Union City is the First Municipality in Georgia to Pass an Ordinance Requiring "High End Heat Limiting Technology" on Electric Coil Ranges

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[{"type":"text","content":"\nUnion City is the First Municipality in Georgia to Pass an Ordinance Requiring "High End Heat Limiting Technology" on Electric Coil Ranges\n\n(via Thenewswire.ca)\n \n \nPioneering Technology's Patented Safe-T-element Cooking System is the Only Technology Available Today that Controls High End Heat on Electric Coil Ranges\n\n \n \nUnion City, GA and Mississauga, ON - (November 2, 2012) - Pioneering Technology Corp. (TSX-V: PTE; OTC BB: PTEFF), (\"Pioneering\"), an energy smart product innovation/consumer goods company and North America's leader in cooking fire prevention technology, announced today that Union City is the first municipality in the State of Georgia and the most recent City in North America to pass an ordinance (law) requiring \"high end heat limiting technology\" for electric coiled cooking devices (ranges, cook tops and hot plates). \n\n \n \nThe ordinance states that as of September 18, 2012, all electric coil cooking devices purchased for the purpose of replacement in existing buildings and for installation in any new buildings (includes ALL apartment buildings, nursing homes, tax supported housing and facilities used for residential board and care occupancy) must include \"high end heat limiting technology\" as standard equipment and that by December 31, 2016 all electric coiled devices in these buildings must include this technology. \n\n \n \nUnion City is the first municipality in Georgia to mandate devices that will control the high end temperature of electric coiled burners helping to prevent stovetop cooking fires (the number one cause of household fire in the U.S. - 44% of all fires according to the NFPA) and the ignition of most common household materials. \n\n \n \nEffective immediately, Union City Fire Marshal Larry Knowles said, \"all new multi-family and most high risk dwellings in Union City will be required to have this technology as part of the permitting process\". Union City is the first municipality in the state to pass such an ordinance (while multi-family homes fall under the state fire marshal's jurisdiction) which makes laws such as this one allowable, private single-family homes do not.\nKnowles said the fire department will still be encouraging single-family homes to use the technology. He also said the fire department plans to reach out to other municipalities to encourage ...

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