Get fire sprinkler services that are Fire Code compliant. Kew Forest Plumbing and Heating is proud to offer life-saving fire sprinkler services for new and existing construction in both the commercial and residential markets. NYC and NYS building code requires fire sprinklers be installed, but when and where are a matter of properly understanding the Fire Code.
The NYC Fire Code experts at Kew Forest Plumbing and Heating can provide you with comprehensive fire sprinkler services designed to save lives in an emergency. We start with a fire sprinkler services plan. Once the plan is approved by a Fire Code inspector, work on your new residential or commercial fire sprinkler system begins. We employ the proven, modern fire suppression technologies and only the finest parts and equipment. With Kew Forest fire sprinkler services, you can rest assured that our fire sprinklers will work right the first time.
NYC Fire Safety & Fire Sprinklers
Ever since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911, New York City has been at the forefront of fire safety and fire sprinkler usage. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire centennial was commemorated on March 25, 2011. The fire was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City and the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S.
A coalition of preservation organizations, historians, artists, and labor activists, including the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the Gotham Center, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, the Bowery Poetry Club and others, came together to form the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, whose goal was to commemorate the centennial of the fire, which took place on March 25, 2011. [courtesy wikipedia]
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Sprinklers have been in use in the United States since 1874, and were used in factory applications where fires at the turn of the century were often catastrophic in terms of both human and property losses. In the US, sprinklers are today required in all new high rise and underground buildings generally 75 feet (23 m) above or below fire department access, where the ability of firefighters to provide adequate hose streams to fires is limited. 
Most US building codes allow for less expensive construction materials, larger floor area limitations, longer egress paths, and fewer requirements for fire rated construction in structures protected by fire sprinklers. Consequently, the total building cost is often less by installing a sprinkler system and savings money in the other aspects of the project, as compared to building a non-sprinklered structure. 
