The Oklahoma City Council is considering adopting a new building code that would require automatic fire sprinkler systems to be installed in new homes. The matter is set for a public hearing March 27 and a potential vote April 3.
A pending decision by the Oklahoma City Council on whether to require automatic fire sprinkler systems in new homes appears to pit public safety advocates and housing industry organizations against one another.
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The new Oklahoma building codes allow individual cities to decide on an optional part of the updated rules that would make automatic fire sprinklers mandatory in new construction of houses and duplexes.
The council will debate the issue March 27 in a public hearing and is set to vote on the new rules April 3.
Ward 1 Councilman Gary Marrs, a former city fire chief, is the leading advocate on the council for adopting the optional requirement for automatic sprinklers.
“Hopefully people understand my background. My family spent three generations trying to preserve life and property in Oklahoma City,” Marrs said. “So you can expect that I'm going to be very supportive of something that I know works. Residential fire sprinklers save lives. There's just no two ways about it. They do.”
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