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10/06/07
Of course, protecting her firefighter husband from harm is an added benefit of the mandatory fire sprinkler initiative Councilman Cathy Vitale plans to push this month. 
By Eric Salzberg — The Capital
Mike Forstner Jr. unwraps sprinkler piping recently installed in a newly-constructed Annapolis home. County Councilwoman Cathy Vitale, R-Severna Park, is pushing a plan to require every new home to have sprinklers. Find Us On Facebook
But the reason she wants every new home in Anne Arundel County to come with sprinklers springs from a story he once told her after a heart breaking day on the job.
The image has haunted her: a nasty fire, a dead child, and there on the bookshelf of the charred home the smoke detector with the batteries out. "Senseless," Ms. Vitale said. For the past month, she has floated a plan to join the growing ranks of nearly 20 other jurisdictions that require every...
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