FY2010-20 Supporting The Availability Of Alaskan Communities To Adopt Codes And Ordinances At The Local Level To Require The Installation Of Fire Sprinkler Systems In All Newly Constructed One And Two Family Dwellings And Townhomes1 Introduced by: Manager Gifford
2 Requested by: Chief Himes
3 Drafted by: AML
Introduced on: 01/07/2010
4 Adopted on: 01/07/2010
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6 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
7 RESOLUTION NO. FY2010 -20
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9 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE ABILITY OF ALASKAN COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT
10 CODES AND ORDINANCES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION
11 OF FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN ALL NEWLY CONSTRUCTED
12 ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS AND TOWNHOMES
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14 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough is dedicated to public safety; and
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16 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough considers it unacceptable that in the 21st Century,
17 more than 3,000 people in the United States are killed in fires each year, with an average of 80%
18 of these deaths occurring in home fires; and
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20 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough understands that a person is 80% Tess likely to die in a
21 house fire if sprinklers are present; and
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23 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough understands that nationally 37% of home fire deaths
24 were in homes with working smoke alarms; and
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26 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough understands that sprinklers reduce the average
27 property loss by 66% per fire; and
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29 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough understands that fire sprinklers are now more
30 affordable with a national average of $1.61 per square foot of sprinklered new construction; and
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32 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough knows that home fire sprinklers can significantly
33 reduce the risk of injury and death to responding firefighters at home fires; and
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35 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough desires to have a positive and consequential impact on
36 reducing losses due to fire; and
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38 WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough recognizes that fire sprinklers represent a proven,
39 reliable, affordable, efficient, and effective method of protecting life and property in both
40 commercial and residential occupancies.
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42 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Kodiak Island Borough supports the option for
43 Alaskan communities to adopt codes and ordinances at the local level to require the installation
44 of fire sprinkler systems in all newly constructed one- and two- family dwellings and townhomes
45 to meet their unique local needs.
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ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
THIS SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 2010
/J. ler, MMC orough Clerk
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
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Jerome M. Selby, Borough Illzit
Kodiak Island Borough Resolution No. FY2010 -20
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