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On Sept. 3, 2009, Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a new local law that requires the uniform color-coding of standpipe and sprinkler systems, and professional certification that these systems have been properly color-coded. This law was among a series of laws introduced in response to the Deutsche Bank building fire that killed two firefighters.