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o the Editor:

Another unspeakable fire tragedy has taken seven lives in a Brooklyn apartment building fire (front page, June 24). All new residential buildings must be protected with fire sprinkler systems. This law passed under the Giuliani administration. It came as a result of two tragic fires in December 1998.

What about existing residential structures? Shouldn't they be offered the same protection?

The City Council and the mayor's office must convene a fire sprinkler task force before more lives are lost.  
JOHN A. VINIELLO
President
National Fire Sprinkler Association
Patterson, N.Y., June 24, 2002