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1. 1. Sprinkler rule gets town nod

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   Published on: 9/15/2006   Last Visited: 9/15/2006

   After fighting a fire that destroyed a downtown building, Cloverdale Fire Chief Mark Cassida wanted to make sure all buildings in the town were secure.
   
   On Thursday, Cassida proposed the town plan commission pass a motion for sprinkler systems to be added to buildings larger than 2,000 square feet.
   
   At Thursday's meeting, Cassida read a letter he received from the building engineer for Pearson Funeral Home, stating the planned funeral home did not need a sprinkler system due to the design of the building, use of the building, and plans of the building.
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   Cassida suggested to board members that the town adopt an ordinance stating that buildings of more than 2,000 square feet have a required sprinkler system, pointing to the recent destruction of Rick's Steakhouse. The restaurant, located at 5. S. Main St., was destroyed by fire on Nov. 13.
   
   At the November plan commission meeting, the board approved the building plans for the Pearson Funeral Home, but stipulated the building must include a sprinkler system and a back flow preventer added to the prep room.
   
   At Thursday's meeting, board member John Davis agreed with Cassida about his proposed ordinance, but board president Jerry Acrea disagreed.
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   Still, Cassida, who also serves as the Town Fire Marshal, said a sprinkler system could only be beneficial to the building.
   
   "It's a proven fact that 90 percent of buildings that have sprinklers in them have only 10 percent damage," he told the other board members.
   
   Cassida then motioned to accept the plans of the back flow preventer as long as board member and Town Utilities Manager Mike Gray oversee the project.
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   Prior to the conclusion of the meeting, Cassida also motioned that board attorney Robert Perry draft an ordinance that all buildings 2,000 square feet or more have a sprinkler system.

2. 2. Fire destroys Cloverdale restaurant

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   Published on: 11/14/2005   Last Visited: 11/14/2005

   "It's still under investigation," Cloverdale Town Fire Marshal Mark Cassida told the BannerGraphic Monday.
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   Cassida said the building was engulfed by 1:30 a.m. Monday morning.
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   Residents at the Cloverdale Health Care facility ‹ the building just south of Rick's Steakhouse ‹ were evacuated from the scene some time around 3:30 a.m., Cassida said. He said they were transferred to Cloverdale Middle School at first and then to the Putnam County Hospital.
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   Cassida said the residents could return as early as today or possibly Tuesday.
   
   Little damage was reported to the health care facility or the Marathon gas station to the north of Rick's Steakhouse.
   
   "The gas station received a little bit of smoke, and the (health care facility) received only a little bit of smoke," Cassida said.
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   Fred Daffer and Mike Fowler, both agents from the state fire marshal office, were on the scene just before daylight, Cassida said, but no cause had been determined as of press time.

3. 3. Cloverdale council hears good report on town fire department

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   Published on: 12/14/2005   Last Visited: 12/14/2005

   Davis read the letter after CCFD Fire Chief Mark Cassida told board members the fire department had a total of 184 runs through Tuesday's meeting.
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   Davis, along with Cassida, then recognized the members of the department in the audience, to the response of applause.
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   The note, requested by Cassida, stated that CCRTC had not changed the non-emergency phone number in its recent phone books.
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   In the letter, Davis ‹ along with Cassida ‹ asked all council members to present a note notifying that the non-emergency number for CCFD had changed.