@Keala R. Kaanui:  The estimated cost for the Marco Polo fire was $101 million and counting, but is cost really the issue here?  I would think lives would matter a lot more.  More people have died in house fires over the past 5 years than in any condo fire during the same time period.  They are quite comparable.  Bottom line is if they are going to require condo's to put in a sprinkler system, they need to do the same for houses in the suburbs.  To me, it's only fair.