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035 _a(Sirsi) u124195
245 4 _aThe price of life
260 _c2003
490 _aScottish Builder and Engineer
_v(81) August 2003, 24-28(3)
520 _aReports how the installation of sprinklers in every house in the UK would save hundreds of lives a year, but that the government may not have the will or cash to implement a scheme to install them. Argues that the use of smoke alarms is not enough to prevent fires and advocates the use of sprinklers at the least in housing of multi-occupancy, whilst subsidies would encourage house builders to build sprinklers into new family homes.
590 _aABS
650 _aMANAGEMENT-HEALTH AND SAFETY-FIRE SAFETY
650 _aSMOKE ALARMS
650 _aSPRINKLERS
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING STANDARDS
942 _n0
999 _c73723
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