While recognizing the benefits of fire sprinklers, it really should be up to individual condominium associations to make the decision to install them or not.  Most fire fatalities occur in wooden single family homes.  Hawaii has countless single wall wood framed buildings that are getting older and their electrical systems are failing and the basic structure becoming more brittle.  If the government is trying to make the life safety argument for mandating sprinkles, it should address these fire traps first.