Dickm147

I agree with M Guetin that the group that benefits the most from this proposed regulation is the Firemen, adds many more jobs and they are the group that is protected the most.

I understand that there was a proposal to mandate sprinkler systems in the Chicago area and a cost benefit study was done, the result of the study was the total cost did not warrant the the mandate.

I hear people say the cost is insignificant , but every added 1,000 dollar cost take home ownership out of the picture for someone.

I can think there are many areas where more lives are lost per 1000 population and yet I don't see mandated proposals for behavior changes in those areas.

As for as new homes being built are using short cuts and lower construction standard than those built 30 or 40 years ago, you should take a look at the code changes in that period of time. I can only remember on 1 home suffering damage by fire of the hundreds of homes that I have built and that was caused by the homeowner putting ashes from the fire place in a waste basket.