March 19, 2015 – Texas fire service organizations representing over 54,000 Texas firefighters are joining with national fire organizations to endorse Representative Rick Galindo’s bill, HB 3089. The bill would require residential high-rise buildings in Texas to feature smoke detectors, [...]
March 12, 2015 – Just two-and-a-half months after a fatal fire killed eight senior citizens in the Wedgwood residential high-rise in Castle Hills, Texas Representative Rick Galindo has filed a bill to prevent similar tragedies. HB 3089 would require [...]
March 9, 2015 – Three national fire service organizations are joining together to applaud the Connecticut Fire Sprinkler Coalition for its proactive leadership dedicated to saving lives. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, and [...]
February 13, 2015 – While most Super Bowl commercials aim for humor, Nationwide® opted to focus on reality with a shocking commercial that promoted household safety measures that can prevent the deaths of children. Common Voices is an organization [...]
February 12, 2015 – Vina Drennan, a New Jersey resident, didn’t let a winter storm keep her from making the trek to Trenton, NJ to testify in support of fire sprinkler legislation this week. Drennan is an advocate member [...]
September 25, 2013 – Pam Elliott, Common Voices advocate, joined U.S. Fire Administrator Ernie Mitchell this week in Washington, D.C. for the national launch of Fire Is Everyone’s Fight™. Each year in the United States, 82 percent of fire [...]
June 20, 2013 – On Thursday, June 13th, Senators Thomas Carper (DE) and Susan Collins (ME) introduced S. 1163, the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act. The legislation was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Senators Carper and Collins both serve [...]
February 16, 2013 – On January 26, the world watched a great tragedy unfold as 235 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The U.S. fire service extends its deepest sympathies to the victims’ families [...]
January 16, 2013 – Status We, along with other national fire service organizations, are presently working with previous sponsors in the House and Senate to reintroduce the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act (FSIA) in the 113th Congress. When introduced it [...]
August 1, 2011 – Common Voices, an Advocates’ Coalition of individuals affected by fire, has received two Bronze Telly Awards – one of the most prestigious awards in advertising and video and film production – for a fire safety [...]