a big pro-ponent of freedom from intrusions byentities that think my clients aren’tsmart enough to make a decision andmandate expensive and useless addi-tions to the homebuilding process. Assprinkler systems become more knownand the price point drops, and the ever-present issue of liability (who is liable ifsystem malfunctions) is properlyaddressed, I would not be adverse tooffering a home fire protection system.

Jay StephensStephens BuilderHoney Grove, Texas

The website has very good information.

Oliver TanArcadia, California

I found this very interesting and lower incost than expected. As a modularhomebuilding company, we are askedoften how safe the homes are againstfires. This is especially needed whenwe set up new plants overseas.

Bill LazarSJHPSt. Augustine, Florida

The information is timely and worth-while. There is much to learn and real-ize.

David WallerWallcomm IndustriesTroy, Michigan

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H O M E B U I L D E RI M P A C T V I D E O SEVALUATION (CONT.)

Great timing. Was looking for info onsprinklers for a project just gettingunder way in the next two months.Thanks!

Todd CrabtreeCDC of Mendocino CountyUkiah, California

Before viewing the videos I had a lot ofquestions. Now I think most have beenanswered. Thanks for the information.

Paul HenryHenry Construction, LLCSt. Simons Island, Georgia

Interesting.

Jeff ReidCastle Rock CommunitiesHouston, Texas

Fire sprinklers will be required in newhomes in California starting in 2011, sothis information takes on more impor-tance then.

Jim ForgeSan Diego, California

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T H E S O L U T I O N E - N E W S L E T T E RF O R H O M E B U I L D E R S

In order to educate homebuilders about the latest news and

information regarding home fire sprinklers, HFSC developed

two digital e-newsletters that were e-blasted with the impact

videos to members of HFSC’s homebuilder database. The e-

newsletters are also available online to other homebuilders by

accessing the homebuilders section on HFSC’s website.

The Solution e-newsletters provide detailed information and

testimonials to help raise home fire sprinkler awareness and

alert homebuilders to the life- and property-saving benefits that

fire sprinklers add to homes.

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H O M E B U I L D E RA D V E R T I S I N G

HFSC developed a testimonial advertising campaign that

spotlights home fire sprinkler advocates in the homebuild-

ing industry who currently use HFSC materials to explain

the benefits of fire sprinklers in homes they build or mar-

ket. Homebuilders appear in two advertisements.

The single-page, four-color homebuilder ads appeared in

the following national homebuilder trade publications:

Big Builder: January and June 2010 issues;


Builder: January and June 2010 issues;


BUILDERnews: June 2010 issue; 78,400 circulation

Custom Home: January/February and May/June 2010

issues; 35,000 circulation for each issue

Fine Homebuilding: February/March and June/July

2010 issues; 316,011 circulation for each issue

GreenBuilder: June 2010 issue; 110,000 circulation

Professional Builder: January 2010 issue;

120,613 circulation

Residential Design & Build: January, June* and

July* 2010 issues; 44,004 circulation for each issue

*The June and July issues of Residential Design & Build alsoincluded an advertorial.


Additionally, a banner ad

was developed for Builder

magazine’s “Builder Business

Update” e-newsletter.

The two banner ads com-

bined for 160,141 delivered,

35,147 opened, and 159

click-throughs.

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R E A L E S T A T E A G E N TA D V E R T I S I N G

In conjunction with the other testimonial advertising cam-

paigns, HFSC developed an advertisement that spotlights

a home fire sprinkler advocate in the real estate industry

who currently uses HFSC materials to explain the benefits

of fire sprinklers in homes she markets.

The single-page, four-color real estate agent ad appeared

in the following national real estate agent trade publica-

tions:

REALTOR® Magazine: October 2009 issue;

1,120,871 circulation

REALTOR® Magazine – Show Daily: Distributed

each day at REALTORS® Conference & Expo (November

13-16, 2009); 25,000 circulation for each issue


In addition to HFSC’s real estate agent testimonial adver-

tisement, HFSC also developed a message for REALTOR®

Magazine’s “Large Broker Report” e-newsletter in both

November and December 2009.

The two messages combined for 1,061 delivered, 287

opened, and 1 click-through.

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H O M E B U I L D E R / R E A L E S T A T E A G E N TT R A D E S H O W S

HFSC promoted its materials and programs to home-

builders and real estate agents at the following con-

ventions:

• REALTORS® Conference & Expo (NAR)

- November 13-16, 2009

- San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA


• International Builders’ Show (IBS)

- January 19-22, 2010

- Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV


The International Builders’ Show (IBS) was attended by

over 60,000 members of the homebuilding industry. HFSC

spokesperson Ron Hazelton hosted the interactive Built for

Life game, which displays questions about home fire

sprinklers. Homebuilders who answered questions

correctly were able to spin a slot machine for a prize.

The grand prize for the Built for Life game was a flat

screen high-definition TV, while other prizes included

Nintendo Wii gaming systems, Husky stubby wrench

sets and HFSC baseball caps.

Homebuilders waited in line for an average of 25 minutes

to play the interactive game, increasing their knowledge

about the benefits and technology of home fire sprinklers.

They were also able to learn facts about fire sprinklers by

using HFSC’s interactive 3D educational tool and watching

videos in the booth.

In conjunction with IBS, HFSC also sponsored the National

Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 50+ Housing

Symposium, which included two advertisements in 50+

Housingmagazine (10,000 circulation) and a table-

top display during the four days of educational sessions.

Between the homebuilder and real estate agent conven-

tions, more than 639 leads were collected.

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L I V I N G W I T H S P R I N K L E R S K I TF O R C O N S U M E R S

The existing Living with Sprinklers Kit for consumers was

created years ago to help homeowners who live in homes

with fire sprinklers understand how the systems work and

how to maintain them. The original kit included a video and

hang tag.

Based on numerous requests for printed material, HFSC

designed a new eight-page, four-color brochure and a

3 x 5-inch homeowner window decal.

The new brochure is a summary of the existing Living with

Sprinklers DVD, explaining everything homeowners need

to know about their fire sprinkler systems through text and

illustrations. HFSC’s new window decal, which states,

“Our Family is Living with Sprinklers,” can be placed on

the front window of a home to let neighbors know a house

is fire-safe.

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P U B L I C R E L A T I O N SP R E S S C L I P S

• The Missourian: “Another Layer of Protection,” January

15, 2010.

• The Philadelphia Enquirer: “Smoke Detectors Fall

Short,” April 23, 2010.

• Sioux City Journal: “Maximize the Green,” February 13,

2010.

• St. Louis Today: “Letter to the Editor: For Safety’s Sake,”

June 29, 2010.

• Campus Safety online: “Study: Fire Sprinklers Reduce

Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” April 16, 2010.

• Contractor: “Builders’ Show Contains a Few Gems,”

March 2010 (50,000 circ.).

• Fine Homebuilding online: “Interesting New Study

Regarding ‘Greenness’ of Automatic Fire Sprinklers,” April

19, 2010.

• Fire Engineering online: “New Study: Lifesaving Fire

Sprinklers Are Also Good for the Environment,” April 13, 2010.

• Fire Protection Contractor (FPC): “FM Study:

Sprinklers Good for Environment,” June 2010 (2,742 circ.).

• Fire Protection Engineering: “Green Construction and

Fire Protection,” Q2 2010.

• Home Channel News online:

- “Builders Show Preview,” January 12, 2010.

- “California Mandates Fire Sprinklers in New Homes,”

January 20, 2010.

• NFPA Journal (81,000 circ.):

- “Direct Impact,” November/December 2009.

- “From the Editor,” November/December 2009.

- “The Ultimate Side-by-Side,” November/

December 2009.

- “How Green Is My Sprinkler?” March/April 2010.

- “Proof Positive: A New Tool for Your Fire

Sprinkler Education Efforts – Sprinklers are

Green,” May/June 2010.

• Plumbing & Mechanical: “Fire Sprinklers

Protect Homes,” January 2010 (49,005 circ.).

• Plumbing Engineer: “Keep Your Eyes on

the Goal: Preventing Home Fire Injuries and

Loss of Life,” May 2010 (25,600 circ.).

HFSC resources and information were used in more than 335

articles and press clips appearing on TV, newspapers, maga-

zines, e-newspapers, websites and various social media

placements. Here's a sample of some of the media outlets that

published stories or cited HFSC:

• KTUU – Palmer, Alaska: “Fire safety demonstration wows

fairgoers,” August 29, 2009.

• The Washington Post: “County Officials Gush Over Fire

Sprinkler Data,” October 22, 2009

• ABC 7 News at 5 – WJLA-TV: Washington, DC, Oct. 22,

2009

• The CBS Early Show: Segment on holiday fire safety,

December 23 (2.75 million viewers).

• WABC Channel 7 (New York,

TV): met with HFSC spokesperson

Ron Hazelton at his home in

Connecticut to show his sprinkler

system and talk about the facts and

myths, January 21, 2010.

• Daily American: “Sprinklers

Save Lives,” April 8, 2010.

• “Homefront with Danny

Lipford” Radio Show: Interview

with HFSC spokesperson Ron

Hazelton, January 30, 2010.

• Marysville Globe: “Fire Shows

Benefits of Sprinklers,” December

8, 2009.

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P U B L I C R E L A T I O N SP R E S S C L I P S ( C O N T . )

• PM Engineer: “As Green as It Gets,”

April 2010 (25,000 circ.).

• Reason: “Proof Positive,” Issue 1, 2010.

• Security Sales & Integration:

“Study: Fire Sprinkler Cut Harmful

Emissions,” May 2010 (31,103 circ.).

• Sprinkler Age (3,218 circ.):

- “2009 Annual Seminar & Exhibition,”

September/October 2009.

- “Celebrate National Night Out,”

September/October 2009.

- “Can We Make 2010 the Year of the

Home Fire Sprinkler?” January 2010.

- “Sprinklers Proven to Protect the Environment,” February

2010.

- “Fire Sprinklers Are Environment Friendly,” May 2010.

- “Are Home Fire Sprinklers Green?,” June 2010.

- “Effective Communication to Water Purveyor’s,” July 2010.

- “HFSC 3-D Education Program Proves Popular,” July

2010.

- “President’s Report,” July 2010.

- “Become a Built for Life Fire Department,” August 2010.

- “NFPA’s Jim Shannon Named Advocate of the Year,”

August 2010.

• Sprinkler Quarterly (3,600 circ.):

- “AFSA 28th Annual Convention Exhibitors,” September 2009.

- “Are Sprinklers Green?” September 2009.

- “Fire Sprinklers Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

from Building Fires by 98%, Research Finds,” July/August

2010.

• Wisconsin Fire Journal: “Residential Fire Sprinklers –

What We Tell Them,” May/June 2010 (11,500 circ.).

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washerless cartridges. The Plus Valve iscompatible with all Gerber’s decorativetrim kits. Included with a thin wall instal-lation bracket, the Plus Valve is availablein IPS/Sweat, PEX-b&c, CPVC, or PEX-aconnections, and is back-to-back installa-tion feasible.

Kohler Co. has converted several of its1.6-gpf high-performance gravity toiletsto flush with 1.28-gpf, assuring water sav-ings without sacrificing performance. TheKohler Archer toilet is the company’s firstone-piece, single-flush, gravity, high-effi-ciency toilet. The Devonshire and Well-worth toilets also have been convertedto high-efficiency toilets, and both meetthe requirements for the EPA WaterSenselabel. Both of these toilets are at the intro-ductory price point for Kohler.

Viega’s message to the builders was thatgreen building begins with a Manabloc.The manifold-based homerun water dis-tribution system reduces hot water wasteby minimizing the length of plumbingdistribution lines, helping to gain pointstoward LEED certification. By providingeach fixture with its own distribution

line, the line can be sized appropriately sohot water can be delivered more rapidly,Viega said.

In-Sink-Erator showed the builders itsEvolution line of disposers that featureMultiGrind and SoundSeal technologies.MultiGrind disposes of everything thatanyone eats anywhere in the world, ex-cept for raw sharkskin. SoundSeal directsthe water flow over the disposer openingto make the disposer quieter.

Takagi showed its T-H2 series of con-densingwallhungwaterheaters,availablein both indoor PVC-vented or outdoormodels. The 92%-95% efficient units fireup to 199,000 Btuh and produce morethan 4.5-GPM at an 80°F rise. The waterheaters have a copper primary and 316Lstainless steel secondary heat exchanger.

Rinnai showed attendees its E Seriesand Q Series condensing wall-mountedgas boiler, with efficiencies as high as96.5%. The E Series comes in two combination models for heat and domestic hotwater, incorporating a stainless steel heatexchanger for heating and a copper nickelintegrated plate heat exchanger for DHW.The Q Series has a fully modulating pumpwith a stainless steel heat exchanger and a

6.6-gal. fully insulated indirect tank. Out-door reset function with the sensor and acomplete plumbing kit with the low-lossheader come standard with the boilers.

The builders have seen the handwrit-ing on the wall as far as residential firesprinklers are concerned. The folks atthe International Code Council boothreported a brisk business in the Interna-tional Residential Code, which containsthe upcoming home sprinkler require-ments. The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalitionbooth was also busy.

Zurn announced the upcoming addi-tion of fire protection systems that usethe same PEX tubing, fittings and crimprings, including QickSert CR fittings andQickClamp. The system will have thebenefits of a combination system, suchas having the plumbing and fire sprinklersystem installed at the same time by theplumbing contractor.

Zoeller Pump Co. noted that its ProPak53 sump pump system was popular withthe builders. The preassembled sumppump system with battery backup pairsa 115V powered M53 sump pump witha Model 507 battery backup pump. Thefirm also showed its Home Guard Maxwater powered emergency backup sumppump. Zoeller also displayed its QwikJon Ultima basement toilet system with a½-HP mini-grinder pump that dischargesthrough a 1-in. pipe and eliminates theneed to dig up concrete floors.

Solar collected a lot of interest at theViessmann booth, especially the new Vi-tosol 200-T, that can be mounted hori-zontally on roofs, walls or freestanding.The direct flow vacuum tube collectorhas a coated copper absorber, borosilicateglass and a permanent vacuum-sealedglass-metal joint. Collectors are compat-ible with any DHW system and as manyas 150 tubes can be connected in series.

PFWaterworksdisplayeditsPermaFlowno-clog drain. The clear plastic P-trap,suitable for bath or kitchen drains, in-corporates an “easy-turn wiper” that willclear the drain of any clogs without theneed for drain cleaning chemicals. Theclear design makes it easy to retrieve lostjewelry at the bottom of the trap withoutneeding to disassemble the drain.

Warmboard has expanded its heat lossand mechanical design services. The en-gineered drawings will specify and size allmechanical and electrical componentsfor a radiant heating system. Optionsavailable include boiler only for heatingor a combination boiler with an indirectdomestic hot water tank. The design workincludes a room-by-room heat loss and acomplete plumbing schematic.

To read the entire Intl. Builders’ Showarticle, go to www.contractormag.com, andclick on the article link.

system allows users with dirty hands toturn the faucet on and off with a tap any-where on the spout or handle. Pilar oper-ates manually as well, while the handleadjusts flow rate and temperature. A blueLED light indicates when Touch2O is en-gaged, and turns red when the batteriesneed to be replaced. The faucet design

incorporates a two-function, pull-downspray head that switches from streamto spray with a diverter button. A mag-netic closure engages the spray head to itsdocked position.

Gerber Plumbing Fixtures LLC haslaunched the GS-310 Series Plus Valve, anew line of pressure balance valves. Thevalves feature a compact body design and

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Anational survey commis-sioned by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers

and conducted in 2008 by Synovate reveals that 79 percent of Americans feel safer from fires at home than in a public build-ing. Yet statistics show that the fire problem in the United States is overwhelmingly a home fire problem.

Homes account for about 80 percent of all fire deaths in a typical year and more than 95 percent of all deaths in structure fires in a typical year, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Fire is the largest sin-gle cause of property loss in the United States. The NFPA reports $5.7 billion in direct property loss from fire in one- and two-family dwellings. This data sug-gests any improvements in overall fire safety must be improvements in home fire safety.

Fire sprinklers provide a level of protection that no other fire protection technology can offer, according to the nonprofit Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition. A resi-dential sprinkler will activate from the heat of an early-stage fire (135 degrees F-165 degrees F). Only the sprinkler closest to the fire will operate, spraying water directly on the flames.

This quick action immediately controls and often extinguishes the flames, slowing the spread of deadly heat and toxic smoke and providing occupants with more time to safely escape. In 90 per-cent of fires in sprinklered homes, only one sprinkler was required to contain the fire. Sprinklers release about one tenth the amount of water that is applied by fire department hoses, which pump more than 200 gallons of water per minute, per hose.

Data shows that occupants cause most residential fires. Today’s larger homes, with open designs, allow a fire to grow quickly and spread throughout the house. The expanded use of synthetic material along with other modern contents and fur-nishings provide a powerful fuel source. Research conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology has shown that home fires become deadly in as few as three minutes.

“Fires today seem to burn faster and kill quicker, because the contents of modern homes can burn faster and more intense-ly,” says NIST Researcher Richard Bukowski. New and old homes alike are filled with these newer contents and furnishings, which provide less margin for success

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via its website. Here is a sample of

some of the comments:

I am sponsoring a public safety dayand would like education materials.Thanks - I love your site!

Andrea WilkeRocky Mountain Front Fire ProtectionGreat Falls, Montana

My department is looking to start acampaign on home fire sprinklers, andwe are looking for any and all the infor-mation we can obtain to help with thisdecision. Thank you.

Joe JerueDecatur Hamilton Fire DepartmentDecatur, Michigan

We have several new subdivisions inwhich homes greater than 4,800 squarefeet are being required to install firesprinklers due to low fire flow. I wouldlike to be able to give the developersinformation to help them plan for the firesprinkler systems.

Marguerite StrandTown of ApexApex, North Carolina

We are conducting the home fire sprin-kler live burn demonstrations acrossthe state of Alabama. From September23-26, we are conducting a live burn atthe Alabama Fire Chiefs Conference inOrange Beach, Alabama. I would like tohave at least 50 kits to give out to firemarshals from around the state.

Michael BraymanJefferson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama

We are in the process of trying to getthe residential fire sprinkler codeadopted in our area. I would be appre-ciative of any information you have tohelp me present a stronger argumentfor residential fire sprinklers. There area lot of uninformed individuals whoseem to know just enough knowledgeto frighten the unenlightened public.

Elie JonesAlbemarle County Fire RescueCharlottesville, Virginia

In planning for Spring 2010, I would liketo evaluate the possibility of doing aside-by-side fire and sprinkler burndemonstration as part of a CommunitySafety Awareness Program, which is ajoint effort between local law enforce-ment and the fire department throughMunicipal Recreation Director’s com-munity programs.

Thomas DicksCity of BarnwellBarnwell, South Carolina

We have the opportunity to be part ofthe Home & Garden Show at the end ofMarch 2010. We would like to build aprofessional-type residential fire sprin-kler display for indoors. Usually 5,000to 10,000 people attend this show overa three-day period. Do you have anyideas on something that will catch theeye of attendees?

Wanda WillisHarrisonburg Fire DepartmentHarrisonburg, Virginia

The Anthem Safety and ServicesCommittee of Anthem, Arizona, has beendiscussing your packet of information,“Now That You’re Living with Sprinkers.”Of the 10,000 homes here in Anthem,about 3,000 homes have sprinklers. I amthe chairperson for the Anthem FirewiseCommittee. We would like to have yourpermission to load/link your DVD to ourwebpage, since we are learning thatmany of the homeowner’s do not knowwhat to do with their fire sprinkler sys-tems. This is very informative.

Millie LaFaveAnthem Firewise CommitteeAnthem, Arizona

We are conducting a home fire sprin-kler demonstration very soon and havealready built both simulated rooms peryour instructions. We now need infor-mation for media and handouts as soonas possible.

Tony JarrellVincennes City Fire DepartmentVincennes, Indiana

We would like to order materials so wecan hand out information to our clients.

Audrey RamirezCentury21 Town & CountryOntario, California

I would like to start educating people inmy area about sprinkling the homesthey build. What is a good way to dothis?

Gale CunninghamKJCSandusky, Ohio

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I am the corresponding secretary forthe Passaic County Fire Prevention &Protection Association. I would like toreceive a package of education materi-als for each of our member towns ifpossible.

David EvangelistaPompton Lakes Volunteer FireDepartmentPompton Lakes, New Jersey

I am interested in performing a side-by-side fire and sprinkler burn demonstra-tion. Can you please contact me byphone or email to discuss the steps ingetting one set up?

Matt GriseAlliance Fire ProtectionNorth Kansas City, Missouri

I am conducting research on the feasi-bility of implementing a local ordinancerequiring the installation of residentialfire sprinklers in new construction one-and two-family dwellings. Do you possi-bly have a list of jurisdictions that havealready implemented such an ordi-nance along with their respectiveimplementation dates?

Jon CanuppWinston-Salem Fire DepartmentWinston-Salem, North Carolina

I’m sold on the idea, and now everyhome I build will have a fire sprinklersystem.

Shane CurrieRusty-Apple GroupFort Wayne, Indiana

Please send me this information. I’mlooking to install a home sprinkler sys-tem for my rental property.

Franklin HouseySpringfield, Massachusetts

I was wanting to know if the vidoesHFSC provides to download are free ofcopyright issues, so that we couldthem.

Jon NixonUnv. of Texas - Health Science CenterHouston, Texas

I am currently enrolled in the FireAcademy at AVC and will be graduat-ing this June 4, 2010. I have a five-inchbinder full of notes that I have been tak-ing through the course of our studies.The purpose of the binder and its con-tents are for me to reference in thefuture as a guide throughout my careeras a firefighter. What I am asking fromyou is if you have any informational(brochures or pamphlets) that youcould send me via mail. It would begreatly appreciated and put to use overthe course of my career.

Mason SmithFire Academy (AVC)Lancaster, California

I received a number of Living withSprinklers information packets andhave been distributing them when I dofinal inspections on residential firesprinkler systems. Our municipality hasrequired residential sprinklers since1999. I only have a few packets left andwas wondering if I could obtain somemore. The homeowners find the infor-mation very informative.

Timothy P. SchuckUpper Dublin Fire DepartmentFort Washington, Pennsylvania

We would like to order a supply ofLiving with Sprinklers videos to handout to all homeowners.

Kirk DavisFire System WestPacific, Washington

I would like enough materials for mywhole staff (10). We are attempting tostart a residential fire sprinkler cam-paign, so we may need some more inthe future.

Chad ZudelCity of FlintFlint, Michigan

How can I get educational packets tohand out to residents and builders?

Joshua HuckerCity of Lake ForestLake Forest, Illinois

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I am interested in the side-by-side com-parison Fire and Sprinkler BurnDemonstration Kit for our annual fireprevention program this October.

Todd WinderClinton Township Volunteer Fire Co.Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Our Open House is scheduled for Aug29, 2010, and we are contemplating aside-by-side fire and sprinkler burndemonstration.

John DrozdowskiAnchorage Firefighters Local 1264Anchorage, Alaska

Please send me all literature andvideos that you have on home firesprinklers.

Mark SutulaOhio AMS, LLCIndependence, Ohio

I am interested in information abouttrade-ups and incentives for fully sprin-klered developments.

Jonathan LundDes Moines Fire DepartmentDes Moines, Iowa

I am looking to obtain at least 200Living with Sprinklers Kits to distributeto each homeowner in a sprinklereddevelopment of 1,100 homes that con-tinues to be under construction. Firesprinklers are not currently required inVirginia but this development selectedto provide them. Also, I am looking tosupport our educational endeavors withHFSC’s Public Education Kit and a fewBuilt for Life Kits.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Andrew MillikenStafford County Fire and RescueStafford, Virginia

I would like to use HFSC materials forcontinuing education classes wehold for plumbers here at our trainingfacility.

Ray SheltonWaco JATCWaco, Texas

I would like more information on order-ing the side-by-side Fire and SprinklerBurn Demonstration Kit.

Julie ParentiCentral County Fire DepartmentBurlingame, California

I would love to do a side-by-side fireand sprinkler burn demonstration forour community and the wider state.

Rob MartinCity of Brandon Fire DepartmentBrandon, Mississippi

Please send me information on becom-ing a Built for Life Fire Department. Wehold our annual Fire Fest in Septemberand are currently planning a side-by-side fire and sprinkler burn demonstra-tion for our event. Thank you.

Mark JentzTown of Ellington Fire DepartmentEllington, Wisconsin

I am a member of the Florida FireMarshals & Inspectors Association, andI understand the organization is consid-ered a Built for Life Fire Department.Please enroll the North Port Fire RescueDistrict as well. Thank you.

Michael FrantzNorth Port Fire Rescue DistrictNorth Port, Florida

We would like to host a live fire andsprinkler burn demonstration at ourtraining grounds. You can read aboutour program in the April issue of FireEngineering magazine.

Jeffrey M. GlynnAbington Township Fire DepartmentAbington, Pennsylvania

Please advise on how to obtain a quan-tity of the Protect What You Value Mostflyers. I would like to add it to our rackof available information to residents.

Drew LawrenceVillage of Sea CliffSea Cliff, New York

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We are hosting a Fire Safety Night atour local minor league baseball stadi-um September 6. I was hoping to get100 or so copies of handouts. We areexpecting a crowd of approximately6,000.

Joe NovakMontgomery Township Fire PreventionBelle Mead, New Jersey

We are sponsored by the AshburnVolunteer Fire Department and are con-sidering building a side-by-side fireand sprinkler burn demonstration for anEagle Scout Project. But we need addi-tional info.

Max J. TriolaExplorer Post 1666Ashburn, Virginia

I’m going to set up a booth at theIndiana Building Officials Conference inMichigan City, Indiana, on July 20. TheIndiana Builders Association is also asponsor of this year’s event so thereshould be many homebuilders fromNorthern Indiana in attendance. I’d esti-mate about 125 individuals will be stop-ping by the booth. The first question iswhat materials would you recommendand then can you provide them for thisevent? If you have any particular ideasas to how my booth should be set up tomaximize interest I would be pleased tohear your ideas.

Ron BrownNational Fire Sprinkler AssociationFort Wayne, Indiana

Could you please send me 200 of thePublic Education Kits and 75 of theCDs for building officials? I am a boardmember for the Missouri Fire MarshalsAssociation, and I would like to startpassing the information out to the smallfire department and city building offi-cials.

Keith PayneRiverside Fire DepartmentRiverside, Missouri

I live in a townhome that is one of 51.We are all sprinklered. I’m the captainof our neighborhood watch and manyhomeowners ask about what they are todo to maintain their sprinkler systems.Would you send me 30 of the “Livingwith Sprinkler Kits” so I can hand themout at our board meeting? Thanks!

David James KorteStillwater, Minnesota

I would like to include HFSC’s materialsin a fire prevention week presentationduring the week of Oct 4th.

Michael P. DelaneyMatthews, North Carolina

We are teaming up with two other vol-unteer fire departments to teach firesafety to 900 students at a local ele-mentary school. We would like to askfor your assistance in providing hand-out materials and freebie items for thestudents. The parents praised ourhandout materials last year, so this yearwe are looking for a new spin on fireprevention. We thank you in advancefor any assistance you can provide.

Jennifer HopsteinBrooklyn Fire DepartmentBrooklyn, Mississippi

We are putting together a fire safetypiece for students as part of ourNewspapers In Education Program. Weserve thousands of teachers and stu-dents. I was wondering if you had thefire timeline in pdf format so that I caninclude it? It would be valuable infor-mation to tell students.

Sharon M. TangoGatehouse Media New EnglandFramingham, MA

I am holding a Safety Day and I amexpecting about 150-200 individuals toattend and would like to help thembecome more aware of fire sprinklers inthe home. Any assistance in helping tomake the public aware would be great-ly appreciated.

Anthony W. ChampionLa Grange Fire DistrictPoughkeepsie, New York

I am making a presentation to myBusiness Communications class aboutresidential sprinklers and why sprin-klers & smoke alarms save lives.

Linda CanaleAdmar Custom Homes, Inc.Frederick, Maryland

One of my student projects is to designand plan a public education programand my selected area of interest is res-idential sprinklers. Please rush thematerials as I need to turn in my assign-ment.

Thank you so much.

Robert MoncriefTruckee Meadows Community CollegeSparks, Nevada

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Does a sprinkler head shut off when thefire is out? Is it necessary to replace thesprinkler head after a fire?

Jim HochsteinBremerton, Washington

My home fire sprinkler system’s outsidedrain pipe on occasion has water run-ning out of it as if a valve is on. Can Iassume there is a valve malfunction-ing? When this occurs I shut off themain water valve, wait five minutes andturn the valve back on. This stops thewater, but I am concerned as this hashappened three times in the past year.Is this anyway normal of do I need atechnician to check the system?

Alan FiorilliArrow ElectronicsFountain Hills, Arizona

I will be providing the fire sprinklers fora model home at the Southern IdealHome Show. I would like to get as manyas possible of the “Protect What YouValue Most” & “The Future of Fire SafetyHere Today” brochures. Please contactme about available quantities. Thanks.

Jim SwayzeCascade Fire Protection, Inc.Greensboro, North Carolina

I have had a fire sprinkler system forthree years and had an inspection thisweek. The management company saidit didn’t pass inspection. They said Ihave to replace a sprinkler. How muchdoes it cost and who can I get to dothis? I am not comfortable with thismanagement company handling it. Canyou advise me? This is for my secondhome in Wildwood, New Jersey.

Chandrika PatelAmbler, Pennsylvania

I’m embarking on a major residentialremodel. I have an architect and struc-tural engineer completing plans for per-mits. Since I live in a rural area, I’mthinking it would be wise to install firesprinklers. Can you suggest sources forsystem design -- a plan I could submitwith my building permit application andtake to qualified plumbers for construc-tion estimates?

Hal SchillingSherwood, Oregon

Please send as much information asyou can. We plan to build and presentthe side-by-side fire and sprinkler burndemonstration to contractors, realtorsand insurance carriers in the area.

Eldon NanceSafe Way West Sprinkler CompanyWilkesboro, North Carolina

I am the chairman for the Safety ActionTeam at Philadelphia InternationalAirport. I would greatly appreciate it ifyou could send me any brochures onall forms of safety to distribute at ourannual safety fair.

Imelda JowersTransportation Security AdminstrationSicklerville, New Jersey

I would like to receive materials thatcan be useful for teaching students inan Independent Living Skills course.Thank you.

Fontella CalhounEssex High SchoolTappahannock, Virginia

I am a state advocate for the NationalFallen Firefighters Foundation, and Ioften give presentations or talks to con-tractors trying to convince them that allresidential structures should includefire sprinklers. All visual/audio aids arewelcome for a presentation to all of yourtargeted audiences.

Jon D. MarshNational Fallen Firefighters FoundationLongs, South Carolina

We have been involved with ICC andthe residential sprinkler movement. Webelieve that lives can and will be safewith home sprinklers.

Stephen C. ShafferBrownsburg Fire TerritoryBrownsburg, Indiana

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I am interested in ways to teach thepublic about home sprinklers and anyother fire information you have avail-able.

Robert J. JohnsonWhite Bird City and Rural Fire Dept.White Bird, Idaho

I am enthused about receiving yourmaterial to launch our campaign andeducational process for our community.

John M. MIzellSt. Paul’s Fire DepartmentHollywood, South Carolina

Interested in your program for our“Road to Safety” program in our firemuseum here in Orange County,California.

Don CroucherCalifornia Fire MuseumCapistrano Beach, California

Thank you for all your hard work bring-ing us this great information.

Renee NixSanta Fe County Fire DepartmentSanta Fe, New Mexico

Since the sprinklers are activated byheat, will a fireplace activate them ifthey are installed in the same room?

JenniferWhite Haven, Pennsylvania

Please send us multiple copies of infor-mation on the HSFC Built for Life FireDepartment program. We coordinatethe training and response for 97 firedepartments and 5,000+ firefightersserving a population of about 1 millionpeople.

Tiger SchmittendorfErie County Division of Fire SafetyCheektowaga, NY 14227

I would like for our department to startteaching the residents of our coveragearea about home sprinkler systems andhow they can save lives and property.

Michael ComerMadison Fire DepartmentMadison, North Carolina

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