Governor signs fire-safety improvements into law (Rhode Island)

Missy Minor and her husband are great friends of mine. Se has some amazing stories to tell about the fire. Thank god she is alive today.

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http://www.projo.com/extra/2003/stationfire/content/projo-20030707-signing.660c72f1.html

PROVIDENCE -- With victims of The Station nightclub fire watching, Governor Carcieri this afternoon signed into law a new set of fire safety regulations designed to ensure the state never again suffers such a devastating fire.
"By working shoulder-to-shoulder, by taking immediate action, we've delivered and we've made good on our promise to take the necesary measures to ensure that we never see a tragedy like this ever again in Rhode Island," Carcieri said.

The new law, enacted less than five months after the Feb. 20 fire, gives Rhode Island the most stringent fire safety codes in the country and serves as a model for other states, said Sen. John Celona, D-Providence, chairman of the commission that studied the state's existing fire laws and recommended the changes.
"Other states are looking at us now as the guiding light in fire safety," Celona said during a ceremony on the State House steps attended by several victims, their families and firefighters.

RI now has the most stringent fire codes in the country.

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