Fire Sprinklers now being required for older high rise condos (FL)

Legislation is set to be heard by a Senate committee next week that would require older high rise condominiums in Florida to have sprinkler systems by January 2023.  The measure says the multi-family buildings, mostly built in the 1960s and 80s, need to have sprinkler systems in each condo unit, or at to at least have them in common areas along with fire extinguishers and smoke control systems.    Read the article……………….

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