http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/fire-inspections-close-foster-homes News and information for those planning to adopt through foster care as well as firsthand accounts of those who have. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/fire-inspections-close-foster-homes/comment-page-1#comment-900 xxsurroundedbyxy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:12:17 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/03/25/fire-inspections-close-foster-homes#comment-900 What does that say about the three children they are allowed to have without the updates? They aren't enough to require the updates but add that fourth child and suddenly the children need that type of protection? Were the first three not worth it? This sounds ridiculous. We already have to have evacuation plans posted, quarterly fire drills, and extinguishers around the house hung on the walls etc. What "regular" family do you know that does all that? And now sprinklers? Does having four foster children qualify you to be like a nursing home or something? Is it just homes with medically fragile children who could not evacuate on their own and may only survive a fire if sprinklers were installed? That I might understand, but everyone??? What does that say about the three children they are allowed to have without the updates? They aren’t enough to require the updates but add that fourth child and suddenly the children need that type of protection? Were the first three not worth it? This sounds ridiculous. We already have to have evacuation plans posted, quarterly fire drills, and extinguishers around the house hung on the walls etc. What “regular” family do you know that does all that? And now sprinklers? Does having four foster children qualify you to be like a nursing home or something? Is it just homes with medically fragile children who could not evacuate on their own and may only survive a fire if sprinklers were installed? That I might understand, but everyone???

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