Fire Marshal attributes control of the fire and family’s safety to sprinkler system.
By Kym Byrnes
August 19, 2011
Three people safely escaped from a Mount Airy home Aug. 18 and there was minimal fire damage to the home, thanks to a sprinkler system that was installed during the house’s construction two years ago.
Deputy Chief State Fire Marshal Jason Mowbray told Patch that the public often doesn’t hear about the successes of these residential sprinkler systems because the fire damage and human injury are avoided, leaving little to report.
“It’s not exciting news but it’s important to get the word out that these sprinkler systems do work in saving lives and minimizing damage from fire and smoke. Because they work so well, we often don’t hear about them,” Mowbray said….
…The State of Maryland adopted the residential sprinkler requirement in the building code last year. Mowbray said they made the wording so that that counties can opt of out requiring it in their building code. Washington County and Garrett County are two of the counties that opted out of adopting the ordinance.
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