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Friday, November 6, 2009

Boise Proposes Updated Fire Standards

Boise, Id., is proposing an updated set of fire standards for new homes that would mean stricter codes and safer structures in hazard areas, reports Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. The proposed codes are among the recommendations in a 22-page draft report spurred by the Aug. 25 Oregon Trail Fire that killed one woman, destroyed 10 homes and damaged nine others. Boise plans to adopt the standards in 2009. Some of the proposed codes include fireproof building materials, sprinkler systems and defensible space for existing and future development in the expanded wildland-urban interface fire hazard area. Existing property owners ...

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