Due to the difficult economy state legislatures and the federal government are dragging there feet writing and implementing new laws that would mandate fire sprinklers in all new single family homes.  The arguments are pretty fundamental.  Costs vs. lives. 

In a March 19th editorial in The Inquirer, the newspaper scolded the state legislature for voting to repeal a new law reuiring fire sprinklers in all new single-family homes.   

According to an article in the Greensboro News Record, fire sprinklers are credited with preventing the potential loss of life and property in three seperate fires in early March, 2011. 

This is the kind of news you will not find on TV.  On November 10th, 2008, a furniture warehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was saved by the fire sprinkler system. 

In September of 2008 there were two fires in Las Vegas casinos less than 12 hours apart.  The fire sprinklers prevented a potential catastrophe in both cases.