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Brighton study session reviews residential sprinklers, housekeeping and timeline for code updates
Summary
City staff introduced residential sprinkler information and proposed housekeeping updates to the city's building code; council asked for cost, incidence and implementation details and no policy change was adopted.
City staff briefed the Brighton City Council in a study session on Jan. 28, 2025, on residential fire sprinklers and a set of housekeeping amendments tied to the city's adopted 2021 building codes. Andy Ulmer, the city's chief building official, and Division Chief of Prevention Elizabeth Bojarnick presented safety data and technical details; the council asked staff to return with cost, incidence and implementation information before any formal change.
Ulmer told the council that residential sprinklers were placed in the model fire code about 15 years ago and said the systems' principal benefits are life safety and reducing firefighter exposure. "They save lives. They save firefighter lives. They prevent firefighter cancers," Ulmer said. He also described other benefits cited in national case studies, including reduced property loss and lower overall water use in many jurisdictions that adopted sprinklers.
The presentation focused on three threads: the safety case for…
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