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Edward V. Colbert III ’89

The Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and State Fire Marshal, along with the Task Force on Fire and Building Safety and the Department of Fire Services honored Edward V. Colbert III ’89 as instrumental in the passage of a law they consider a landmark. A reception for Colbert last September marked the second anniversary of the Chapter 304 of the Acts of 2004, An Act Relative to Fire Safety in the Commonwealth. Called “the sprinkler law” and inspired by a horrific nightclub fire in Rhode Island that left 100 dead and more than 200 injured, this law states that nightclubs in Massachusetts with a capacity of more than 100 people must have an automatic sprinkler system installed. As an undergraduate, Colbert was a government major. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1994.
The Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety and State Fire Marshal, along with the Task Force on Fire and Building Safety and the Department of Fire Services honored Edward V. Colbert III ’89 as instrumental in the passage of a law they consider a landmark. A reception for Colbert last September marked the second anniversary of the Chapter 304 of the Acts of 2004, An Act Relative to Fire Safety in the Commonwealth. Called “the sprinkler law” and inspired by a horrific nightclub fire in Rhode Island that left 100 dead and more than 200 injured, this law states that nightclubs in Massachusetts with a capacity of more than 100 people must have an automatic sprinkler system installed. As an undergraduate, Colbert was a government major. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1994.