Fewer than 40 percent of the residential care facilities that currently don’t have sprinkler systems will have to comply with a bill the General Assembly passed in the last week of the legislative session that was intended to require such systems, The Associated Press reported on May 24. The legislation was prompted by a November 2006 fire at the Anderson Guest House in Joplin that killed 11 people.
The bill exempts existing residential care facilities from having to comply with the sprinkler mandate. According to the AP, 310 of 616 residential care facilities in Missouri don’t have sprinkler systems. Of those 310 facilities, only 120 would be required to install sprinklers. Blunt’s spokeswoman said he intends to sign the bill.
The bill exempts existing residential care facilities from having to comply with the sprinkler mandate. According to the AP, 310 of 616 residential care facilities in Missouri don’t have sprinkler systems. Of those 310 facilities, only 120 would be required to install sprinklers. Blunt’s spokeswoman said he intends to sign the bill.
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