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title: Residential Fire Sprinklers Voted Down!!!
description:  On February 14th the Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards voted against requiring mandatory fire sprinkler systems in homes.  
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# [Residential Fire Sprinklers Voted Down!!! ](https://info.capecodbuilder.com/bid/127611/Residential-Fire-Sprinklers-Voted-Down)

 Written by [Matthew Teague](https://info.capecodbuilder.com/author/matthew-teague) | Mon, Mar 05, 2012

 On February 14th the Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards voted against requiring mandatory fire sprinkler systems in homes.   Many of the professional building organizations had opposed this change based on the expens, risk and other problems associated with this change. 

  See the attached article from FireEngineering.com to see the reaction from the fire safety community.

 

[Reaction to Fire Sprinklers](http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2012/02/ma-fire-chiefs-outraged-over-state-action-on-home-fire-sprinklers.html)

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