A solicitation of the management of the City of Milwaukee to institute residential fire sprinkler requirements

Abstract

At the present time, the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin does not have a residential fire sprinkler ordinance. The purpose of this study is to convince the City of Milwaukee to require installation of fire sprinklers in construction of new homes. This can be accomplished by enacting fire code changes in city fire safety ordinances. The review of literature presents the history of fire sprinklers, case studies and excerpts of present day fire sprinkler ordinances that are currently in use in cities of approximate age and size of Milwaukee.