1309 - Publications

• An Objective Attorney's Point of View Regarding the IRC/IBC 2012 Language Related to Fire Protection of Floors (Aug. 23, 2012)
• Benefit-Cost Analysis of Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems (September 2007)
• CDC Report - Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Fire Fighters due to Truss System Failures
• Civilian Fire Fatalities in 431,000 Minnesota Single Family Homes
• Duane Grace letter with NFPA article
• Equivalent Performance Through Testing of Unprotected Floor Assemblies (Aug. 23, 2010)
• Fire Fighter Fatality Statistics 2012 (spreadsheet)
• Fire Protection Research Foundation - Home Fire Sprinkler Cast Assessment (September 2008)
• Gold Seal Testimonial
• Insurance company discounts for homes with fire sprinkler systems
• IRC-87, R313.2 attachment information
• Minnesota Civilian Fire Deaths in Single Family Homes 1998-2010
• Minnesota Governors Council on Fire Prevention Report (Nov. 30, 2009)
• Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association - White Paper on Residential Sprinkler Systems
• National Institute of Standards and Technology - The Economic Consequence of Firefighter Injuries and Their Prevention (August 2004)
• NFPA Adoption Update 2011
• NFPA Comments on IRC Proposals
• NFPA Journal - Perspectives
• NFPA - Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service (June 2011)
• NFPA - Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service (October 2011)
• NFPA - Smoke Alarm in U.S. Home Fires (September 2011)
• NFPA - Sprinkler Insulation Lit Review
• NFPA - The Total Cost of Fires in the United States (February 2011)
• NFPA - U.S. Firefighter Injuries 2010 (October 2011)
• Performance of Home Smoke Alarms (February 2008)
• Preventing Injuries and Death of Fire Fighters due to Truss System Failures
• Residential Fire Sprinklers and Housing Economics A legislators Guide to Life Safety (February 2009)
• SBCA Policy on Application of Gypsum Wallboard Membrane
• SBCA Policy on Fire Sprinklers
• Study of Metal Truss Plate Connectors When Exposed to Fire (January 2007)
• Study of Unprotected Floor Assemblies in Basement Fire Scenarios (December 2008)
• Summary of State Adoption of 2009 IRC Fire Sprinkler Mandate
• Testimony on 1309 adoption of 2012 IRC
• Truss Truce (2004)
• Tyco Fire Suppression and Building Products - Performance of Composite Wood Joists Under Realistic Fire Conditions (2008)
• U.S. Experience with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing Equipment (January 2009)
• Underwriters Laboratories - Structural Stability of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions (Sept. 30, 2008)
• Underwriters Laboratories - Structural Stability of Engineered Lumber in Fire Conditions (January 2009)
• Uponor AquaSAFE 2012 IRC Testimony
• Uponor AquaSAFE Attic Insulation Guide