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Fire Commission backs Sprinkler Retrofit for Existing High-Rise Residential Buildings
Summary
The San Francisco Fire Commission voted unanimously to recommend legislation to require automatic sprinkler retrofits in most existing high-rise residential buildings, endorsing a phased six-year compliance timeline and citing safety gains and substantial retrofit costs.
The San Francisco Fire Commission on March 20 unanimously recommended city legislation to require automatic sprinkler systems in existing high-rise residential buildings.
The fire marshal told commissioners the proposal, being put forward with Supervisor Aaron Peskin's office, would close a long-standing gap left by a 1993 ordinance that required retrofits for many commercial high-rises but exempted pre-1974 residential buildings. "The fire marshal's office recommends approval of this legislation for the safety of our city's residents, our guests, and our firefighters," the fire marshal said during the presentation.
Under the proposal buildings classified as…
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